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| The Unofficial Guide to Walt Disney World 2008 (Unofficial Guides) | 
 enlarge | Authors: Bob Sehlinger, Len Testa
Publisher: Wiley
Category: Book
List Price: $19.99
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Avg. Customer Rating:  84 reviews
Sales Rank: 17308
Media: Paperback
Edition: Revised
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 864
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.6
Dimensions (in): 8.3 x 5.1 x 1.7
ISBN: 0470089636
Dewey Decimal Number: 917.5924
EAN: 9780470089637
ASIN: 0470089636
Publication Date: August 27, 2007
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 This is definitely worth the cost and time to read! September 23, 2007
60 out of 60 found this review helpful
A friend raved about this book and how it helped with her recent vacation to Disney in May 2007. I'm going in Oct. 2007 and wished I'd bought it at least 6 months ago. But even if you're visiting in the near future, this book is worth it's weight in gold just for the touring plans.
I believe they've covered everything, and I mean EVERYTHING in this book. It's well organized and I like how they provide different opinions from letters received from their readers.
The information provided will definitely help you get the most bang for your buck, and most enjoyable experience. There is also a lot of other activities (e.g. character dining) that I didn't know about. Now I know I can book these things (far) in advance for our next trip!
A key advantage to buying the newest version (as opposed to getting an older version from the library) is that you can go on the author's website and punch in the dates for your vacation, and they'll tell you which parks they recommend to visit on which days for the remainder of 2007 and then on into 2008. (You have to have the passcodes from the latest book to get this info.)
 disney guide2008 September 21, 2007
44 out of 45 found this review helpful
this book is very helpful for planning a Disney vacation. Any first time visitor to Disney NEEDS to have this book. It is mostly accurate, some of their facts need updating, but the authors DO offer updates online to those that purchase this book, so that is taken care of. I am a veteran Disney traveler, and I purchase this book every year. It is well worth the money.
Year after year, the *very* best guide for Disney World September 19, 2007
45 out of 46 found this review helpful
"The Unofficial Guide" is a smartly written detailed account of all things in the 'Disney experience'. Jam-packed with facts and *honest* reviews of the parks, the hotels and all other activities on the grounds, I guarantee your trip to 'The Mouse' will be more productive, less aggravating, much more economical and most importantly, more FUN having perused the pages of this book.
Best of all, when you're least expecting it, there's a wicked dash of humor that crops up here and there. Highly recommended !
 Comparing the Disney guide books September 5, 2007
157 out of 160 found this review helpful
Trying to figure out what Disney World guide to buy? So was I. After a little research, I learned there are three main books: This one, The Complete Guide to Walt Disney World 2008, and Birnbaum's Walt Disney World 2008 (Birnbaum's Walt Disney World). They are all pretty good, but there are big differences between them. I bought all three, including this new 2008 edition of the Unofficial Guide, and here are my thoughts on how they compare, at least in the categories that are important to me. I did this last year, too. Here are the results:
1) Easiest of use: The Complete Guide.
The Complete Guide has the best organization. Has a completely different look than the other books, with magazine-style articles and lots of color photos, which make the subject matter much more interesting and much easier to understand. The main chapters are color coded (Magic Kingdom is red, Epcot orange, etc.). Each attraction review is very easy to find, as each one starts on its own page. Second place: Birnbaum. It too has color-coded chapters.
2) Most fun to read. The Unofficial Guide and The Complete Guide.
The Complete Guide has an amazing number of little tidbits about the Disney attractions, so if you love Disney it's really fun to read. The Unofficial Guide has a lot of guests complaints about Disney, so if you're a Disney cynic it will make you laugh. Both have witty writers, and both made me laugh out loud.
3) Best information on attractions: The Complete Guide.
By a mile! It spends probably 10 times as much space on each attraction, offering up the story of each ride, some real good "Fun Finds" and all kinds of helpful specs that the other books ignore. Plus, as they say, a picture is worth a thousand words. Second place: Unofficial.
4) Best information about Universal Studios and Seaworld. The Unofficial Guide.
Hands down. The Birnbaum guide doesn't mention anything outside of Walt Disney World, and the Complete Guide only has hotel listings.
5) Best information on hotels, restaurants and shopping: Unofficial.
The other books have photos of every Disney resort, which Unofficial doesn't, but the Unofficial Guide just goes crazy with its listings, rating each resort nine ways to Sunday! For shopping, the best Disney info is in the Complete Guide, the best outside-Disney info is in Unofficial.
6) Best information on important misc. information, like getting from the airport to Disney: Unofficial.
Not even close. Has everything you ever wanted to know about taxis and limos and Disney's Magical Express and many other things.
7) Best maps, photographs and illustrations. The Complete Guide
Nothing comes close to the Complete Guide for photographs, but this is an area where the Birnbaum guide does have something special -- Mickey, Donald and all the Disney cartoon characters! They're included on many pages. Both Birnbaum and the Complete Guide have good maps. Unofficial has good line drawings of the interiors of hotel rooms.
So, which one's best? You know, I think you'd have to pick two: The Unofficial Guide and The Complete Guide. Unofficial is pretty dull to look at, but it is so thorough in its coverage about everything outside of Disney and offers so much "cynical" insight that it just can't be ignored, and it has the best hotel and restaurant info. The Complete Guide, on the other hand, is a joy to look at and read, and is just stunning in its amount of fun and useful information on Disney attractions. As for Birnbaum, I say skip it, and, if you've got children, instead buy the children's version, Birnbaum's Walt Disney World for Kids 2008 (Birnbaum's Walt Disney World for Kids By Kids). It's not much money, and that way you'll still get all the "Official Disneyness" of a Birnbaum book AND have something for your kids to look at.
Why, you may ask, did I only give this new Unofficial Guide three stars if I recommend it? Because I was so disappointed in it! Yes, it IS a first rate book, but I bought this 2008 edition because I had heard about all these changes coming to Disney World next year, like how Disney-MGM Studios is going to change to Disney's Hollywood Studios, and wanted to find out more about them. It doesn't mention any of it! I guess that's because how early the book must be put together. But I think if it says 2008 it ought to have the 2008 information. It's misleading.
These guys missed the boat this year!!! September 4, 2007
17 out of 22 found this review helpful
In general, this is a very good guide with a lot of basic, and not so basic, information to prepare any traveler for a trip to "the world". However, there were MAJOR changes to Disney's Dining Plan that are effective for all 2008 travel dates, and there was not one word mentioned about ANY of the changes in this travel guide. In addition, the participating airlines for Resort Airline Check-In were expanded slightly, with AirTran beign added as a participant. Again, no mention of it in their 2008 version. In my opinion, these are critical omissions from the 2008 version. This is the first of the 2008 Walt Disney guides to be released, but it looks like Mssrs. Sehlinger and Testa are looking to cash in with an incomplete guide. You're better off waiting for the 2008 Passporter or another guide slated to be released in the fall of 2007. It appears that this earlier 2008 version went to press too early to incorporate changes made by the Disney folks over the late spring/early summer of 2007.
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