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⌈ Secret Post #4148 ⌋

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How in the hell do you figure out where each hotel is located and how close they are to various attractions? I am thinking of taking my nephew next year (or in 2020) so I wanted to just get a vague idea of prices.

I don't want the most expensive hotel but I don't want one that is gong to make it take a while to get to the park. Or all of them in the park?

Er... Wouldn't Google Maps solve this problem?

Not particularly.

https://imgur.com/a/UlE6od6

I guess I don't understand what the problem is. You can look up "hotels near Disneyworld", you can look up hotels by name, you can look up directions and distance from a specific hotel to a specific ride/location... that's not what you want?

Well, I think some places are INSIDE the Disney park. And probably have special access to various parks. I will just keep googling around.

Yes, there are Disney properties inside the parks; a lot of them have dedicated transportation systems. If you stay on on Disney property inside the parks you can get early admission to the parks on different days.

(I'm married to an ~~idiot~~ person who goes to DW often. You are welcome to pick his brain, just drop me an email or PM and I'll hook you up . :p)

There's also a great book that comes out yearly called "The Unofficial guide" -- it has tons of info, including optimal routes for hitting the rides with various aged kids, maps, reviews of all the restaurants and hotels, etc.

This is the current one: https://www.amazon.com/Unofficial-Guide-Disney-World-Guides-ebook/dp/B01NGUH6GK

but if your library has one from last year most of the info should still be pertinent.

I've never been there, but I think you should look at this in satellite view so you can see how things are actually arranged in relation to one another, and also do some research into transportation at Disney (i.e. how do you actually get from this hotel to this other location, since travel routes and options may be more significant than distance as the crow flies).

Walt Disney World has a bunch of their own hotels in a huge variety of styles and prices. We always stayed on Disney property because they have their own included transportation to the parks (Walt Disney World, Epcot, Hollywood Studios, Animal Kingdom). The transports run frequently if not constantly. But the best part was the staff who help you figure it all out. Every hotel they have has a whole team of people dedicated to helping you plan your visit. You can walk up to reception at anytime of the day or night and they will figure out where you need to be and when so you can be where you want to go when you want to go there.

Staying off Disney property wasn't as much fun the one time we did it. And no cheaper after we paid for a parking pass. And we had to walk up to two miles from our car to the park gate.

We haven't been to WDW in about 5 years so I don't know how much has changed but Disney staff have always been amazing and WDW has a long history of the very best hospitality. My fave hotels were Fort Wilderness Cabins, Beach Club Villas, and the Dolphin/Swan hotels. Epcot is my fave park, so I liked the ones that had their own entrance into the World Showcase.

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https://disneyworld.disney.go.com/en_GB/resorts/ Here's the link to the hotels that make up the greater WDW Resort area. You can sort by prices, theme, or proximity to parks. Animal Kingdom is a bit further away from the others IIRC. We always did just one day there, one or two days at HS, and the rest of the time bouncing back and forth between WDW and Epcot.

Oh, and I did one day at one of the water parks one time. It was fun but I lost a whole day to it what with transportation and lines, so didn't spend any time in any of the main parks that day.

Yeah, seems like being on property will be better considering I really don't care about going anywhere else in Florida. Thanks for giving me your favorite resorts. I will have a 6-7yo so not sure how much he would enjoy Epcot.

Did Disney about a year or so ago. Their shuttle transportation between Disney resorts and parks is really excellent.

That is good news. :D

When we went there, the shuttles were running every 15 or 20 minutes, they put you pretty close to the park entrance, and you don't have to pay an extra $25 per car. Definitely a perk of doing a resort.

Outside of the Disney system, it might be worth asking about shuttle service, although you'd probably have to pay for it.

I just went in January and I've been a ton of times in the past.

Honestly, any of the hotels that are owned by Disney will have fairly convenient shuttle buses. The only thing that really spikes the prices is the quality of the hotel and if you want to be walking distance. If you're walking distance to Magic Kingdom/Epcot, those are the "Deluxe" resorts and will cost you a lot. Yes, it was nice, but worth the extra money? That'll you'll have to decide. It was nice when we were little because it was easier to go back for naps/afternoon pool time. As an adult, we literally caught one of the earliest shuttles to the parks and took some of the latest ones back so it didn't matter at all. I rarely waited more than 10 minutes for a shuttle.

The last two times I went, we stayed at Coronado Springs, so it's only shuttle buses and had no problem getting to the parks. It wasn't more than a 10/15 minute bus ride, if that.

Feel free to ask more questions! (I'll see what I can dig up on the website for better guidance for you)

Thanks! We would probably go to a slightly cheaper one. May wait a bit longer so my nephew won't need naps and such.

I want to go on a vacation next year. Either to Disney World with my nephew or to DC again with my sister.

I really love Disney and I think the biggest factor for you will be budget too. DC will be considerably cheaper with your sister. I did Disney in January this year and it cost about $1000/person, whereas I did DC in April this year and it was about $400/person for the same amount of time.

If your nephew isn't in school yet, take him on a week where it's not a school break and you'll do much better there.

I would really recommend checking out Disboards.com . It's a forum that's dedicated to Disney stuff, but mostly planning your vacations and keeping track of upcoming news at the parks. If you haven't been in a while there's a lot of new information regarding Fast Pass and the benefits of various hotels that I found helpful when I was planning my trip. (If you or someone in your party is current or former military, there's also militarydisneytips.com which has advice about discounted tickets and military-only hotels).

Disney currently has around 30 hotels that are owned by the company. They're spread out around the theme parks and staying at one of them comes with certain perks - free transportation to and from the airport, free buses/monorails/boats that leave every 20 minutes or so from the time a park opens until a couple of hours after it closes, ability to make your Fast Pass reservations at 60 days instead of 30 days. Within the Disney hotels there are different amenity tiers, with hotels being priced based on how convenient they are to the parks and the level of service offered. Some of the value resorts might run you from $80-150 a night depending on the time of year, while deluxe resorts generally start at $400 a night and go up from there. I've found the transportation from all of the resorts to be generally good, with the exception of leaving the parks at the end of the night right after the fireworks - the buses then are super busy and you might find yourself waiting an hour or more to get back to your room.

Thank you for the link and the info. I will Chen those boards out. Around $200 isn't that bad.

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