I'm surely not the best one to answer but here's my $.02 anyway (btw mine came about an hour ago today and I preordered the deluxe binder one). It's a cool travel guide with information like the kinds of things here on the DIS and maybe more. It has cool pockets and such, making it kind of like a daytimer planner thingy (a plus for me). So you could update it w/out necessarily buying a new one for future trips. IMHO it was worth it. I haven't really had time to peruse it the way I want to (I'm saving that for tonight) but I'm so excited I can't stand it! So for me, yep, the excitement is worth the price. But I am somewhat silly re: Disney stuff