Guide Books

Title: Euro Disney Resort, Paris: The Guide

Author: Collective (BOOKMAKER)
Publisher: Harmsworth Magazines
ISBN: 0-85144-671-X
Format: Large paperback (stiff cover), 157 pages
Price: £5.99

Comments: This official Disney guide is available in four languages (English, French, Italian and German). The guide was printed to be ready for the park's opening, and is thus now quite out of date. Many photos inside are either heavily altered to mask out signs of construction work, or not of the Paris park at all.

Title: The Unofficial Guide to Euro Disneyland

Author: Bob Sehlinger
Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton
ISBN: 0-340-57475-5
Format: Large paperback, 276 pages, no photos
Price: £8.99

Comments: Very informative, although it does get rather bogged down in techniques for avoiding queues on the rides, and thus you could miss out on the fun of the place. Some adequate maps, no photos. Highly recommended, but don't always follow it too religiously.

Title: Euro Disney: The Mainstream Unofficial Guide
NEW UPDATED EDITION NOW AVAILABLE

Author: Tania Alexander
Publisher: Mainstream Publishing
ISBN: 1-85158-513-3
Format: Normal paperback, 271 pages, no photos
Price: £5.99

Comments: Excellent compromise between the sycophancy of the Official Guide and the 'war-plan' of Sehlinger. It does contain touring plans, but the emphasis is more on what attractions are fun, and what can be missed. No photos, and it needs more maps, but otherwise highly recommended.

Title: Essential Euro Disney Resort
NEW UPDATED EDITION NOW AVAILABLE

Author: Lindsay Hunt
Publisher: AA Publishing
ISBN: 0-7495-0930-9
Format: Tall-thin paperback, 128 pages
Price: £4.99 (first edition was £3.99)

Comments: More of a tourist guide (in the Berlitz sense) giving ratings of what's available at the park, but little help in seeing it all. Good maps and some nice recent photos.

Title: Berlitz Pocket Guide: Euro Disney Resort
NEW UPDATED EDITION NOW AVAILABLE

Author: Berlitz staff writers
Publisher: Berlitz Publishing Co.
ISBN: 2-8315-2210-2
Format: Pocket sized, 128 pages, fold-out maps
Price: £4.95 (first edition was £3.95)

Comments: Fairly superficial, but easy to carry around. Contains mostly old (i.e. pre-opening) photos. Make sure you get the second edition (with the fold-out maps on the inside covers).

Title: Michelin Plan-Guide: Euro Disney Resort

Author: n/a
Publisher: Pneu Michelin
ISBN: 2-06-701-271-1
Format: Fold-open one-sheet map/guide
Price: £2.25 (free from some travel companies)

Comments: Excellent maps of the whole resort and surrounding areas. Locates all of the restaurants, shops, hotels, etc. Highly recommended as a souvenir map/guide in addition to Sehlinger or the Mainstream guide. Some nice photos, but only in more recent editions; older versions used artwork. Covers much the same ground as the free booklet given out at the park entrance.

Title: Michelin Guide: Euro Disney Resort, Sightseeing in the Area
NEW UPDATED EDITION NOW AVAILABLE

Author: n/a
Publisher: Pneu Michelin
ISBN: 2-06-148102-7
Format: Tall paperback, 186 pages
Price: £6.95

Comments: Around 60% of the book covers the park and hotels, with the rest devoted to Paris and the surrounding areas. Some good maps and photos, and the new edition covers all attractions up to Space Mountain.

Title: Fodor's Euro Disney

Editor: Paula Consolo
Publisher: Fodor
ISBN: 0-679-02290-2
Format: Tall paperback, 203 pages, no photos
Price: £8.99

Comments: Forget. There are only about 40 pages applicable to the park, much of which is out of date. The rest is about Paris and the surrounding area (most of which is culled from their existing Paris guidebook). If, however, you plan to spend a lot of your time in Paris, this guide book could be useful.

Title: Marco Polo Euro Disney

Author: Odile Perrard
Publisher: Hachette Guides de Voyage
ISBN: 2-01-01887-99 (French version)
Format: Pocket-sized paperback, 96 pages
Price: $4.95 (US) (free from some travel companies)

Comments: French guide. Contains nice detailed descriptions of Disneyland USA with only minor modifications to reflect the French operation, plus background information on Disney and relevant American history. Includes colour photographs - the second edition even includes some photos taken at Disneyland Paris!
Also available in German (from Mairs Geographischer Verlag), and in Dutch (from M&P Uitgeverij bv).

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