Description
- There's a new way to enter theme park attractions: Lightning Lanes. This new service offers expedited wait times for favorite shows and attractions at Disneyland Park and Disney California Adventure. Rely on Birnbaum for an accurate description of this time-saving program. (Fees Apply).
- Mickey's Toontown has been refreshed and revitalized! We give the scoop on this re-imagined realm.
- Disneyland Park welcomes back the popular Magic Happens parade in 2023, and Birnbaum tells you all about it.
- There's a whole new land at Disney California Adventure theme park: Avenger's Campus! Look for details about this adventure zone.
- A new year brings new dining experience. Turn to Birnbaum for coverage of eateries such as Din Tai Fung and Paseo and Centrico.
- Character meals are back! We tell you where and how to dine with your Disney pals.
- To help celebrate the Disney100 celebration, we've rounded up classic recipes from several Disneyland nosh spots--so you can whip up a bit of Disney magic at home.
- Includes money-saving coupons on dining, merchandise, and entertainment at Disneyland Resort.
Author: Birnbaum Guides
Publisher: Disney Editions
Published: 09/19/2023
Pages: 160
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.75lbs
Size: 9.90h x 7.80w x 0.30d
ISBN13: 9781368083713
ISBN10: 1368083714
BISAC Categories:
- Travel | United States | West | Pacific (AK, CA, HI, OR, WA)
- Travel | Special Interest | Amusement & Theme Parks
- Travel | Food, Lodging & Transportation | Restaurants
About the Author
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 Disneyland 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