The Complete Walt Disney World 2008

This beautiful Walt Disney World guidebook is also the most useful. Every aspect of the world's No. 1 tourist destination becomes easy to understand, as more than 400 full-color photographs and a fantastic wealth of information bring it all to life. Smartly organized and completely updated, it's packed with advice, insight and incredible detail you just can't find anywhere else. New for 2008: an expanded planning section and all-new Accommodations and Restaurants chapters. The Orlando Sentinel calls it "the most visually stunning and deeply researched guidebook on the market." The Boston Globe says it is "a thorough overview, with inside tips, facts and quizzes. Also makes a nice souvenir." The Chicago Tribune says it should "leave fans of Mickey smiling from ear to ear." It has won the grand prize for travel guides in the National Indie Excellence Awards, and is a finalist for an IPPY Award from the National Independent Publishers Association (results not yet posted).

After writing a guidebook about their hometown islands of Sanibel and Captiva, Florida, Julie and Mike Neal decided to spend a year and write one about Walt Disney World. Five years later they finished, only to learn they need to return weekly to keep things up to date. As a result, they've visited Disney World over 800 times. The couple and their books have been featured in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Boston Globe, Chicago Tribune and Miami Herald newspapers and American Heritage Magazine. They have also appeared on National Public Radio, the Travel Channel and many Florida television stations. Back on the islands, Julie coaches both a rec and middle-school soccer team, and is famous for her cooler full of ice pops. Mike is known for never getting around to putting his boat in the water. When not at Disney riding Big Thunder Mountain, their teenage daughter, Micaela, loves to boogie-board and fish at the beach. The family lives with their chocolate lab, Bear.