The Unofficial Guide to Walt Disney World With Kids (Paperback)

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The Unofficial Guides® are the Consumer Reports of travel guides, offering candid evaluations of their destinations' attractions, hotels, restaurants, shopping, nightlife, sports, and more, all rated and ranked by a team of unbiased inspectors so even the most compulsive planners can be sure they're spending their time and money wisely. Each guide addresses the needs of everyone from families to business travelers, with handy charts that demonstrate how each place stacks up against the competition. Plus, all the details are pulled out so they're extremely easy to scan.

Ask any kid and they'll tell you: Walt Disney World is tops on their list of vacation spots. The Unofficial Guide® to Walt Disney World® with Kids will help parents fulfill their kids' fantasies, offering all our best advice and top picks for the younger set in one compact, easy-to-use package. We'll give you the lowdown on family-friendly hotels and restaurants and send you straight to the best rides and shows for each age group. It's never been easier to introduce your kids to all the magic!

The Top 5 Ways The Unofficial Guide® to Walt Disney World with Kids Can Help You Have the Perfect Trip: Comments and tips on Walt Disney World® from surveys of more than 11,000 families How to prepare mentally, physically, and logistically for your Walt Disney World® family vacation When to go, where to stay, and how to beat the crowds Information on which attractions frighten kids and why How to keep your family happy on vacation and how to return home rested and relaxed

From the Back Cover

From the publishers of The Unofficial Guide to Walt Disney World

"A Tourist's Best Friend!"
—Chicago Sun-Times

"Indispensable"
—The New York Times

Five Great Features and Benefits offered ONLY by The Unofficial Guide:

1. Never-before-published field-tested Touring Plans developed especially for families that can save four hours of standing in line a day, PLUS mini tear-out plans to go

2. Tips and stories from real families about their experiences at Walt Disney World, including dozens of tips written by kids for kids

3. Fright-potential warnings for rides that are scary, rough, and will get you wet

4. Each attraction rated by age group based on a survey of over 10,000 families

5. Complete descriptions and ratings for all Disney hotels and forthe best non-Disney hotels for families

--This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 224 pages
• Publisher: MacMillan Publishing Company; 1 edition (September 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0028633520
• ISBN-13: 978-0028633527
• Product Dimensions: 7.8 x 4.4 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12.3 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (16 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #553,755 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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85 of 86 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Sigh........., March 1, 2002

By A Customer

This review is from: The Unofficial Guide to Walt Disney World with Kids (Paperback)

I have purchased the Unofficial Guide to Wald Disney world once before when we were planning a trip- we didn't get to go, so I purchased the updated one just last month. Along with my order, I decided to add the Unofficial Guide "with kids" because we have 3 small children. I was very disapointed. This could have been a great accompaniment to the regular Unofficial Guide. For starters, in both my situations, the Unoffical Guide was A+ on info, I loved it. The "with kids" seemed to copy and paste bits from that book. But, the confusing part, is that they didn't copy and paste parts that I found to be most useful in the Unoffical Guide. I am confused about why you would need this book- and it lacks some of his personal insight. My guess is that he did not actually do Disney with children and it seems to show. The upside is that "with kids" does give web sites for outside the world hotels that is missing from the Unofficial Guide. I also did find a couple other tidbits like the section on packing and creating uniforms for your family. There is a lot of info on parenting style that is not found in the regular Unofficial guide- but I am still not sure why it is in this one either. I was so excited to see his insight and sad to say he didn't have any. Bottom line IMO is to skip this book, but don't skip the regular Unofficial guide. It is a 6 star book!!

44 of 45 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars The best guide there is to WDW, March 5, 2000

By	Gordon C. Duus (Glen Ridge, NJ USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This book reviews everything there is to review at Walt Disney World--every hotel, every park, every ride, every restaurant, and even most of the neighboring attractions outside of WDW. Unlike the Birnbaum guide, this book has no business connection with WDW, so the author can be as honest as he wants. I bought both books, read most of both books, and this is the only book you need.

19 of 21 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Easy to carry and to the point, May 16, 2000

By	MDK67 (Kernersville, NC USA) - See all my reviews

I looked at quite a few different books before I decided on this one. I wanted a book that was small, dealt with children, and had a quick and easy references (didn't want it to take 5-10 minutes to look up everything). This book was a winner and I would highly recommend it to any parents taking the trip to WDW. It came in very useful when planning our days activities. Rated each ride/attraction on a 1-5 scale, which included different age group. The book is also small enough to carry with during your trips to each of WDW's parks.