Originally Posted By k9rooroo Does anyone have any good recommendations for hotels outside the WDW park? We will be going in October 2007 and we have decided to stay outside the park to save on expenses. Since we are not from Florida we are not sure which Hotels are the best. We usually stay at Drury Inn when we travel but they do not have one in Orlando. We are wanting to stay under $100 a night so if you know some hotels that are good and in a safe area I would appreciate the recommendations. Thanks!
Originally Posted By kpwdwfan They have some very nice hotels off property but if your entire vacation is going to be spent at WDW you should strongly consider staying on property. You can stay on property for under $100.00 a night and can survive without a rental car if you don't plan on going to Universal or Sea World to save a little extra money. From my experience staying off property can be a huge pain but wait and see what other people have to say. Im sure you will get some good advise here. Good luck!!!!!!
Originally Posted By Goofyernmost I've stayed many times at Master Inn in Kissimmee (either one, there are two). It is no four star place but I found it clean, handy (very close to WDW) and I have never paid over $45.00 per night. As I say, no frills but OK. As mentioned before you can get accommodations on site for less than $100. per night but then you have meals and you are kind of captive once you are on site. Route 192 has a vast variety of places to eat, flea markets, grocery stores, Wal-mart and more. Your choice but either way it will be fun. I always rent a car anyway so that would never be a savings for me.
Originally Posted By k9rooroo We will be driving to Orlando so a rental car wll not be needed. Which hotels are less than a $100 per night? We will have 4 adults and 2 children and want to staty together in one room. We found a Comfort Inn that has a suite outside the park for $80 a night that we all can stay in together and I have not seen this good of a deal inside the park if there is one I would appreciate it if you could let me know which one it is. When we looked up the prices on the WDW site it quoted us a price of around $2500 for 4 nights plus tickets and that is more than $100 a night because the tickets are only $30 per the WDW site. Any help would be very much appreciated as we are trying to keep the expenses down. Thanks!
Originally Posted By kpwdwfan Unfortunately most of the rooms at WDW which can accommodate six people are over $100.00 a night. However, the All Star resorts were working on suites and they may accommodate six people. I'm not sure what the rate is for a suite but I'm sure someone here can assist you with that info. I'd contact WDW reservations and get the rates on one of those suites at one of the All Star resorts.
Originally Posted By Labuda The suites at the All Stars are about $180 or so a night, I think, so well over the amount that k9 is wishing to spend. K9 - check out <a href="http://www.allearsnet.com" target="_blank">http://www.allearsnet.com</a> and <a href="http://www.disneydollarless.com" target="_blank">http://www.disneydollarless.co m</a> for info on how to save as well as offsite hotel recommendations - I know there's a place called the Radisson Resort Parkway that's near WDW that All Ears has a special rate with. Also, make sure to check <a href="http://www.mousesavers.com" target="_blank">http://www.mousesavers.com</a> for more info on deals for Disney trips.
Originally Posted By davewasbaloo I hope you get the help you are looking for, but that budget sounds too low for the size of your party. Two adults and 2 kids, maybe, but 6 in your party, I would be worried about the cleanliness and security of a place that cheap.
Originally Posted By TDLFAN >>Does anyone have any good recommendations for hotels outside the WDW park?<< Yes.. Universal's Hard Rock and Royal Pacific Hotels are nice. So is the Peabody, and newly opened Rosen resort (I believe that is the name of it..) off International Drive. Hyatt Regency behind DTD is a great choice. A bit out of the way, still two of the best hotels in town are the Ritz and JW Marriott, a few mins away from Sea World. After that, then some of the locations at WDW... like the Wilderness Lodge or Animal Kingdom Lodge. I can't recommend anything else below that.
Originally Posted By barboy Lake Buena Vista's Comfort Inn is about the closest to Disney soil and cheapest place you will find and you should be able to get rooms for under 50 per night-- just outside one of the back doors to Disney property and very close to the Market Place/Downtown Disney. But "off property" stays can be a real drag and saddle you and your party with annoyances and hassles that "on property" guests would not see-- especially if you and your party are novice when it come to a WDW vacation. If at all possible stay "on property" at an All Star or Pop Century for under 100 per night per room. Disney is advertising from $79. Trust me, you will be glad you did-- because aside from the practicality and location logistics staying on property lets you and your party bask in the Disney experience--- well worth the extra money spent. Everyone in the party gets extra Magic Hours and you can zip around the property in your own car and get free parking at every park. And since parking is $11(I am adding $1 anticipating more price increases by Oct.). that could save you a bit after a few days of touring.
Originally Posted By SingleParkPassholder I'd check with any hotel, off or on site, to see if they allow that many people in one room. People "crash" in rooms all the time for a one-night or something, but an extended stay with that many adults could pose a problem.
Originally Posted By SingleParkPassholder Yep, just what I thought. I just went to the Pop Century site and tried to get rates for four adults and two children in one room for October of 2007. The site said the max allowed in a room was four people.
Originally Posted By SingleParkPassholder Same for the Comfort Inn in Lake Buena Vista. That's just too many people for one room.
Originally Posted By Labuda ^^ Yep, you'd likely have to get a suite to sleep 4 adults + 2 kids. Either that, or if you MUST stay under $100 per night, see if you can get a good deal on a vacation home OR if you can find some really scary place where you'd not feel safe for under $100 for two rooms for one night.
Originally Posted By Spirit of 74 Want to save $$$ on a hotel? Use Priceline.com. You can get 2 1/2 star places like AmeriSuites and Hampton Inn in LBV for $36 a night ... 3 stars like Sheraton Safari across from DD and BW in DD for $45-50 a night ... resorts like DD Hilton for $60 per night etc ... If you're looking to save $$$ and NOT stay at a dump, this is your best bet. Check out biddingfortravel.com for tips and info on what's been coming up in O-Town.
Originally Posted By dixielandings If you go to the Quality inn west gate you can get two connecting rooms for around $42 a night each the rooms are clean housekeeping was good and you can be on Disney property in about 3 mins via Entry Point rd stay away from the free breakfast though ( stale Doughnuts and box coffee) heres a link ps its cheapest to get your room from their website <a href="http://www.qualityinnorlando.com/" target="_blank">http://www.qualityinnorlando.c om/</a>
Originally Posted By dixielandings oh the other cool thing if you get a third floor room facing Black Lake road you can see the Tree of Life and Expedition Everest from your room!
Originally Posted By u k fan One thing to consider is how many people you have versus how many cars you have. We usually have only one driver with us who has to ferry 6-8 people around and often they feel put upon by the demands of the group. Staying on site gives everybody more freedom to go where they want when they want, which is a benefit that's worth the extra $$$'s in my experience!!!
Originally Posted By sun-n-fun We have stayed at The Comfort Inn on Palm Parkway a couple times. It was nice enough. Fit our needs for the trip. Ideally it's always better to stay on proprty, but not always feasible. We are going in Feb and staying at a Rodeway Inn. (All our money went to AP') I've heard there are 2 of them and we are staing at the "better" of the 2. Any insight on this one would be great.
Originally Posted By sun-n-fun I'll have to double check when I get home, but I think it's the Rodeway International. They are both on International Dr.,but the one we are staying at is the taller one. We got a good Internet rate and DH found some reviews that were good. Most people said this was the one to stay at and the other is a dump. Hope we made the right choice. We can still change it if we didn't!
