Book Review: Lots To Do In Line

LOTS TO DO IN LINE

Don’t Miss The Magic Before the Ride!
Meredith Lyn Pierce
268 pages4” x 9”$12.95 Trade PaperbackThe Intrepid Traveler
The FastPass Version: This is the perfect book to prevent meltdowns when you are with a group of people on a relatively busy day at Disneyland. It is also a fun trivia book in a  compact, easy to carry format.
The Stand By Version: They say that necessity is the mother of invention and a mother in need was the perfect person to write this book. Although Ms. Pierce had been to Disneyland dozens of times on her first trip with her daughter Camille see began to see the Park in a whole new way. Boredom and a fidgeting kid will do that to you. Those moments in line became more important.
Like most trivia books there is a game to be played. In this case, the author suggests three ways to enjoy her book. You can team up with others and answer the questions as you go along. You can compete against one another individually like a quiz show. I like how she suggests, “This method works best when each player has a copy of the book.” Or you can bring it along and use it was a way to fill in time while standing in line. She limits herself to information that you can only see in the line. Ms. Pierce wants you to “forget the questions and enjoy yourself” while you are on the rides.
Ms. Pierce has added another layer to the game playing with Collections. As you step into a land, the group tries to count all of the weather vanes or pin collectors or funny hats or girls dressed as princesses, etc.
For each attraction there are a number of questions that are stacked in the order from the entrance of the queue to the beginning of the ride. Questions range from checklists marking what you can see, yes/no questions, and multiple choice. The difficulty of the questions range from the perfectly obvious to the really having to give it a go.
With complex queues like Roger Rabbit Car Toon Spin the book is an excellent guide and worthy of letting others pass you by so that you can take in all the details. Then there are the queues for the attractions in A Bug’s Land. She tries her best to make something out of nothing.
Speaking of making something out of nothing, she also covers Disney California Adventure. (I am just joking) Same format, same challenges.
The book also contains Scavenger Hunts for each park.
I tested the book as an individual and as a small group. If your family really likes to look for Hidden Mickeys then you will really enjoy this book. As you can imagine, I am a big fan of anything that gets guests to look around.
The publisher sent me this book for free for the purpose of this review.