Parking at the Mouse

[bigfrank Administrator Find all posts View Profile Close bigfrank]

Any updates on parking?

[chriskre Super Moderator Find all posts View Profile Close chriskre]

I believe it's now $14 a day. I don't pay it though as I "have lunch" at the resort of my choice closest to the park of my choice and just hop on the Disney transport after my meal. I figure the $40-$50 I paid for the meal more than makes up for the parking they wanna charge me.

[bigfrank Administrator Find all posts View Profile Close bigfrank]

I believe it's now $14 a day. I don't pay it though as I "have lunch" at the resort of my choice closest to the park of my choice and just hop on the Disney transport after my meal. I figure the $40-$50 I paid for the meal more than makes up for the parking they wanna charge me.

The resort we are staying at has a free airport shuttle. I have never used this service in the past should I start. If we were to start at Animal Kingdom is it easy to park hop from there

[chriskre Super Moderator Find all posts View Profile Close chriskre]

The resort we are staying at has a free airport shuttle. I have never used this service in the past should I start. If we were to start at Animal Kingdom is it easy to park hop from there

Frank if you're staying at Animal Kingdom TS then you get Magical Express for free (well you're actually paying the mandatory $95 for it) so you might as well use it. From there I find the buses no big deal but if you are renting a car and staying onsite then you don't pay for parking anywhere unless you use the valet service. If you have a handicap emblem then valet is free.

AKV have very long hallways and if you get stuck at the end of the resort then it's much nicer to have a car because the parking is under the rooms and you just take the elevator down to the basement level to your car and you're off. If you're gonna rely on Disney transport then you'll want to ask for a room near the lobby.

[bigfrank Administrator Find all posts View Profile Close bigfrank]

Frank if you're staying at Animal Kingdom TS then you get Magical Express for free (well you're actually paying the mandatory $95 for it) so you might as well use it. From there I find the buses no big deal but if you are renting a car and staying onsite then you don't pay for parking anywhere unless you use the valet service. If you have a handicap emblem then valet is free.

AKV have very long hallways and if you get stuck at the end of the resort then it's much nicer to have a car because the parking is under the rooms and you just take the elevator down to the basement level to your car and you're off. If you're gonna rely on Disney transport then you'll want to ask for a room near the lobby.

We are staying at Summer bay, Planing on park hopping the first day AK, MGM, MK

[chriskre Super Moderator Find all posts View Profile Close chriskre]

We are staying at Summer bay, Planing on park hopping the first day AK, MGM, MK

Gotta be honest. I don't park hop anymore unless it's just for dinner at Epcot but I just can't do park commando style anymore. I know there are tons of buses but it does take time to park hop so you'll need to get to the parks early if you're gonna get any value out of park hopping.

Are you staying in the Houses at Summer Bay? They look pretty cool but Summer Bay is soooooo far from Disney that I haven't been able to convince myself of the exchange just yet. Maybe you can give us a trip report and convince me otherwise.

[bigfrank Administrator Find all posts View Profile Close bigfrank]

Gotta be honest. I don't park hop anymore unless it's just for dinner at Epcot but I just can't do park commando style anymore. I know there are tons of buses but it does take time to park hop so you'll need to get to the parks early if you're gonna get any value out of park hopping.

Are you staying in the Houses at Summer Bay? They look pretty cool but Summer Bay is soooooo far from Disney that I haven't been able to convince myself of the exchange just yet. Maybe you can give us a trip report and convince me otherwise.

I wanted Houses but could omly get a 2 bedroom, I wanted and could of had Orange lake but since I have been there twice I wanted to try SB since I heard good things about it.

[chriskre Super Moderator Find all posts View Profile Close chriskre]

I wanted Houses but could omly get a 2 bedroom, I wanted and could of had Orange lake but since I have been there twice I wanted to try SB since I heard good things about it.

SB looks nice enough. We snuck in there and drove around to check it out. I just couldn't believe how far it was from anything and was so surprised that they were able to sell out this resort given the location but I guess if you give people $100 they'll drive anywhere to get talked into a TS purchase.

[tonyg Goomba & Super Moderator Find all posts View Profile Close tonyg]

Summer Bay is not that far from Disney. We stayed there in a 3br in 2005 and it was nice enough to consider again. Of course we were right across from the pool/activity center so it was a nice location in the resort.

[bigfrank Administrator Find all posts View Profile Close bigfrank]

Summer Bay is not that far from Disney. We stayed there in a 3br in 2005 and it was nice enough to consider again. Of course we were right across from the pool/activity center so it was a nice location in the resort.

Is that the area I should ask for

[tonyg Goomba & Super Moderator Find all posts View Profile Close tonyg]

Depends on you. The newer sections are closer to the main road and they might also have a nearby pool.