The Unofficial Guide: The Color Companion to Walt Disney World (Unofficial Guides)
A picture is worth 1,000 words!The Color Companion is perfect for pairing with The 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. While the Unofficial Guide gives you more than 800 pages of highly detailed information on planning, staying, and surviving your visit to Walt Disney World, The Color Companion also takes the “Unofficial” approach, but SHOWS you where you’ll be staying and
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Great guide, but it doesn’t really stand alone,
However, it is not a fully comprehensive guidebook. It wasn’t meant to be; it’s a companion to the regular Unofficial Guide to Walt Disney World. I knew that when I bought the book (I already owned the regular Unofficial Guide), and I brought both Guides with me on my recent trip to Walt Disney World. While the Color Companion was great to carry around in the parks and use for reference, the regular Guide was often referred to throughout the trip. For example, when we wanted to book a behind-the-scenes tour, or when I wanted to know more about Downtown Disney shopping. The regular Guide is also much more detailed when it comes to planning factors before you leave (for instance, what kind of tickets to purchase). If you know going in that the Color Companion is going to be helpful and informative but not comprehensive, then I don’t think you’ll be disappointed. But if you’re going to try and rely on just this book to plan your vacation, you’re probably going to be disappointed. And yeah, it’s true that you can skip buying this and just get the Unofficial Guide by itself and have all the information you’ll need. But personally, I think the portability, great pictures, humor, and unique light-hearted yet informative tone make this Companion a must-buy.
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|A great Walt Disney World photo album,
The Unofficial Guide Walt Disney World 2010 (Unofficial Guides)
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|Rounded up from 3.75 Stars,
In order to keep the book to a smaller size and include a mess o’ pictures, much information had to be left out. This book lacks the detailed information that the UNOFFICIAL GUIDE provides. But that’s to be expected, after all the reader has to expect to trade out some things for color photos and portability. There’s still plenty of good information in this book.
What I didn’t care for was the quality of the photos. They just weren’t as “alive” as the photos in Birnbaum’s (which does the Official Guide for WDW). Also I didn’t so much care for the joke pages, which could confuse some people with no prior WDW experience. If you are going to WDW and want to buy a few guide books, here are my top favorites (in order):
1) THE UNOFFICIAL GUIDE TO WALT DISNEY WORLD (for a no-holds barred view)
2) BIRNBAUM’S WALT DISNEY WORLD (for the photos)
3) PASSPORTER’S WALT DISNEY WORLD (for your memories)
Have a magical visit!
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