Everything Family Guide to the Walt Disney World Resort, Universal Studios, and Greater Orlando: A complete guide to the best hotels, restaurants, ... attractions (Everything (History & Travel)) [Paperback]

Cheryl Charmin (Author)

Book Description

Series: Everything (History & Travel) | Publication Date: October 1, 2007

Orlando is the place for the ultimate family vacation, and The Everything Family Guide to the Walt Disney World Resort, Universal Studios, and Greater Orlando, 5th Edition is the only book you need to have the trip of a lifetime. This completely revised and updated fifth edition highlights the latest changes and additions at all the Orlando parks, from the addition of Captain Jack Sparrow in Walt Disney World's The Pirates of the Caribbean to the latest rides and shows at Universal Studios and Sea World, and more!

Author Cheryl Charming, a long-time resident of Orlando, provides an insider's view of the parks and the surrounding area. This jam-packed guide includes a fully updated hotel/motel resource guide, along with rated restaurant listings and a system that rates all the rides, shows, and attractions for each member of your family. You'll find authoritative, up-to-date information on:

• Area water parks
• Disney's parks and cruises
• Sea World and Discovery Cove
• Universal Studios Orlando Resort
• Kennedy Space Center

Updated for all your vacation needs, this bestselling guide ensures that you and your families will have the most magical trip yet!

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About the Author

Cheryl Charming is a writer and bartender. She was employed at Walt Disney World for 17 years, most recently as a staff trainer. Cheryl is the author of six books, including The Everything Cocktail Party and Drinks Book. She lives in Orlando, FL.

Product Details

• Paperback: 432 pages
• Publisher: Adams Media; 5 edition (October 1, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1598693905
• ISBN-13: 978-1598693904
• Product Dimensions: 8.7 x 6 x 1.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,874,797 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Cheryl Charming aka Miss Charming™ has been heavily steeped in the cocktail culture for more than 30 years. Her current claim-to-fame is having the most published bar & cocktail related books than anyone in the world.

She has tended bar for 30+ years, maintains a 13 year old info-rich website (misscharming.com), Charming Cocktails blog (http://charmingcocktails.wordpress.com), 5000 question iPhone drink trivia app (http://www.misscharming.com/app.htm), hand crafts fun cocktail jewelry (http://www.misscharming.com/jewelry.html), collects drink seen in film (http://www.misscharming.com/bartender/silverscreencocktails.html), and performs bar magic and tricks (http://www.misscharming.com/tricks/tricks.htm).

In high school, at age 16, she worked as a pizza waitress then quickly progressed to cocktail waitress, barback, bartender, and head bartender. With a penchant for travel, Cheryl tended bar many places around America, a cruise ship in the Caribbean, and Walt Disney World. While working at WDW she became the bar trick/bar magic instructor for Disney's F&B training program, Quest for the Best.

Cheryl is involved with hosting and participating in events for Tales of the Cocktail and teaching "Edutaining" cocktail classes for Royal Caribbean Cruise Line passengers. She is also a member of The Bartenders Guild and The Museum of the American Cocktail.

Cheryl is computer savvy and very easy to follow or contact through Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/cherylcharming), Facebook groups Cocktail Cinema (http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=41239441432&ref=ts) and Miss Trivia (http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=92027526133&ref=ts), as well as Twitter, MySpace, iChat, Skype, Windows Live, Yahoo, LinkedIn, and Amazon. Looking to meet her at Tales? Then text her on her iPhone | 407.924.6234.

Cheryl studied Graphic and Interactive Communication at Ringling College of Art & Design and works as a freelance graphic artist, often creating cocktail menus.

Currently, she lives in the French Quarter.