Posted by: kakakul June 13, 2011
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We are planning for a trip to Orlando somewhere around 2nd week of August, 2 adults and 1 kid (2 yrs). I am sure there are many sajhaities who did similar trip before and I want some suggestions from your experience.
1) I dont know, how much 2 year old kid will enjoy a trip, I am guessing not much but we can not leave her back as well.
2) Should we stay inside the disney area hotel or outside? Inside Disney property Hotels appears to be lot expensive compared to others in the area and i am leaning toward ones outside within 10 miles of Disney.
3) Do i really need to rent a car? I can see most of the hotels have free shuttle bus but how frequent are they if there is more than one in the morning? Can we rely on those shuttles? If not, How about parking space and fees in and around Theme Parks? Rental car and Parking fees, I am guessing some extra fees in the airport as well if you want to rent a car right from the airport.
I am thinking to ditch Rental car but is it a good idea?
4) How many days I might need to cover most of the main attractions? I am thinking about 6 night stay- means I will have 5 days to visit around, would that be enough? 3 days for 4 of the disney Parks, 1 day for Universal Studio and Island of Adventures and 1 day for Sea world. I heard you might want to spend more than 1 day for Univeral studio and island of adventures, any idea?
5) Do i need to carry stroller with me? would airlines let me do that? would there be extra fee? If i need to rent one on Disney, I saw they have one of hard plastic (dont think its comfortable one)for about $15.00 per day.
6) Should I buy Disney tickets online together with air and hotel from travel sites or better to buy on gates once you get there? I am fraid there might be a long line........
7) Which one Travel Site is better to buy tickets? I just checked Travelocity and expedia....... Travelocity looks a little cheaper but just before you book it...... they jack the price, I called the customer service and guy was honest to say..... that happens quite often as they dont update the price quite often and price showing before you book can not always be same when you book.
All your great suggestions would be highly appreciated.
1) I dont know, how much 2 year old kid will enjoy a trip, I am guessing not much but we can not leave her back as well.
2) Should we stay inside the disney area hotel or outside? Inside Disney property Hotels appears to be lot expensive compared to others in the area and i am leaning toward ones outside within 10 miles of Disney.
3) Do i really need to rent a car? I can see most of the hotels have free shuttle bus but how frequent are they if there is more than one in the morning? Can we rely on those shuttles? If not, How about parking space and fees in and around Theme Parks? Rental car and Parking fees, I am guessing some extra fees in the airport as well if you want to rent a car right from the airport.
I am thinking to ditch Rental car but is it a good idea?
4) How many days I might need to cover most of the main attractions? I am thinking about 6 night stay- means I will have 5 days to visit around, would that be enough? 3 days for 4 of the disney Parks, 1 day for Universal Studio and Island of Adventures and 1 day for Sea world. I heard you might want to spend more than 1 day for Univeral studio and island of adventures, any idea?
5) Do i need to carry stroller with me? would airlines let me do that? would there be extra fee? If i need to rent one on Disney, I saw they have one of hard plastic (dont think its comfortable one)for about $15.00 per day.
6) Should I buy Disney tickets online together with air and hotel from travel sites or better to buy on gates once you get there? I am fraid there might be a long line........
7) Which one Travel Site is better to buy tickets? I just checked Travelocity and expedia....... Travelocity looks a little cheaper but just before you book it...... they jack the price, I called the customer service and guy was honest to say..... that happens quite often as they dont update the price quite often and price showing before you book can not always be same when you book.
All your great suggestions would be highly appreciated.