St. Patrick’s Giveaway: The Unofficial Guide Color Companion to Walt Disney World

March 29, 2011 by ·
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ABOUT THE UNOFFICIAL GUIDE BOOKS:

The Unofficial Guide to Walt Disney World
This book is called “The Big Book” – 850 pages of comprehensive information for anyone traveling to Walt Disney World.
The Unofficial Guide to Walt Disney World With Kids
As you can tell from the title, this book is geared towards family vacations. It includes more than 20 special touring plans for families that are not published anywhere else.
The Unofficial Guide to Walt Disney World for Grown-Ups
Sean and I visited Disney World before little Rosie came into our lives. There are great adventures for grown-ups as well as children here. This guide tells you how to make the most of adults traveling to Disney World.
Mini-Mickey: The Pocket-Sized Unofficial Guide
This is a CliffNotes style version of The Big Book, distilling information to help short stay or last minute visitors.
The Unofficial Guide Color Companion to Walt Disney World
This book is a “full-color visual feast”. This is the book that I brought with us on our trip to the Disney Social Media Moms Celebration. It’s a nice size – not to big, but big enough to be packed full of useful information.  For a guide book, I love having so many pictures vs text.

WHAT DO THEY ALL HAVE IN COMMON:

The Color Companion starts with a “Declaration of Independence”.  All the Unofficial Guides, “specifically and categorically declare that they are and always have been totally independent of the Walt Disney Company, Inc. and any members of the Disney corporate family… If a restaurant serves bad food, or a gift item is overpriced, or a ride isn’t worth the wait, we say so, and in the process we hope to make your visit more fun and rewarding.”

MY TAKE ON THE BOOK:

I liked the size and ease of reading the Color Companion to Walt Disney World.  The photos and organization make it easy to find information and fun to read.  Planning information includes things like attendance patterns during different times of the year. The Unofficial Tips throughout the book are interesting and helpful.  The sense of humor throughout the book makes it a fun read!
The “Avoid Meltdowns” section is worth the price of the book and good advice for any vacation!
PURCHASE LINKS:

Enter here to win your own copy of The Unofficial Guide Color Companion to Walt Disney World.

Main entry

1. Please go to TouringPlans.com and tell me about something you read.

Additional entries

2. Follow Kelly’s Lucky You with Google Friend Connect.

3. Follow Kelly’s Lucky You on twitter.

4. Tweet this giveaway (RT 1x per day). Feel free to use this sample:

Win The Unofficial Guide Color Companion to Walt Disney World @KellysLuckyYou http://t.co/Lb70Vwc Please RT

5. Like Kelly’s Lucky You on Facebook.

6. Add this giveaway to any giveaway linky (unlimited entries). You can use this list!

Leave one comment for each entry. Contest ends April 16th at midnight EST. The winner will be chosen by random.org and notified by email to the email address provided in the winning comment. The winner must respond within 48 hours of the notification email, or another winner will be chosen. See my Giveaway Rules page for further information. Sorry, this contest is open to residents of the US only.

Disclosure: I was sent 2 copies of The Unofficial Guide Color Companion to Walt Disney World.  Keeping one and one is for a lucky reader!

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  1. 1
    Julia says:
    March 29, 2011 at 9:49 pm

    Epcot is the park to avoid today due to crowd levels!

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    March 29, 2011 at 9:49 pm

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    March 30, 2011 at 2:49 am

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    Jackie says:
    March 30, 2011 at 6:50 am

    I learned that since 1985 The Unofficial Guide to Walt Disney World and Disneyland has helped more than 3 million families.
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    March 30, 2011 at 11:23 am

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    Tara says:
    March 31, 2011 at 2:46 pm

    I read that Since 1985 The Unofficial Guide to Walt Disney World and Disneyland has helped more than 3 million families.

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    Peggy says:
    March 31, 2011 at 6:44 pm

    love the crowd calendar…today the best parks are Epcot, and Animal Kingdom and the park to avoid is Magic Kingdom….awesome site since we are going next year!!

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    March 31, 2011 at 6:45 pm

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    Barb S. says:
    April 2, 2011 at 3:01 pm

    they have touring plans for every day of the year for all four of the WDW parks!

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    April 2, 2011 at 3:02 pm

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    April 4, 2011 at 3:06 pm

    It gives you the waiting times for attractions

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    April 9, 2011 at 4:35 pm

    avoid parks that have early magic hours
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    Lina says:
    April 13, 2011 at 3:35 pm

    I read about the 3 different cheat sheets they have for visiting the attractions.

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    April 16, 2011 at 9:09 am

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    Kay Lynn @ Bucksome Boomer says:
    April 16, 2011 at 12:35 pm

    I learned that I can look up Disneyland historical attendance to help me plan best time of year/days to attend.

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