We're planning a trip in 2013 (21st June - 5th July) with my parents. We're staying on I-Drive, at the moment looking at the Enclave Suites.
The biggest problem I'm finding at the moment is finding a hotel that offers a free shuttle to Disney. We won't be driving (I wouldn't mind driving but I'll be 24 at the time of the trip so I'm guessing the insurance would be insane and I don't fancy paying $15 a day to park at Disney/Universal), so we really need a good shuttle.
It seems though that you either have to pay for the shuttle (Enclave Suites for example is $12 per person there and back) or you have to pay a room charge (typically $8 a day per room) which obviously covers the cost of this free shuttle. It's either that or pay well over £1000 pp for the room. We're trying to keep it under the £4000 mark for the entire trip (not including food spends).
So my question is would you rather pay for the Disney shuttle, which we would probably use on around 7 occassions, or would you pay the room tax?
Or can any one offer me any more advice? Thanks.
We have used the shuttles before many times to get to and from the parks so I know they aren't brilliant - during our honeymoon our hotel offered a pick up at 8am and 10am, and bought you back at either 6pm or 10pm. The only good thing was that if there were more people wanting a ride than there was space in the shuttle, they bought on an extra shuttle.
edit: Seems we can also get the Lynx bus from $2 pp to Disney and back. I know that takes a while though sometimes because we tried that last trip.
The biggest problem I'm finding at the moment is finding a hotel that offers a free shuttle to Disney. We won't be driving (I wouldn't mind driving but I'll be 24 at the time of the trip so I'm guessing the insurance would be insane and I don't fancy paying $15 a day to park at Disney/Universal), so we really need a good shuttle.
It seems though that you either have to pay for the shuttle (Enclave Suites for example is $12 per person there and back) or you have to pay a room charge (typically $8 a day per room) which obviously covers the cost of this free shuttle. It's either that or pay well over £1000 pp for the room. We're trying to keep it under the £4000 mark for the entire trip (not including food spends).
So my question is would you rather pay for the Disney shuttle, which we would probably use on around 7 occassions, or would you pay the room tax?
Or can any one offer me any more advice? Thanks.
We have used the shuttles before many times to get to and from the parks so I know they aren't brilliant - during our honeymoon our hotel offered a pick up at 8am and 10am, and bought you back at either 6pm or 10pm. The only good thing was that if there were more people wanting a ride than there was space in the shuttle, they bought on an extra shuttle.
edit: Seems we can also get the Lynx bus from $2 pp to Disney and back. I know that takes a while though sometimes because we tried that last trip.
