– Customer review on 16/11/2011

* With nearly 13 million visitors, the original Disneyland Park(r) still ranks as one of America's Top 25 Visited Sites according to Forbes Traveler. * Disneyland Park(r) and Disney's California Adventure(r) continue a 1 billion dollar expansion with new attractions based on the successful Pixar films- new attractions already added to the park include Finding Nemo Submarine Voyage, Toy Story Mania, World of Color, and coming soon Goofy's Sky School and The Little Mermaid- Ariel's Undersea Adventure scheduled to debut in Spring 2011.* In 2012, Disney's California Adventure(r) is scheduled to continue with a 12 acre expansion adding a new land to the park based on the Pixar animated film, Cars.
Table of Contents

List of Maps vii Acknowledgments viii Introduction 1 Why "Unofficial"? 1 How This Guide Was Researched and Written 5 Disneyland Resort: An Overview 10 PART ONE Planning before You Leave Home 15 Gathering Information 15 Timing Your Visit 22 Getting There 28 A Word about Lodging 34 Hotels and Motels: Rated and Ranked 55 TOP 30 BEST DEALS 60 Making the Most of Your Time 61 HOTEL INFORMATION CHART 62-67 HOW THE HOTELS COMPARE 68-71 Touring Plans 73 PART TWO Essentials 95 The Bare Necessities 95 PART THREE Disneyland with Kids 100 The Brutal Truth about Family Vacations 100 Mental and Emotional Preparation 101 Basic Considerations: Is Disneyland for You? 103 The Age Thing 106 About Inviting Your Children's Friends 111 A Few Words for Single Parents 113 "He Who Hesitates Is Launched!": Tips and Warnings for Grandparents 114 How to Childproof a Hotel Room 115 Physical Preparation 117 Developing a Good Plan 121 Logistic Preparation 124 Remembering Your Trip 134 Trial Run 135 Strollers 137 Babysitting 139 Disney, Kids, and Scary Stuff 140 SMALL-CHILD FRIGHT-POTENTIAL CHART 142-146 Waiting-line Strategies for Adults with Small Children 148 Lost Children 154 The Disney Characters 156 PART FOUR Dining and Shopping in and around Disneyland 164 Dining in Disneyland Resort 164 Disney Dining 101 166 Theme-park Counter-service Restaurant Mini-profiles 174 Disneyland Resort Restaurants: Rated and Ranked 180 DISNEYLAND RESORT RESTAURANTS BY CUISINE 182-183 Dining outside Disneyland Resort 200 Anaheim-area Full-service Restaurants 202 ANAHEIM-AREA RESTAURANTS BY CUISINE 204 Shopping at Disneyland 212 PART FIVE Disneyland Park 215 Arriving and Getting Oriented 215 Main Street, U.S.A. 219 Adventureland 222 New Orleans Square 227 Critter Country 228 Frontierland 232 Fantasyland 237 Mickey's Toontown 246 Tomorrowland 252 Live Entertainment and Special Events 262 Unheralded Treasures at Disneyland Park 268 Traffic Patterns at Disneyland Park 271 Disneyland Park Touring Plans 273 PART SIX Disney California Adventure 291 A Most Anticipated Sequel 291 Arriving and Getting Oriented 295 Hollywood Pictures Backlot 297 a bug's land 303 Paradise Pier 306 Cars Land 313 Golden State 315 Parades and Live Entertainment 320 Unheralded Treasures at DCA 324 Traffic Patterns at Disney California Adventure 324 California Adventure 1-day Touring Plan 325 PART SEVEN Universal Studios Hollywood 327 Gathering Information 330 Timing Your Visit 330 Arriving and Getting Oriented 332 Universal Studios Hollywood Attractions 333 Live Entertainment at Universal Studios Hollywood 342 Dining at Universal Studios Hollywood 342 Universal Studios Hollywood 1-day Touring Plan 343 Appendix 345 Readers' Questions to the Author 345 Index 348 Clip-out Touring Plans 362 Unofficial Guide Reader Survey 373 Disneyland Resort and Anaheim Restaurant Survey 375
About the Author

Mehmet Yava is Professor of Linguistics at Florida International University. He has published numerous articles on Applied Phonology and is the principal author of Avaliacao Fonologica da Crianca, a phonological assessment procedure for Brazilian Portuguese. He is also author of Phonological Disorders in Children (1991), First and Second Language Phonology (1994), and Phonology: Development and Disorders (1998).
Reviews

Review for previous edition: "Applied English Phonology is original and unique among books of its sort ... In addition to covering segmental phonetics, syllable structure, word stress and English intonation in a clear and accessible manner, it also incorporates an introduction to acoustic phonetics and to graphophonemics. I know of no other introduction to English phonetics and phonology which covers all of this ... A well-conceived, well-written and well-executed book." (Linguistics)
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Inc
ISBN: 1118012283
EAN: 9781118012284
Dimensions: 20.0 x 13.0 x 2.0 centimeters (0.35 kg)
Age Range: 15+ years
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5 of 5 Stars! – Customer review on 27/08/2011

We found this book to be the most helpful of several on Disneyland (DL), including the Official Guide.

It is far more comprehensive, and contains much more than the short official versions of DL rides and attractions. It rates each ride by age group, so you know what is most attractive and least, depending in your party's composition, and does not hesitate to reprint dissenting opinions they've received from their readers when helpful, which really impressed me about their honesty and openness.

The main gripe about this book is that it tells the truth. DL can be very busy and simply wondering about and "exploring" will likely reduce greatly the number of rides you can get to. That's not the author's fault. We followed a version of their plan modified to our needs and covered far more of DL in 6 hours with three toddlers than I ever expected we could.

The book contains a lot of advice geared toward those with very young children, which was very helpful. A couple hours skimming this on the plane provided a great deal of insight that made our 3.5 year old son's first trip to Disney a memorable, happy experience, when it could have been anything but.
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– Customer review on 27/08/2011

We found this book to be the most helpful of several on Disneyland (DL), including the Official Guide.

It is far more comprehensive, and contains much more than the short official versions of DL rides and attractions. It rates each ride by age group, so you know what is most attractive and least, depending in your party's composition, and does not hesitate to reprint dissenting opinions they've received from their readers when helpful, which really impressed me about their honesty and openness.

The main gripe about this book is that it tells the truth. DL can be very busy and simply wondering about and "exploring" will likely reduce greatly the number of rides you can get to. That's not the author's fault. We followed a version of their plan modified to our needs and covered far more of DL in 6 hours with three toddlers than I ever expected we could.

The book contains a lot of advice geared toward those with very young children, which was very helpful. A couple hours skimming this on the plane provided a great deal of insight that made our 3.5 year old son's first trip to Disney a memorable, happy experience, when it could have been anything but.