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THE 2012 EDITION OF THE UNOFFICIAL GUIDE TO WALT DISNEY WORLD

The crew behind many landmark resources for Walt Disney World–including TouringPlans.com, Lines, the famous crowd calendar, and The Color Companion to Walt Disney World–released in late August the 2012 edition of The Unofficial Guide to Walt Disney World.

Details follow below, but here’s the short version: first time family visitors tempted to buy a guidebook should choose The Unofficial Guide to Walt Disney World 2012.

(Disclosure: As noted here, since summer 2011 I’ve had a business relationship with TouringPlans.com.)
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See Steven Ford’s wonderful appreciation of Steve Jobs and Walt Disney here.

WALT DISNEY WORLD OCTOBER-DECEMBER 2011 ROOM DEAL

Disney World has announced a new room rate discount for 2011 dates 10/30 to 11/18 (or 11/21–see below), and 11/26 to 12/23/2011.

To get this deal, you need to book by November 19.

Discounts off of standard rates include

• 15% off of All-Star Movies, and 20 percent off of the rest of the value resorts
• 15% off of Port Orleans French Quarter Resort and 20 percent off the rest of the moderate resorts
• 25% off of the Animal Kingdom Lodge and Polynesian Resort, and 30 percent off the rest of the deluxe and DVC resorts

For the values and most moderates, the first discount period ends 11/18.  For the rest–the Cabins at Fort Wilderness, the deluxes, and the DVC resorts–this first discount period ends 11/21.

For the official Disney World page on this deal, click here. For other discounts, see this.

(This material first appeared as a guest post on
MilitaryDisneyTips.com‘s Patriotic Disney series. Thanks, Steve, for letting me republish it here.)

This is the second page of this review; for the first page, click here.

FRONTIERLAND BEGINS IN LIBERTY SQUARE

The structures of Frontierland–rides, shops, and dining establishments–are all on your left as you walk from Liberty Square to Big Thunder Mountain.

The water–representing the great rivers that tied together the frontier, and especially the Mississippi and the Ohio–are on your right.

If you focus on the left, Frontierland begins at the Diamond Horseshoe Saloon, as the boundary between east and west.

However, if you focus on the right…Frontierland begins in Liberty Square. [Read more →]

OVERVIEW: APRIL 2012 AT DISNEY WORLD

This page reviews April 2012 Walt Disney World crowds, prices, deals and discounts, weather, operating hours, adds a few other notes, and ends with week by week summaries.

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WALT DISNEY WORLD ROOM DEAL

A new Walt Disney World room discount program covers dates from January 2, 2012 until February 20, 2012, and needs to be booked by 12/21/2011.

Discounts off of standard rates include

• 20% off of All-Star Movies, and 25 percent off of the rest of the value resorts
• 25% off of Port Orleans French Quarter Resort and 30 percent off the rest of the moderate resorts
• 30% off of the Animal Kingdom Lodge and Polynesian Resort, and  35 percent off the rest of the  deluxe and DVC resorts

For the official Disney World scoop on this deal, click here. For other discounts, see this.