Customer Reviews

Disneyland & Southern California with Kids, 7th Edition (Travel with Kids)

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This book is an excellent resource for anyone visiting Disneyland with children. Although my husband and I have been to Disneyland many times, this was our first time there with our kids. We learned so many new things about the park thanks to this book. It tells you which areas, rides, or shows to do first and which would be better to do later in the day. It gives suggestions for avoiding crowds, descriptions of places to eat (including price ranges and kid-friendly ratings), and lots of fun trivia and things to look for. We really appreciated the detailed information about the rides and shows so we could decide whether it was appropriate for our children. The book even gives a "Scare Factor" for each ride so you know how scary it might be. I definately would not go to Disneyland without this book!

This book has everything my family needed to have the best time at Disneyland and California Adventure. My family was able to avoid all the crowds and ride everything we wanted to. We could look up height requirements and even if the rides were too scary for my younger brother and sister. It also talked about where to find characters for autographs and the best kid places to eat. I liked that the book showed what were favorites of kids of different ages. It also tells you trivia about Disneyland and where to find hidden Mickeys. It was fun trying to find more hidden Mickeys than my sister. Don't try going to Disneyland without this book!

I picked up this book because it covered serveral Southern California attractions we plan to visit. While we have not taken our Disneyland trip I was disappointed with this book. There was a lot of information, but not was I was looking for. For instance, the hotels had some basic information, but nothing that told you which were the best, most convenient, etc. I have used the Unofficial Guide for past trips to WDW that was much more comprehensive and helpful. On the other hand, it had information on Legoland and Knotts Berry Farm that I have not seen in other books.

We traveled w/ young children (4 & 6). This book was great for it's rating of the rides as far as which the kids were most likely to be scared of and other great ideas for making a trip w/ kids easier. However we found much of the information out of date. Such as they referrenced many shows at DisneyLand that had been replaced by other shows. They also referenced that you needed tickets to the Aladdin show at CA Adventure, but this is no longer the case. So while I found quite a bit of good information in this book, I much preferred The Unofficial Guide to Disneyland 2005, which had the most accurate and up to date information of any of the books I purchased prior to our trip.

We have bought this book in every new edition for the past 5+ years. A must have, great tips and saves time & money. Recommend the Disneyworld version also if you are going.