Seth Kubersky has worked for more than 25 years as a theatrical artist, culture critic, and travel journalist. Seth is the co-author of The Unofficial Guide to Universal Orlando, The Unofficial Guide to Disneyland, and The Unofficial Guide to Las Vegas, as well as a collaborator on The Unofficial Guide to Walt Disney World. Seth is nationally recognized as an authority on theme parks and amusement attractions and contributes to Attractions Magazine and the Unofficial Universal Orlando Podcast. His arts-and-entertainment column, “Live Active Cultures,” appears in the Orlando Weekly, central Florida’s leading alternative newspaper.

A native of Livingston, New Jersey, Seth earned a B.A. in theater from The College of William and Mary in Virginia. He has produced and directed dozens of plays through his award-winning Empty Spaces Theatre Co. and at the Orlando International Fringe Theatre Festival. As a stage technician and entertainment supervisor at Universal Orlando from 1996 to 2000, he worked on the Ghostbusters Spooktacular and Terminator 2: 3-D attractions, Mardi Gras parades, and Halloween mazes. Seth lives in Orlando with his wife, Genevieve, and their cats Kipper, Pumpkin, and Sol.

Bob Sehlinger, a Lowell Thomas Award–winning journalist, is best known as the creator and producer of The Unofficial Guides series.

A contributor to several top-selling guidebooks, Len Testa leads the team at Touring Plans, a research arm of The Unofficial Guides.

Guy Selga Jr. is a passionate Disney fan, a blogger, and a researcher at Touring Plans.

List of Maps

Acknowledgments

Introduction

Part 1: Planning Before You Leave Home

Part 2: Accommodations

Part 3: Making the Most of Your Time

Part 4: Essentials

Part 5: Disneyland with Kids

Part 6: Disneyland Park

Part 7: Disney California Adventure

Part 8: Dining and Shopping in and around Disneyland

Part 9: Universal Studios Hollywood

Readers’ Questions to the Authors

Indexes

Clip-Out Touring Plans