Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
though some advice from the Big Book, such as arriving early at the theme parks, is
echoed in these guides, most of the information is unique.
Here's what's in the toolbox:
The guide you're reading now presents detailed planning and touring tips for a
family vacation, along with more than 20 special touring plans for families that you
won't find anywhere else.
The Unofficial Guide to Walt Disney World with Kids
is
the only
Unofficial Guide
created with the guidance of a panel of kids, all of varying
ages and backgrounds.
The Unofficial Guide Color Companion to Walt Disney World
,
by Bob
Sehlinger and Len Testa, is a visual feast that proves a picture is worth a thousand
words. In the Big Book, for instance, you can learn about the best guest rooms to
request at Disney's Wilderness Lodge, but in the
Color Companion
you can
see
the
rooms,alongwiththepoolandthemagnificentlobby.Full-colorphotosillustratehow
long the lines get at different times of day, how wet riders get on Splash Mountain,
and how the parks are decked out for various holidays. The
Color Companion
whets
your appetite for Disney fun, pictures all the attractions, serves as a keepsake, and, as
always, helps make your vacation more enjoyable. Most of all, the
Color Companion
is for fun. For the first time, we're able to use photography to express our zany
Unof-
ficial
sense of humor. Think of it as Monty Python meets Walt Disney … in Tech-
nicolor.
Mini-Mickey: The Pocket-Sized Unofficial Guide to Walt Disney World
,
by Bob
Sehlinger, Len Testa, and Ritchey Halphen, is a portable Cliffs-Notes-style version of
the Big Book. It distills information to help short-stay or last-minute visitors decide
quickly how to plan their limited hours at Disney World.
Beyond Disney: The Unofficial Guide to Universal, SeaWorld, and the Best of
Central Florida
,
by Bob Sehlinger and Robert N. Jenkins with Len Testa, is a guide
to non-Disney theme parks, attractions, restaurants, outdoor recreation, and nightlife
in Orlando and Central Florida.
THE MUSIC OF LIFE
ALTHOUGH IT'S COMMON
in our culture to see life as a journey from cradle to grave,
Alan Watts, a noted late-20th-century philosopher, saw it differently. He viewed life
not as a journey but as a dance. In a journey, he said, you are trying to get somewhere,