My day, and a book review!

So... Today was quite the productive day! Jimmy and I went to a friend's graduation this morning, and then I came home and worked on some of my new things until lunch. And they are coming along quite nicely! ;) I'm 'sew' proud of them! Hehe...

Mom came over around 2:30 to drop off some goodies, and see what I had been working on. I send her pics, but she likes to see them in person. :) We had a nice visit and she showed me some tricks with my sewing machine!

Then I spent some time on my DisBrides boards, watched a movie while I worked on some scented Mickey charms, made a cherry dump cake (YUM!) and wrote a book review!

Whew! What a wonderful, busy day!

Oh! And last night Jimmy and I went and saw 'I Am Legend'! What a great movie! I really enjoyed it! Will Smith is such a great actor! I would love to meet him; he seems like he would be really nice!

And now... On to my book review!!

The Complete Walt Disney World
By Julie and Mike Neal

Okay, I admit it… I bought this guidebook solely for the pictures. I really did. I’m Disney-crazy like that. But then, as I carried the book around with me, I started actually reading all the cool little stories and snippets, tips and secrets… I’m going to be buying the 2008 version for the awesome info… And the super-wonderful pictures, of course!

While most guidebooks just tell you the basics, like… Height requirements, prices, locations of FASTPASS attractions, etc… The Complete Walt Disney World makes you think you are actually there! Each attraction has a wonderful description, along with Fun Finds and Fun Facts! I’ve learned about sooo many cool things at WDW after reading this book! There’s also little tips scattered throughout the book. And, yes, it does have all the ‘basic’ info, too!

And the pictures… Oh the pictures! So, so many wonderful pictures! As you’re reading about the different attractions, you can glance [or in my case just stare] at the pictures, and start imagining you are there! I love the rainy day picture, the Blizzard Beach Snow Ball picture, the Stormalong Bay picture… And I could keep going on… There’s not a bad picture in the entire book, in my opinion. I like that they’re not the normal, everyday shots that everyone has seen a million times, too.

A few of my other favorite things in this book… The 10-page animal guide in the Animal Kingdom section, the two pages devoted to resort pools, the shopping pages, the ginormous Hidden Mickey’s list (along with some PICTURES!!) and 11 pages on special events. And there’s so much more in this book; but I can’t tell you everything! lol

The only thing I was disappointed in was the lack of info for the resorts. But, it seems that the 2008 version has remedied that! They now have 2 pages dedicated to each resort, along with some resort pictures! Yeah!!

They’ve also got a new restaurants section that has reviews and information on even the most recent restaurants and changes, like Yak and Yeti and Tusker House.

I’ve also read that it has info about the updated Haunted Mansion, Spaceship Earth, and even the new Toy Story Mania! How cool is that?? That's some very up-to-date information on my favorite place in the world!

Honestly, this is the WDW guidebook that I carry around with me all the time so that I can actually show people Disney World. And they’re always excited to see it! These pictures have gotten all the kids at work excited, and my boss is all the time asking "What is this ride like?" and "Which ride is that?" I just whip out this guidebook, and I can show her while I explain it to her!

This book is also printed on that lovely, glossy, sort of thick, magazine-like paper. A real plus with all those super pictures! The book is also a great size, and has a nice feel as you're flipping through the pages.

I believe this book is a wonderful supplement to the Disney World Passporter! (Along with a couple other Disney World guidebooks that I’ll review soon!) It's fun to look through all the great pictures, and read all the great little secrets and histories in the Complete WDW as you are planning in the Passporter.

Fun stuff!