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brumcg
Mouse Meister
Registered: February 2002
Posts: 1100
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Review Date: Wed October 4, 2006
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Would you recommend the product? Yes |
Price you paid?: None indicated
| Rating: 8
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Honest, Complete
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Too darn big
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I find the Unoffical Guide to be a tremendous resource. It's completely honest about the WDW experience... Some find it negative or overly critical, but as a potential visitor to WDW I want to know about all of the possible pitfalls. I do admit that I sometimes find the book a bit too rigid at times - like the touring plans. I've been to WDW enough to know that you have to stay flexible; no plan is perfect.
Also, I'm finding the latest edition to be just too darn big. It's 818 pages, and although it's well organized, I sometimes have problems finding what I'm looking for.
I highly recommend the Unofficial Guide, but I have to admit that I like the Passporter better. The Passporter might not be as complete as the Unofficial, but it is very thorough and is smaller and easier to use.
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cmrncraz15
Senior Mouseketeer
Registered: April 2005
Location: Virginia
Posts: 162
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Review Date: Mon October 9, 2006
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Would you recommend the product? Yes |
Price you paid?: None indicated
| Rating: 10
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Pretty accurate, very complete, reader comments are helpful
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Needs some new reader comments
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The best Disney guide book I've read. This book has great reader comments, but I don't really have any use for the touring plans. Just use them to figure out exactly what you want to hit, then make sure you hit what you want to. This book is usually pretty close to accurate about its ratings; there are a few I disagree with, but less than other guide books.
A good read for the plane ride down.
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"I hope there will be pudding." - Luna Lovegood
"Por favor mantegas sehallados de las puertas." - My brother.....over and over again
"Other than the stupid people, did you have a good time?" - pumouse
Academy 12s.
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AnnaBanana
Junior Mouseketeer
Registered: April 2007
Location: Charlotte, NC
Posts: 21
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Review Date: Tue April 17, 2007
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Would you recommend the product? Yes |
Price you paid?: None indicated
| Rating: 10
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Pros:
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Wonderful information
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Big!!
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Great book. Really worth purchasing. I think it's updated twice a year. It IS a large book and you might not need all the info it gives, but different folks are looking for different info, so.......this is a good one.
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Boss Mouse
ana 1; ana 2...
Registered: August 2005
Location: Parade-ville. Population: Me
Posts: 3487
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Review Date: Mon May 14, 2007
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Would you recommend the product? Yes |
Price you paid?: None indicated
| Rating: 9
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Details
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non- Disney detail
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Highly recommend this guide. If I had to complain, and I will, it has too much information. It breaks down every hotel you could possibly wish to explore.
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1979 - Wilderness Campground
1980 - Off site - I don't remember where. It was the 80's.
1999 - AllStar
2001 - Beach Club
2004 - Saratoga Springs
2005 - Beach Club
2006 - Saratoga Springs
2007 - Boardwalk
2008 - OKW
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God Bless America
I know something secret, Something WONDERFUL
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TaraRae82
Big Cheese
Registered: January 2007
Location: Kansas City, Missouri
Posts: 868
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Review Date: Thu September 6, 2007
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Would you recommend the product? Yes |
Price you paid?: None indicated
| Rating: 10
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Great detail, no-nonsense opinions
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Big, harsh at times
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This is my favorite guide book! I've read several editions cover to cover and never fail to find something I didn't know about vacationing in WDW (and I'm not a newbie!). Sometimes I feel they lose track of the big picture of visiting WDW and thus are a bit harsh on "classic" WDW attractions and eateries. Most people adore the classic attractions, cheesy or not, and the authors seem to want to analyze them too much. And, with the masses that WDW serves food to everyday, I think they do a darn good job with the quality! All in all, it's an honest, thorough report on WDW and how to attack it (yes, it must be attacked) so that you have the best time possible!
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1984: Fort Wilderness, 1994: Caribbean Beach, 1995: Caribbean Beach, 1996: Dixie Landings, 1997: Wilderness Lodge, 1999: Caribbean Beach, 2000: off property house, 2001: Dixie Landings, 2003: Caribbean Beach, 2004: MK only, 2007: Caribbean Beach, 1st Anniversary, Jan 20-27 2009, Our infant's first trip! Beach Club Villas,
Avatar: DH and me riding TTA on our 1 day MK trip 2004
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Dana
Super Mod/Packen' Kracken
Registered: June 2002
Location: Joisey
Posts: 21625
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Review Date: Wed November 14, 2007
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Would you recommend the product? Yes |
Price you paid?: None indicated
| Rating: 9
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Pros:
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filled with all the information you will need to plan a sucessful WDW trip
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I have nothing negative to say about this guide
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My trip planning starts and ends with the Unofficial guide to WDW. I purchase one ever single year to get all the latest information. I look forward to each new edition every August. I cannot count the number of times that I refer to that book in a given year...the pages are dog-earred and the book looks worn by the time I am finished with it.
People think it's harsh and critical, but I just find it honest. I like and appreciate how they quote letters from readers who disagree with them right in their book. They are not all roses and sunshine and that is the kind of guide book that will properly prepare you for a trip to WDW especially if it's your first time going or your first time booking your own trip. The other guide books pump you up to go, but don't tell you the reality of an unplanned WDW trip. I have been on 10+ trips and still refer to that guide's opinion on many things.
I HIGHLY reccomend this guide book to anyone who is planning a trip to the mouse. Let's face it, a WDW trip without some kind of plan is a disaster waiting to happen. This book will help you avoid the disaster and prepare you to have some fun.
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82 off-site ~ 91 off-site ~ 97 ASMusic ~ 00 ASMovies
02 Wilderness Lodge ~ 04 Animal Kingdom Lodge
05 Animal Kingdom Lodge & Polynesian
05 Port Orleans French Quarter~06 Old Key West
07 Port Orleans French Quarter ~ 08 Old Key West
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