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Birnbaum Travel Guide Books

Disney Editions is the official Disney guide book publisher and they publish a series of Birnbaum Travel Guides on Walt Disney World, the Disneyland Resort in California and the Disney Cruise Line:

  • Birnbaum's Walt Disney World
  • Birnbaum's Walt Disney World For Kids
  • Birnbaum's Walt Disney World Without Kids
  • Birnbaum's Walt Disney World Dining Guide
  • Birnbaum's Disney Cruise Line
  • Birnbaum's Disneyland Resort

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The books are revised and updated each year and a new edition for the following year is published around September time. The 2008 editions were all published on September 18, 2007.

If you are not bothered about having the very latest edition, you can often pick up a bargain by buying the previous year's edition.

Walt Disney World Resort

There are four books on the Walt Disney World Resort itself. The main Birnbaum's Walt Disney World guide covers just about everything and then there is an edition especially for kids, Birnbaum's Walt Disney World For Kids which is aimed at the 8 to 14 year age group.

If you are specifically visiting without kids then you might want to consider Birnbaum's Walt Disney World Without Kids which focuses on attractions and activities more suitable to adults.

Finally if you like your food and especially if you intend to purchase the Disney Dining Plan, then you should consider Birnbaum's Walt Disney World Dining Guide .

Disney Cruise Line & Disneyland Resort

For anyone contemplating a Disney Cruise, then there is Birnbaum's Disney Cruise Line and making up the set is a book on Disney's other US theme park, Disneyland in California, Birnbaum's Disneyland Resort.

All the Birnbaum guide books are fully illustrated throughout with colour photographs and maps.

If you are looking for independent guide books that are perhaps a bit more critical, then consider the various books from Fodor (Fodor's Gold Guides), Frommer (Frommer's Complete) or the Unofficial Guide series as well as a number of other books.