Unofficial Guide to Disneyland 2019
Unofficial Guide to Disneyland 2019
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The Unofficial Guide to Disneyland 2019 is the most thorough guide to Disneyland that has ever been written. In any given amount of time, you'll get 30% more rides, entertainment, and fun.
Unofficial Guide to Disneyland 2019 Summary
Unofficial Guide to Disneyland 2019 Reviews
"If you're looking for a reliable guidebook, the leader is the Unofficial series. --The Mail (London)"A Tourist's Best Friend!" --Chicago Sun-Times"Indispensable" --The New York Times
About Seth Kubersky
Bob Sehlinger is best known as the creator and producer of The Unofficial Guide series. He lives in Birmingham, Alabama.
Seth Kubersky has worked for more than 20 years as a theatrical artist, culture critic, and travel journalist. Seth is the author of The Unofficial Guide to Universal Orlando and coauthor of The Unofficial Guide to Disneyland, as well as a collaborator on The Unofficial Guide to Las Vegas and The Unofficial Guide to Walt Disney World.
Seth is nationally recognized as an authority on theme parks and amusement attractions, and contributes to Attractions Magazine, AAA Via, and the Unofficial Universal Orlando Podcast. Named Best Arts Writer in The Daily City's 2013 readers' poll, Kubersky writes an arts and entertainment column, "Live Active Cultures," that appears in every issue of the Orlando Weekly, central Florida's leading alternative newspaper.
A native of Livingston, New Jersey, Kubersky earned a B.A. in theater from The College of William and Mary in Virginia. He has produced and directed dozens of plays through his award-winning Empty Spaces Theatre Co. and at the Orlando International Fringe Theatre Festival. As a stage technician and entertainment supervisor at Universal Orlando from 1996 to 2000, he worked on the Ghostbusters Spooktacular and Terminator 2: 3-D attractions, Mardi Gras parades, and Halloween mazes. Seth lives in Orlando with his wife, Genevieve, and their cat, Brubeck.
Len Testa leads TouringPlans.com, the research arm of The Unofficial Guides. He lives in Orlando, Florida.
Guy Selga, Jr., is a Long Beach, California, native and a passionate Disney fan. Guy is a blogger and researcher at TouringPlans.com.
Table of Contents
List of Maps
Acknowledgments
Introduction
- Why "Unofficial"?
- How This Guide Was Researched and Written
- Disneyland Resort: An Overview
- Critical Comparison of attractions found at both parks
- Attractions found only at Disneyland Park
PART ONE: Planning Before You Leave Home
- Gathering Information
- Timing Your Visit
- Anaheim convention and special event calendar
- Getting There
- A Word about Lodging
- Walking times to the theme park entrances and swimming pool ratings
- Hotels and Motels: Rated and Ranked
- The Top 30 best deals
- How the hotels compare
- Hotel information chart
- Making the Most of Your Time
- Touring Plans
PART TWO: Essentials
- The Bare Necessities
PART THREE: Disneyland with Kids
- The Brutal Truth about Family Vacations
- Mental and Emotional Preparation
- Basic Considerations: Is Disneyland for You?
- The Age Thing
- About Inviting Your Children's Friends
- A Few Words for Single Parents
- "He Who Hesitates Is Launched!": Tips and Warnings for Grandparents
- How to Childproof a Hotel Room
- Physical Preparation
- Developing a Good Plan
- Logistic Preparation
- Remembering Your Trip
- Trial Run
- Strollers
- Babysitting
- Disney, Kids, and Scary Stuff
- Small-child fright-potential table
- Waiting-Line Strategies for Adults with Small Children
- Lost Children
- The Disney Characters
PART FOUR: Dining and Shopping in and around Disneyland
- Dining in Disneyland Resort
- Disney Dining 101
- Theme Park Counter-Service Restaurant Mini-Profiles
- Disneyland Resort Restaurants: Rated and Ranked
- Disneyland Resort restaurants by cuisine
- Dining outside Disneyland Resort
- Anaheim-Area Full-Service Restaurants
- Anaheim-Area restaurants by cuisine
- Shopping at Disneyland
PART FIVE: Disneyland Park
- Arriving and Getting Oriented
- Main Street, U.S.A.
- Adventureland
- New Orleans Square
- Critter Country
- Frontierland
- Fantasyland
- Mickey's Toontown
- Tomorrowland
- Live Entertainment and Special Events
- Unheralded Treasures at Disneyland Park
- Traffic Patterns at Disneyland Park
- Disneyland Park Touring Plans
PART SIX: Disney California Adventure
- A Most Anticipated Sequel
- Arriving and Getting Oriented
- Buena Vista Street
- Hollywood Land
- A Bug's Land
- Paradise Pier
- Cars Land
- Pacific Wharf
- Grizzly Peak
- Parades and Live Entertainment
- Unheralded Treasures at DCA
- Traffic Patterns at DCA
- California Adventure Touring Plans
PART SEVEN: Universal Studios Hollywood
- Gathering Information
- Timing Your Visit
- Universal Studios Hollywood small-child fright-potential table
- Arriving and Getting Oriented
- Universal Studios Hollywood Attractions
- Live Entertainment at Universal Studios Hollywood
- Dining at Universal Studios Hollywood
- Universal Studios Hollywood One-Day Touring Plan
Appendix
- Readers' Questions to the Author
- Accommodation Index
- Restaurant Index
- Subject Index
- Clip-Out Touring Plans
List of Maps
- Southern California at a Glance
- Around Disneyland
- Disneyland-Area Hotels
- Hotels near Universal Studios
- Downtown Disney
- Disneyland Park
- Disney California Adventure
- Universal Studios Hollywood
Additional information
GOR009683032
9781628090857
1628090855
Unofficial Guide to Disneyland 2019 by Seth Kubersky
Used - Very Good
Paperback
Unofficial Guides
2018-09-27
392
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