Unofficial Guide to Walt Disney World For Grown-Ups (Unofficial Guides) - Softcover

Zibart, Eve; Hoekstra, David

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0470497394 ISBN 13: 9780470497395

Publisher: Wiley, 2009

Synopsis

• In 2008, combined Walt Disney World Resort® theme park attendance reached over 51 million, with The Magic Kingdom® alone drawing over 17 million visitors. (Orlando Convention and Visitor Bureau)
• Walt Disney World Resort® theme parks are rated best in the world. earning high marks for things outside of the traditional theme park experience.  Epcot's International Food & Wine Festival, which takes place for six weeks every fall and showcases food from twenty-five countries, was rated by Forbes Traveler as one of the Best U.S. Food and Wine Festivals. 
• Walt Disney World Resort® earned a Silver Award making the list of the best 45 resort golf courses from Golf Magazine.  (golf.com)

About this title

From the Back Cover:

For Travelers Who Want More Than the Official Line!

The Unofficial Guide to Walt Disney World® for Grown-Ups

The Series with More than 4 Million Copies Sold!

6th Edition

Hotels & attractions, ranked and rated

Insider tips that save you time & money

Eve Zibart

"Best Travel Series of the Year" —Booklist

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 ®:

• Tips on when to go and how to beat the crowds

• Practical tips on how to plan knock-out weddings, honeymoons, and anniversaries in Disney World

• Insider advice on Disney's exciting nightlife: Where to pop the question, dance all night, and find the best microbrews

• The lowdown on the best shops and souvenirs, so you can spend less time searching and more time having fun

• The straight story on Disney's golf and tennis facilities—as well as where to climb a rock wall and water slide at 60 mph

Sample Rating

The Twilight Zone Tower of Terror (FASTPASS) 5 stars

When to go Before 9:30 a.m., after 6 p.m., or use FASTPASS. Average wait in line per 100 people ahead of you 4 minutes (assuming all elevators operating). Loading speed Moderate. Description and comments At nearly 200 feet tall (and 13 hotel stories), The Twilight Zone Tower of Terror is a visual landmark, and one of Disney World's most meticulously themed attractions, with an elaborate storyline, fantastic details, real thrills and dizzying mind trips, and that blend of humor and horror that really sticks to ya. (It cost nearly $100,000 to construct in the early 1990s, and that doesn't count the several rounds of tinkering and terrorizing since.) The Tower of Terror is unique, in that the ride is never exactly the same because the drops and jerks are randomly selected, and not even the number of seconds (which can feel like minutes) that a drop lasts is entirely predictable.

About the Author:

Eve Zibart, author of several books including The Unofficial Guide to New Orleans, The Unofficial Guide to Walt Disney World for Grown-ups, and The Ethnic Food Lover’s Companion, is a feature writer and restaurant critic for the “Weekend” section of the Washington Post; she drew on her intimate knowledge of D.C.’s diverse after-hours scene and the area’s vast array of dining spots when writing our entertainment and restaurant sections. Eve also scoped out where to find the best deals for our chapter on shopping.

About this edition

• Publisher: Wiley
• Publication date: 2009
• ISBN 10: 0470497394
• ISBN 13: 9780470497395
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 6
• Number of pages: 320