Birnbaum's 2024 Walt Disney World: The Official Vacation Guide -- Birnbaum Guides, Paperback

The one and only official, up-to-the-minute insider's guide to America's most popular travel destination, updated to include all the hottest information.

As Walt Disney World continues to grow and evolve, trust Birnbaum as your 2023-2024 guide for:

• EPCOT is celebrating its 40th anniversary, and we deliver the scoop on what's new, renewed, and coming soon, including Guardians of the Galaxy: Comic Rewind, The Journey of Water, Inspired by Moana, and Dreamer's Point.
• Find dozens of money-saving coupons on dining, entertainment, and more!
• There's a new way to enter theme park attractions: Lightning Lanes. This new service offers expedited wait times for an abundance of favorite shows and attractions at Walt Disney World. Rely on Birnbaum for an accurate description of this time saving program. (fees apply for this service.)
• Get tips on the new Magic Kingdom attraction TRON Lightcycle Run!
• Turn to Birnbaum for updates on favorite eateries and newcomers alike, such as EPCOT's Connections Cafe and Eatery and Roundup Rodeo BBQ Restaurant at Disney's Hollywood Studios.
• Updates on classic and new resort hotels, including Swan Reserve, and Drury Plaza Hotel Orlando. We now cover the hotels at nearby Bonnet Creek--all part of Disney's Good Neighbor Hotel category.
• Birnbaum offers Disney Springs updates on your favorite restaurants and new editions to the dining and entertainment scene.
• Character meals are back! We tell you where and how to find them.
• Flying into Orland International Airport (aka MCO)? We explain the many ways to from MCO to the House of Mouse.

Author: Birnbaum Guides
Publisher: Disney Editions
Published: 09/19/2023
Pages: 384
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.72lbs
Size: 10.00h x 8.01w x 0.69d
ISBN: 9781368083720

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 Walt Disney World 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