As Walt Disney World continues to grow and evolve, trust Birnbaum as your guide! The 2020 edition delves into everything meaningful to kids:
Join the vacation-planning fun, with kid-friendly descriptions of all the theme park shows and attractions, including maps, photos, colorful illustrations, and more.
Meet favorite Disney characters and collect autographs from Mickey, Minnie, Anna, Elsa, Chewbacca, BB8, Goofy, and the gang, and there are special autograph pages at the back of the book!
The book is filled with kid-written tips and attraction reviews.
Discover new theme park offerings, including Toy Story Land, Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge, Mickey & Minnie's Runaway Railway, Epcot's new Ratatouille-inspired attraction, and Lightning McQueen's Racing Academy.
Hunt for dozens of Hidden Mickeys spread through all four Walt Disney World theme parks.
Preserve magical memories in a special scrapbook section.
Author Biography
When Steve Birnbaum launched this guide in 1981, he made it clear what was expected of anyone who worked on it: The book would be meticulously revised each year, leaving no attraction untested, no snack or meal untasted, no hotel untried. First-hand experiences like these, accumulated over the years, make this book the most authoritative guide to the Walt Disney World and Disneyland Resorts. Our expertise, however, is not achieved by being escorted through back doors of attractions (although we would enjoy that). Instead, we wait in lines with everyone else, always hoping to have a Disney experience like that of any other guest.
While Walt Disney World has vastly expanded, and so has our knowledge of the most popular vacation destinations on the planet. On some occasions we've encountered sweltering weather and swelling crowds, times when even the happiest of travelers can turn into Grumpy for a moment or two. Had we known then what we know now, we could have spared ourselves some trying experiences.
In one case, a staffer waited more than an hour to get on an attraction. Standing in line with a notebook, she was asked by another guest if there was a quiz at the end. When she explained what she was doing, he expressed surprise to learn that she was waiting with the masses. But that's always been our strategy.
We believe the best way to gather useful advice for a Disney park guest is to be one. Over and over again!
--Jill Safro, editor
