Orlando/Disneyworld Thread (Part 3)

hairy_g

techmob wrote: »

great thread, thanks to everyone who has contributed

I am going for the first time to florida on the 17th september - 1st October

i have just paid for flights, cheapest i could find and flying with virgin total cost included credit card charge £1,418 (is that reasonable?) 2 adults, 7 year old and 1 year old flying economy

have booked a villa which is in a great location for 14 nights at a cost of £750 , very nice villa to

took travel insurance for the family of 4 for £29 , 2 adults, 7 year old and 1 year old

now i need to hire a car, which needs to be picked up from the orlando mco airport and dropped off back there before our flight back home

which is the best site to use and which company , budget keeps popping up when i search

have not sorted any visas out yet or park tickets, still reading to be done

http://www.airline-network.co.uk/Homepage/Homepage.asp

http://www.uscarhire.co.uk

http://www.yescarhire.com

To start you off...
I've only used uscarhire myself, and not had any problems with them.

teallach

Sounds like a good price for the flights going by what we paid last year and this year although now you've got to look forward to being skint after paying for the park tickets;)
My colleague uses carhire3000 who I think we'll go with this year as they seem pretty reasonable.
You'll have a ball there. Last year was our first time and we went with a 13 year old so didn't appreciate all Disney had to offer but with the ages of your kids, it will be fantastic. We had such a great time, we managed to persuade my husband to go again:)

jimihat

Budget_mum wrote: »

I've booked for July and would value some opinions on water parks. We did Wet'n'Wild last time but were a bit disappointed. Any views on Blizzard Beach vs Typhoon Lagoon ?

I reckon Blizzard Beach is better for the big thrill rides and Typhoon Lagoon is a bit better for a more relaxing day. Both great parks but I probably just prefer Typhoon Lagoon.

Both are just over the road from Downtown Disney too which is great for an afternoon movie or an evening stroll.

Mr_Lahey

jimihat wrote: »

I reckon Blizzard Beach is better for the big thrill rides and Typhoon Lagoon is a bit better for a more relaxing day. Both great parks but I probably just prefer Typhoon Lagoon.

Both are just over the road from Downtown Disney too which is great for an afternoon movie or an evening stroll.

Blizzard Beach is better for young kids, Typhoon Lagoon for teens.

teallach

jimihat wrote: »

Both are just over the road from Downtown Disney too which is great for an afternoon movie or an evening stroll.

I'm not sure I would say that Blizzard Beach is over the road...it's definitely a car journey away;)

jimihat

teallach wrote: »

I'm not sure I would say that Blizzard Beach is over the road...it's definitely a car journey away;)

Yes, sorry, I was actually refering to Typhoon Lagoon which is right across the road from the first (or last!) part of Downtown Disney (where house of blues, cinema etc is).

scothotels

Can anyone recommend where to buy our Orlando Flexi Tickets from, we are looking for the Flexiticket Plus?

Thanks

hairy_g

jimihat wrote: »

I like AllStatesCarHire.com; they are pretty good. Although you can do it without a car I really fell you get a 100x better trip with the car; it's such a spread out area and there is so much to see.

On another note; if anyone wants a totally free PDF ebook Orlando Guide check out **************, there is no catch!!! there is a guide on the website which you can download and print for absolutely nowt!

You need to stop promoting your own website, its against forum rules

techmob

i found that guide useful

hairy_g

techmob wrote: »

i found that guide useful

If you go to the first page of this thread you will find much more info.

http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?t=1820085