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The first printing of the 2013 Unofficial Guide to Walt Disney World is available on Amazon and other fine bookstores. (Kindle edition here.)

I’m surprised that the print edition is out this early, since we were making changes to the text as late as July 20 (to cover the new 2-hour Evening Extra Magic Hours). That’s amazing considering the book is 848 pages. Between Bob, me and the other contributors, we submitted close to 200 pages of updates and new content for this printing. And that excludes corrections for things such as typos, prices, hours, and phone number changes. Speaking of corrections, we’d like to thank the dozens of proofreaders and fact-checkers who helped update this edition – you folks are teh best. (Ha!) Thanks also to everyone else who sent in updates. Finally, while we’ve made every effort toward accuracy, there are bound to be some things we’ll need to correct. Drop us an email if you notice anything, please.

Below is a quick summary of the major changes for the most popular chapters of the book. I’m sure I’ve missed some sections, so drop us a line if you have questions.

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The wait is over! The latest episode that brings together the best partnership in theme parks since Mickey Bars and churros – Jim Hill and Len Testa – is back today with a new episode on Disney’s Hollywood Studios. Get it while it’s hot on iTunes or RSS.

Our own Len Testa will join a panel of travel authors to answer vacation planning questions live at Canada.com tomorrow at 3:00 PM Eastern. The link to join the live chat is at http://www.canada.com/floridachat.

The Unofficial Guide to Walt Disney World 2012 is in stores and available online now. (Yes, we know that page has the 2011 Guide shown – still waiting for a full-res file from our publisher.)

The Guide is also available for Kindle, Nook, and Apple iBooks. We have heard of formatting issues with the Nook version. If you go ahead and purchase the Nook version, be aware that this is an issue for Barnes & Noble and our publisher. We can’t provide any help for e-books any more than we can assist with bent covers on a paper book you’ve ordered.

Ready to get your discounted subscription to TouringPlans.com as a book-owner? The verification questions work for paper and electronic versions of the book, though page numbers only apply to the printed version.

Corrections? We got ‘em. Despite sending updates up until the very last minute (and then some) to our fabulous project manager, we still went to print with some information that is sadly already out of date. Book corrections and updates are here.

You guys had so many great ideas for the 2012 Unofficial Guide to Walt Disney World, that we are throwing it out there to you again. This time it’s Disneyland in California we’re looking at.

So folks, how can we make your Disneyland planning easier? What do you need to know as you book your trip to Walt’s first park?

Give us a comment before February 28.

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Here at Unofficial Guide World Headquarters (an undisclosed location somewhere between Madagascar and Bali – don’t even try to find us), we are gearing up for the Unofficial Guide to Walt Disney World – 2012. We know you’re still writing “What Will You Celebrate?” on your checks, but, yes, it’s actually that time again.

So, the question for you, dear readers is: what would you like to see in the next edition of the guide? Are there any subjects you would like more information on? Something that we haven’t covered in previous editions that needs some Unofficial Research? Whacky stunts that may or may not get us finally banned from Disney theme parks for good?

We make no promises. As you already know the Big Book is classified as a lethal weapon in many states due to its heft, so we do have to keep page count in mind. But even if we don’t get your great ideas in print, who knows – they may lead to a blog article or more online content here at TouringPlans.com.

Pitch your ideas in the comments section until February 28. And thanks for reading!