Lonely Planet Pocket Orlando & Walt Disney World(R) Resort

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• Publisher: Lonely Planet
• Year: 2018
• eBook ISBN:
  9781787012257
• Print ISBN:
  9781786572622

Walt Disney World® Resort

Walt Disney World® Resort attracts millions of people from around the globe every year. Its theme parks, filled with rides, live shows, 3D movies and parades, transport visitors into a land of princesses and pirates, monsters and magic. But it's not just theme parks. Like Walt himself imagined, it's an entire, self-contained world of Mickey.

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Theme Parks, Water Parks & More

MWalt Disney World® covers more than 40 sq miles and includes four separate (walled) theme parks, two water parks and some golf courses, all connected by a complicated system of monorail, boat and bus, and intersected by highways and roads. Rides, character interactions, movies and shows are spread out among the parks, resort hotels, and entertainment districts.

• Magic Kingdom Low on thrills and high on nostalgia, with Cinderella's Castle and nightly fireworks.
• Epcot A handful of rides on one side, country-based food, shopping and attractions on the other.
• Disney's Animal Kingdom Part zoo and part county fair, with a heavy dusting of Disney-styled Africa.
• Hollywood Studios Movie-based attractions and Pixar characters.
• Typhoon Lagoon Water park particularly excellent for families.
• Blizzard Beach Water park with high-speed twists and turns.
• Disney's Bo...

Table of contents

• Table of Contents
• Welcome to Orlando & Walt Disney World Resort
• Top Sights
• Local Life
• Day Planner
• Need to Know
• Orlando & Walt Disney World Resort Neighborhoods
• Walt Disney World Resort
• Universal Orlando Resort
• International Drive
• Downtown Orlando
• Loch Haven Park
• Winter Park
• Kennedy Space Center
• Legoland
• The Best of Orlando & Walt Disney World Resort
• Survival Guide
• Behind the Scenes
• Our Writer