Product Description

Seven Great Features and Benefits offered ONLY by the Unofficial Guides:

• Practical tips on when to go and how to beat the crowds at 11 of Central Florida's best them parks
• Firsthand information on what's worthwhile and what's not at major attractions
• The inside scoop on where to go for the best roller coaster action
• Complete coverage of Universal Florida, including Islands of Adventure, CityWalk, and detailed restaurant reviews
• Comprehensive chapters on SeaWorld and Discovery Cove, Busch Gardens, Kennedy Space Center, Gatorland, and the Holy Land Experience
• Comparisons of all area water parks
• The straight story on Orlando-area dinner theaters and nightlife
  

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #133406 in Books
• Published on: 2009-05-04
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 384 pages

Features

• ISBN13: 9780470460313
• Condition: NEW
• Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.
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From the Back Cover
From the publishers of The Unofficial Guide to Walt Disney World

"A Tourist's Best Friend!"
—Chicago Sun-Times

"Indispensable"
—The New York Times

Five Great Features and Benefits offered ONLY by The Unofficial Guide:

1. Comprehensive coverage of theme parks, dinner theater, mini-golf, water parks, adventure outings, sports, museums, and more

2. Field-tested Touring Plans for Universal Orlando that can save four hours of standing in line a day

3. Each attraction rated by age group based on a survey of over 10,000 families

4. Complete descriptions and ratings for all the best non-Disney hotels for families

5. Insider tips on the best restaurants, buffets, and meal deals

About the Author
BOB SEHLINGER is the author of The Unofficial Guide to Walt DisneyWorld and the executive publisher of the Unofficial Guide series.

GRANT RAFTER is a graduate of Dartmouth College and a professional writer. He makes his home in Maine.

Customer Reviews

Useful guide for Sea World & Busch Gardens
Beyond Disney is meant to be used as a second guide when planning a trip to Orlando. They assume that you have purchased The Unofficial Guide Walt Disney World 2010 (Unofficial Guides) or something similar and are using this one for the other theme parks in the area. This is a good idea but there are some problems with it. First, the Universal Parks are already covered in the Unofficial Guide to Walt Disney World and that material is largely dropped in here with no significant changes. So if you have the Unofficial WDW book, then you don't need to see that again here.

The main value in this book lies in the coverage of Sea World and Busch Gardens. Both are major theme parks and get full coverage here. I found the Busch Gardens information especially helpful. Busch has so many attractions that you can't possibly enjoy every one in a single day and this guide will help you focus on what you might enjoy the most. This is the only book in the Unofficial Guide series where you'll find material on Busch and Sea World, and many of the other publishers ignore those parks completely. If you are interested in attending either park, then I highly recommend Beyond Disney. If you plan to stick to WDW and/or the Universal Studios/Islands of Adventure area then you can safely skip this.

Surfing Sea World
This book helped us navigate the Orlando experience minus Disney. the tips in the book let us breakfast at Sea World before it "officially" opened. We saw more of the shows and the animals because of the great directions in this book. I tore the pages for Sea World right out of my copy of the book, so I could have the information with me at the park without the problem of carrying the big book.

Kudos to the author and his research!

too many fun beside disney
this is an excelente book for people who wants more than just disney's orlando. I just miss that there is nos travelling plans for busch gardens and sea world.