Talk to me about disneyland florida.

Agreed you don't need a car. Most resorts have their own daily coaches that go to the parks, otherwise you can get the Disney buses to most places, though getting to the two Disney waterparks is a massive detour due to them only going from official Disney resorts.
 
We're off in Oct/Nov for 2 weeks, staying in a villa owned by some relatives friends.

We've hired a car again as it's our second time over there as we went in 2007 during the summer but want explore to Florida a bit more as well as doing most of the parks, excluding Disney.

I'm sure your daughter will love it no matter where you stay or how you get there :)
 
My late wife was a massive Disney fan, and when she was diagnosed with the dreaded 'C', we went to Disneyland in Florida. We stayed in the Pop Century hotel, which was fantastic. They have on-site arcades, shops and a food-court that is open from early morning until late at night. We bought the whole package through Virgin, and I think we paid about £3300, which included flights, 14 nights in the Disney hotel, unlimited access tickets to the parks (there are two groups of parks, the Disney theme parks, and the SeaWorld/Busch Gardens/Universal parks, so you need tickets for each group), and two weeks in a Chrysler Sebring convertible. That was about 4 - 5 years ago, so prices will have changed since then. I can't comment on the bus service, other than to say there are a lot of the I-Ride buses, and they seem pretty frequent.

We were both in our mid 40s when we went, and it was absolutely amazing. I don't think I have ever spent two weeks, with such amazing people in my life. My wife had major facial surgery as part of her treatment, and over here, she was always getting comments and being stared at, but over there, she was just like everyone else. Nobody stared, nobody cared, although she did get comical comments from the kids round the Pirates of the Caribbean ride, because she had to wear an eye patch as a result of the surgery. But kids are so innocent, so she just laughed with them.

She came back with an autograph book filled with signatures from all the characters, and I have photos of her with them all. We did all the kid's rides, because the animatronics in them are amazing. And trust me, you will see just as many adults on them, as there are kids. The parks are unlike anything you will have seen in this country, and the Kennedy Space Centre is excellent. We ended up going three times in four years, before she finally became too ill, then sadly passed away three years ago. But the memories I have of those holidays, are worth every penny we spent.

I would recommend a holiday there to anyone, without a moment's hesitation.

Edit: Oh, and we went late September/Early October all three times, so you get to see all the Halloween themed stuff in the parks. It's a big thing over there, it was really good.
 
We didn't have a car when we went and I kind of wished we had, the problem was the shuttle buses left the hotel for the parks quite early so by around 5pm we'd had enough and were ready for leaving and as a results I think there were things happening in the evening such as fireworks that we were missing out on.
 
iamtheoneneo said:
Agreed you don't need a car. Most resorts have their own daily coaches that go to the parks, otherwise you can get the Disney buses to most places, though getting to the two Disney waterparks is a massive detour due to them only going from official Disney resorts.
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Exactly this.

Me and my gf went in 2010 and probably paid £2500 inc flights, hotel and tickets.

We stayed in the EconoLodge (cheap, just a room, which was all we needed), didn't hire a car as public transport and hotel coaches got us everywhere we needed to be. Even went out to Busch thanks to the hotel coach, which was excellent. Went back there again it was so good.
 
Been 4 times - each time booked everything separately to save money - each time have hired car and staying in a villa on the 192. Villa's had their own pool and was somewhere nice and quiet to go back to after a busy day. If you want a car do that in the UK before you go as a package as its much cheaper and includes everything you need (so you can tell the guy on the desk you dont need anything else they try and sell you). Also get your Disney / Uninversal tickets here as a package as there can be some good deals.

Never stayed on I Drive or used the bus system.
 
Went when I was 4/5 I remember we stayed outside the park so that we could have freedom of movement between all the local attractions I do highly recommend Universal and Kennedy Space Centre as alternate attractions if you wish to give Disney a miss for a day or 2 whatever you do though DON'T GO TO Epcot my brother and I were bored out of our Skulls!
 
nutcase_1uk said:
[pedant]It's Disney World[/pedant]
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I'm so glad someone else pointed this out, it's the first thing I thought of. Disneyland is either Paris, Hong Kong, Tokyo, Shanghai or California. Florida is Disney World.

I've been 4 times and will be there again in 5 weeks. We've always stayed on site and can thoroughly recommend it if you can afford it. The free Disney transportation is great and saves a lot of hassle, especially if you don't drive. You can normally book a shuttle to take you to the other parks such as Sea World and Universal, and if you want to go shopping there are plenty of taxis to get you there. One of the more family oriented Disney hotels, like Pop Century or the new Art of Animation resort would be excellent for you and your daughter.

I know Disney World pretty much inside out now so can happily answer any questions you have about the parks etc.
 
The Dread Pirate said:
whatever you do though DON'T GO TO Epcot my brother and I were bored out of our Skulls!
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Epcot is great, but I think it's something I enjoy more as an adult than I would as a kid. The World Showcase is very cool, just walking through the different countries (all staffed by people who are from the country in question) and sampling the different food and drink. We're planning on "Drinking the World" in the summer, trying to have a different drink in every country. It could get very messy by the time we've done a full lap :D
 
Davey_Pitch said:
Epcot is great, but I think it's something I enjoy more as an adult than I would as a kid. The World Showcase is very cool, just walking through the different countries (all staffed by people who are from the country in question) and sampling the different food and drink. We're planning on "Drinking the World" in the summer, trying to have a different drink in every country. It could get very messy by the time we've done a full lap :D
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This was the problem Parents enjoyed it me and my brother died a little inside :p
 
arknor said:
oh btw disney world trips should always coincide with Halloween horror nights or you are doing it wrong
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That's when we're going, my 40th birthday on 31st October and we'll be over there.

Any recommendations for parks to visit?

Admittedly, the wife and sister-in-law are total scaredy-cats so nothing too jumpy :eek:
 
Gazanimal said:
That's when we're going, my 40th birthday on 31st October and we'll be over there.

Any recommendations for parks to visit?

Admittedly, the wife and sister-in-law are total scaredy-cats so nothing too jumpy :eek:[/QUOTE]
Universal obviously at night
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