The Unofficial Guide: The Color Companion to Walt Disney World

Bob Sehlinger, Len Testa

Unofficial Guides, Sep 6, 2016 - Travel - 384 pages

Following in the best-selling tradition ofThe Unofficial Guide to Walt Disney World, The Unofficial Guide: The Color Companion to Walt Disney World shows you how to get the inside track on visitingWalt Disney World and how to make the most of your time in the park. Complete with hundreds of full-color photographs, theColor Companion is a visual guide for your Disney vacation, showing you the best that Walt Disney World has to offer.

The Color Companion is perfect for pairing withThe Unofficial Guide to Walt Disney World ("the big book") or it can stand alone to provide you with what you need to know in a flash when you're visiting the park.The Unofficial Guide gives you more than 800 pages of highly detailed information on planning, staying, and surviving your visit toWalt Disney World. InThe Color Companion the authorsBob Sehlinger andLen Testa also take the "Unofficial" approach, but their book SHOWS you where you'll be staying and what you'll be doing, all in a trim little book that's perfect for tucking into a backpack or totebag.

Contents

• FastPass+ Rules: 2
• From Whence It Came: 4
• Young at Heart: 6
• OK Ill Bite How Big Is It?: 8
• A Quick Trip Around the Major Theme Parks: 10
• DisneySpeak Pocket Translator: 18
• Photos and Comments from Readers: 19
• PRACTICAL STUFF: 20
• Planning Before You Leave Home: 21
• When to Go to Walt Disney World: 24
• Making the Most of Your Time and Money: 26
• Special Tips for Special People: 46
• Getting There: 52
• How to Travel Around the World: 55
• Problems and How to Solve Them: 60
• Services: 62
• WALT DISNEY WORLD RESORTS: 63
• Choosing a Walt Disney World Hotel: 64
• How to Find the Best Rooms at Any Disney Hotel: 65
• Comparing Disney World Resort Room Sizes: 66
• WALT DISNEY WORLD WITH KIDS: 98
• About Family Vacations: 99
• Avoid Meltdowns: 104
• Disney Kids and Scary Stuff: 108
• The Disney Characters: 114
• Strollers: 119
• Character Dining: 120
• Babysiting: 124
• DINING IN WALT DISNEY WORLD: 126
• Disney Dining 101: 127
• Walt Disney World Restaurant Categories: 128
• Magic Your Way Dining Plans: 130
• Getting a Leg Up at Walt Disney World: 132
• Rated and Ranked: 134
• FullService Restaurant Profiles: 137
• THE MAGIC KINGDOM: 157
• Main Street USA: 161
• Adventureland: 166
• Frontierland: 172
• Liberty Square: 180
• Fantasyland: 184
• Tomorrowland: 198
• Live Entertainment: 206
• Fireworksk Viewing Locations: 208
• CounterService Restaurants: 210
• EPCOT: 214
• Future World: 218
• World Showcase: 236
• Live Entertainment: 257
• Drinking Around the World Showcase: 260
• CounterService Restaurants: 261
• ANIMAL KINGDOM: 264
• The Oasis: 268
• Discovery Island: 270
• The World of Avatar: 273
• Africa: 274
• Asia: 281
• Dinoland USA: 287
• Live Entertainment: 292
• CounterService Restaurants: 295
• DISNEYS HOLLYWOOD STUDIOS: 298
• Hollywood and Sunset Boulevards: 302
• Echo Lake: 313
• Star Wars Land: 318
• Animation Courtyard: 320
• Pixar Place: 325
• Toy Story Land: 328
• CounterService Restaurants: 330
• THE WATER PARKS: 332
• Planning Your Visit to the Disney Water Parks: 335
• Typhoon Lagoon: 336
• Blizzard Beach: 342
• DISNEY SPRINGS AND DISNEYS BOARDWALK: 346
• Disney Springs: 347
• Disneys Boardwalk: 352
• RECREATION: 353
• Water Sports: 355
• Back on Dry Land: 357
• Spectator Sports: 362
• Spa Pleasures: 363
• Index: 364
• Photo Credits: 373
• About Unofficial Guides: 374
• Back Cover: 375

About the author

Bob Sehlinger, a Lowell Thomas Award–winning journalist, is best known as the creator and producer of The Unofficial Guide series. He lives in Birmingham, AL.

Len Testa is the coauthor of The Unofficial Guide to Walt Disney World, The Unofficial Guide to Disneyland, and Britain’s Best Days Out. He lives in Greensboro, NC.

Bibliographic information

• Title: The Unofficial Guide: The Color Companion to Walt Disney World; Unofficial Guide: The Color Companion to Walt Disney World; Unofficial guide
• Authors: Bob Sehlinger, Len Testa
• Edition: illustrated
• Publisher: Unofficial Guides, 2016
• ISBN: 1628090545, 9781628090543
• Length: 384 pages
• Subjects: Family & Relationships / Activities; Travel / Special Interest / Amusement & Theme Parks; Travel / United States / South / South Atlantic (DC, DE, FL, GA, MD, NC, SC, VA, WV)