Were not renting a car but want to stay at a decent hotel. If we stay at disney we will have to pay a taxi to go to seaworld and discovery cove but some of the hotels on international have shuttles and are closer to affordable eating options instead of just disney. Trying to stay on budget. any suggestions or advice would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance.
A disney hotel provides you with all sorts of perks like extra time in the disney parks, free transportation anywhere on the resort, and the chance to upgrade your tickets to include a meal plan, which saves you a bundle and is totally worth it!
I always recommend staying in the parks for the convenience. You can always catch a cab from any resort to I drive! You will never stay off property again, the service is outstanding!
March 31st, 2010 at 10:01 am
A disney hotel, because you can catch buses from all Disney hotels to all the parks, and its really fun! (:
lauren
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My own experience
March 31st, 2010 at 10:23 am
If the hotel on I drive has shuttles to Disney that is great. You got half of your transportation problems solved. To Sea World/ Discovery Cove there are what they call I ride trolleys that run up and down that street they are very cheap and run pretty late. You can google the trolley to get more information on it.
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March 31st, 2010 at 11:01 am
My experience with the shuttles on I-drive were very bad. Over crowded buses that stopped at several hotels before it even left for the parks. Dropped us off way far away from the park gates. Not on time.
We wasted a lot of time with these shuttles. I will never stay anywhere but a disney resort again. Just wasn’t worth it. And with the value resorts you can probably spend the same amount of money
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March 31st, 2010 at 11:13 am
A disney hotel provides you with all sorts of perks like extra time in the disney parks, free transportation anywhere on the resort, and the chance to upgrade your tickets to include a meal plan, which saves you a bundle and is totally worth it!
I always recommend staying in the parks for the convenience. You can always catch a cab from any resort to I drive! You will never stay off property again, the service is outstanding!
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frequent disney vacationer
March 31st, 2010 at 11:52 am
It depends how long you are going for but we like to spend 1 week in a hotel on International Drive to do Universal, Sea World, shopping etc..then stay the 2nd week in Disney…….works perfectly for us…
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March 31st, 2010 at 12:35 pm
If you are not renting a car, I would stay on Disney property. Their buses and etc. are way, way, way better than the hotels on I Drive. I Drive hotels usually only run shuttles on very limited schedules, and their buses are often stinky, crowded, and late.
That’s my experience. You can rent a car on Disney property – how about just renting a car for the two days you go off property?
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