Riding the Monorail

[goofy for fire]

Hello Everyone,

While I know everyone on here are die-hard Disney fanaticals, for our first trip to the WDW area we are staying off-site at HI Family Suites. I'm curious to know if off-site visitors are allowed to ride the monorail/ferry boats just to give the kids something else to experience. If we can then where would be a good place to catch these. I went to WDW about 25 years ago as a kid and if I remember correctly, we were able to ride the monorail through the Comtemporary to get to MK. I thought that was pretty cool looking down on the dining area and thought my kids might enjoy that as well.

Only 20 days left:sohappy: :sohappy: :sohappy: :sohappy:

 

[Master Yoda]

Can't argue that you know what you will get with Disney and that it can be a bit of a gamble with offsite. Fortunatley I've done well on most of my thirteen visits. Just one that was too far away and one that did not live up to it's billing, but was adequate, which is all I am after.

Forgot to mention that your avatar is brilliant.

We get great deals here, especially being a FL resident, it’s just that there are allot of shady hotels around Disney. Since the mid 90's I travel to Disney anywhere from 6 to 12 times a year, and up until recently have always stayed in hotels. The extra money I spend on onsite hotels in more like trip insurance to me.

Thanks for the complement on the avatar....wish I could take credit for it. I stumbled across it by accident.

 

[MickeyLuv'r]

Of course your trip won't be ruined if you stay off-sight. We've had some great trips staying off-sight, and you're certainly entitled to budgeting as you choose. It is a great challenge to plan according to one's budget, and an exquisite joy when you get it right! That's one of the things that I love about Disney. There's always an amazing array of choices to be had at various price ranges, even when you have to cut a few corners in your budget. For example, one of my must do's every trip is Cosmic Ray's (a relatively inexpensive place to eat), and yet I also love getting to explore some of the fancier places to eat as well. But in other places I've traveled - say, Ocean City,MD -I felt burned every time I spent a lot on a meal. I'll never again eat anything fancier than a slice of pizza there. For me though, the early hour at Disney is worth the money.