Table of Contents

List of Maps and Illustrations. Acknowledgments. Introduction. Why "Unofficial"? How This Guide Was Researched and Written. Disneyland Resort: An Overview. Part One: Planning before You Leave Home. Gathering Information. Timing Your Visit. Getting There. A Word about Lodging. Hotels and Motels: Rated and Ranked. Making the Most of Your Time. Part Two: Basic Essentials. The Bare Necessities. Part Three: Disneyland with Kids. The Agony and the Ecstasy. Small--Child Fright--Potential Chart. Waiting--Line Strategies for Adults with Small Children. Lost Children. The Disney Characters. Part Four: Disneyland Park. Arriving and Getting Oriented. Main Street, U.S.A. Adventureland. Part Four: Disneyland Park. New Orleans Square. Critter Country. Frontierland. Fantasyland. Mickey's Toontown. Tomorrowland. Live Entertainment and Special Events. Traffic Patterns inside Disneyland Park. Disneyland Park Touring Plans. Part Five: Disney's California Adventure. A Brave New Park. Arriving and Getting Oriented. Hollywood Pictures Backlot. Golden State. A Bug's Land. Paradise Pier. Parades and Live Entertainment. Disney's California Adventure One--Day Touring Plan. Part Six:Universal Studios Hollywood. Gathering Information. Timing Your Visit. Arriving and Getting Oriented. Universal Studios Hollywood Attractions. Universal Studios Hollywood One--Day Touring Plan. Part Seven:Dining and Shopping in and around Disneyland. Dining. Shopping. Appendix. Readers' Questions to the Author. Readers' Comments. Indexes. Clip--Out Pocket Outlines of Touring Plans. Reader Survey.

About the Author

Bob Sehlinger is the publisher of Menasha Ridge Press and the author of numerous Unofficial Guides, including the Unofficial Guide to Las Vegas and the best--selling Unofficial Guide to Walt Disney World.