Originally posted by lentesta
Hey GenerationX,
The 2004 edition should be available in the early fall - late August, early September, somewhere in there. What quotable thing did you write in with??? I have a preliminary copy of the 2004 edition, and I may be able to look it up.
In another thread around here, I described some of the new additions to the 2004 edition. One thing I forgot to mention was the new off-site hotel travel time information. You know how lots of off-site hotels claims they're "minutes from Disney" or "2.4 miles from Disney?" Earlier this year we decided to time how long it takes, on average, to get to each theme park entrance from more than 200 off-site hotels.
It took a team of researchers, driving in separate cars, the better part of a week to gather the data. It took another month to crunch the numbers. In the end, we distilled it down to a handy chart that shows you the average commute time from each hotel to each theme park. We include this with our other hotel information, so you're able to compare hotels by room quality, service, price and travel time. Should be a cool addition to the Guide. I think the actual number of hotels covered is more than 250.
If anyone has other questions about the 2004 edition, feel free to ask. Oh, and, of course, WDWMagic made the list in 2004. Congratulations, Steve. Hope to see someone from WDWMagic in December.
Len