Orlando Florida/Disneyworld (Part 2) *CLOSED*

lightning15uk

Call_Centre_Guru wrote: »

Hi Lightning, have a look at hotels on International drive. it's the best place for anyone who doesn't drive as it's well serviced by public transport ie the I bus, disney bus, taxis etc. Theres also loads of restaurants along the whole stretch.

many thanks for quick response was thinking international drive as an option but obviously was not sure many thanks so how do i make this as cheap as possible then regarding tickets, is a taxi cheaper than a transfer? is it best to wait to the last minute as i am not to fussed on a particular hotel omg there are so many questions:rotfl:

colin13

i stayed on international drive,,but this is quiet a distance from disney but its close to universal,, so if u not hiring a car uve got to take in to account ur travel to and from disney although a lot of hotels run busses to disney

Edinburghlass_2

lightning15uk wrote: »

hi

all have been searching for orlando holidays for aug 2009 (i know but i like to be prepared) for 2 adults and 2 kids age 16/6 we do not drive so will be relying on public transport, buses, cabs or even shuttle buses we are pretty flexible as to where we want to stay (obviously not to far from parks etc basically its all down to money and costs in transport thrown in. any help would really be appreciated thanks.

If you are mainly going to use the Disney parks then I'd go for Lake Beuna Vista area as you will get free courtesy bus to the parks and for Universal and/or Seaworld you can pick up a taxi. LBV have plenty of hotels, restaurants and shopping within walking distance but less "Blackpool style" than International Drive.

lightning15uk

Edinburghlass wrote: »

If you are mainly going to use the Disney parks then I'd go for Lake Beuna Vista area as you will get free courtesy bus to the parks and for Universal and/or Seaworld you can pick up a taxi. LBV have plenty of hotels, restaurants and shopping within walking distance but less "Blackpool style" than International Drive.

ok thats an area i would never have thought of will have a look into it many thanks i suppose it would be mainly disney so better that end thanks

chocaholic110

lightning15uk wrote: »

many thanks for quick response was thinking international drive as an option but obviously was not sure many thanks so how do i make this as cheap as possible then regarding tickets, is a taxi cheaper than a transfer? is it best to wait to the last minute as i am not to fussed on a particular hotel omg there are so many questions:rotfl:

We stayed at the Comfort Inn on I-Drive 3 years ago as we didn't want to drive and they did free transport to Disney and Universal (and free breakfast). It was basic but ok and as OH says, you don't go on holiday to stay in your hotel room.

We're going back next August and have booked a Disney hotel as it was only £200 more expensive over the three weeks and we figure it's a lot less travelling time to and from the Disney parks. Also as we'll have a toddler this time we won't be tied to having to come and go when hotel transport is on, we can just go to a park for a morning or evening if we want and if we're in the parks and the little one is tired, one of us can take him back to the hotle and the other can stay with our older two.

lightning15uk

chocaholic110 wrote: »

We stayed at the Comfort Inn on I-Drive 3 years ago as we didn't want to drive and they did free transport to Disney and Universal (and free breakfast). It was basic but ok and as OH says, you don't go on holiday to stay in your hotel room.

We're going back next August and have booked a Disney hotel as it was only £200 more expensive over the three weeks and we figure it's a lot less travelling time to and from the Disney parks. Also as we'll have a toddler this time we won't be tied to having to come and go when hotel transport is on, we can just go to a park for a morning or evening if we want and if we're in the parks and the little one is tired, one of us can take him back to the hotle and the other can stay with our older two.

wow thats really good 200 pound difference do you get tickets with the hotel at disney can i ask who you booked with. ty

atro1

atro1 wrote: »

I have a Disney Quiz 'How many characters do you know'.
BUT
I do not know how to put it on here as a link but i do know how to email it as an attachment, so if anyone wants it please pm me with your email address and i will send it to you!!
No, its not an email address getter, would not know what to do with them if it was.:cool:

On its way to you Roy!:j

Jem8472

lightning15uk wrote: »

hi

all have been searching for orlando holidays for aug 2009 (i know but i like to be prepared) for 2 adults and 2 kids age 16/6 we do not drive so will be relying on public transport, buses, cabs or even shuttle buses we are pretty flexible as to where we want to stay (obviously not to far from parks etc basically its all down to money and costs in transport thrown in. any help would really be appreciated thanks.

We have just booked our honeymooon for 2009. We would loved to have stayed in an expensive hotel but that would have been a wate of money.
We are staying at the fairfield inn by marriott near international drive. (about a 2min walk to idrive.)
http://www.tripadvisor.com/Hotels-g34515-Orlando_Florida-Hotels.html
That is trip advisor with all the hotels in Orlando and reviews by people that have stayed, so its honest. That is one of the reasons we booked the fairfield it came out as number 1 in Orlando!

As for transport ther is something called the I trolly that runs up and down I drive.
http://www.iridetrolley.com/
It is about $1 for a trip but you can buy passes which work out cheaper. There is also a map showing where the i trolly goes and to which parks.

As for park tickets this seems to be one of the best places I have found so far.
http://www.orlando-ticket-deals.co.uk/index.html

They are offering good deals on 2009 tickets. Pay 20% now and they promise the price wont go up due to currency changes (pound being good against the dollar at the moment) but if the price goes down you will get the cheaper price.

They also do excursions. I am looking at the airboat tour and they will even do one with transport to the location. (we wont be having a car either)

Hope that is of some help!

glenbois

lig wrote: »

Hello
have finally managed to pick up decent priced flights :j :j :j so now we need an apartment does anyone have any recomended sites to try for an apartment usually use golden florida (who still appear the cheapest) but am worried that I'm missing some as when you google you get inundated and it takes ages to sort the good from the bad. Any help is much appreciated stayed at Windsor Hills last time and would appreciate something in that area again .:cool:

Could try:

http://villarenters.com/

and

http://www.holidaylettings.co.uk/index.htm

chocaholic110

lightning15uk wrote: »

wow thats really good 200 pound difference do you get tickets with the hotel at disney can i ask who you booked with. ty

No, we would need to buy tickets separately unfortunately!

We booked through MyTravel (as we did 3 years ago). They seem to have been taken over by Thomas Cook though and when I tried by putting mytravel into Google it took me to a MyTravel / Thomas Cook site where the price was more expensive. I went via Quidco which took me to the old-style website and the prices were reasonable I thought. Also got £175 tracking in Quidco - fingers crossed it pays out!