Vote of the Week: Are You Visiting Orlando in 2015?

By Robert Niles: It's never too early to start thinking about your next vacation.

Most of us can't afford to spend as much time going off to visit theme parks as we would like. But work and family commitments can't keep us from at least thinking about our next visit to Walt Disney World, Universal Orlando, or whichever theme park resort around the world we hope to get to... some day.

Where are you planning to visit next year? Are you heading to the world's theme park capital — Orlando, Florida — or do you have another destination in mind? Or are you sitting out 2015 and saving up for next year?

Whether you are actively planning an Orlando-area vacation for 2015, or just dreaming about one for later in the future, we've released two new guidebooks in the past month, to help you along.

Theme Park Insider Visits Walt Disney World and Universal Orlando includes detailed descriptions and ratings of hundreds of rides, shows, restaurants, and hotels, as well as advice for making reservations and getting the most from each day of your visit. This 232-page guidebook also includes listings for SeaWorld Orlando, Busch Gardens Tampa, and Legoland Florida, as well as for Disney and Universal. We include visitors' Top 10 attractions, restaurants, and hotels in several categories, to help you find the best way to spend your time in Orlando. Additional tips include advice on prepaid dining plans, line-skipping options, accommodating disabilities, special meal requests, celebrating birthdays, and even how to overcome a fear of riding roller coasters.

Theme Park Insider Visits The Wizarding World of Harry Potter goes even more in-depth to cover the hottest new attraction of the year, Universal Studios Florida's Diagon Alley. This 63-page booklet includes descriptions of everything in Diagon Alley and the original Hogsmeade land, as well as a history of the project and comments from the designers who created the two Harry Potter lands. You'll also hear from the stars of the Harry Potter film series, who talk about the lands, and get updates about other Harry Potter attractions around the world.

So, let's ask: What are your travel plans for next year?

Please tell us in the comments what is motivating you to travel in 2015, or what's keeping you at home, if that is the case.

And if you would like to get a copy of one of our guidebooks, here are the links to order:

• Theme Park Insider Visits Walt Disney World and Universal Orlando (Kindle - $7.99, Paperback - $12.95)


• Also available for iTunes and from Amazon UK in paperback (UK) and for Kindle (UK)


• Theme Park Insider Visits The Wizarding World of Harry Potter (Kindle - $2.99, Paperback - $5.99)


• Also from iTunes and from Amazon UK

If you have bought one or both of the books already, thank you! Your positive reviews of these books to Amazon and to Apple always are appreciated, as well.

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