How do you get to Disney World?

annafab · Post by **annafab** » Mar Sun 01, 2009 3:18 pm

kellybus wrote:I fly standby, Work for a airline, It's tough but somebody ahs to do it!!!!

That's what I do because my mom works for an airline! It sure beats the cost of buying a ticket.

agingerbugg · Post by **agingerbugg** » Mar Mon 02, 2009 8:52 am

Future Guy wrote:Three hour drive from here.

Three hour drive? Do you take I-75? I know when I drive it takes 1.5-2 hours depending on the traffic and Florida Highway patrol (the more there are, the longer it takes me). I-75 is a fairly direct route and with the new exit 267A it is even faster, it takes you right onto property without having to fight I-4.

parkfam4 · Post by **parkfam4** » Mar Mon 02, 2009 9:47 am

When we drive, we make our car into the Magical Express and play disney movies on the way. It is not exactly like the bus, but it is close.

MadEye · Post by **MadEye** » Mar Mon 02, 2009 11:19 am

I can drive, but WDW is in walking distance...

(cast parking for Magic Kingdom is right across the street)

boilerbabe · Post by **boilerbabe** » Mar Mon 02, 2009 11:38 am

MadEye wrote:I can drive, but WDW is in walking distance... (cast parking for Magic Kingdom is right across the street)

Just rub in it why don't ya?!

MadEye · Post by **MadEye** » Mar Mon 02, 2009 12:12 pm

boilerbabe wrote:Just rub in it why don't ya?!

Gladly... If it wasn't for the trees, I'd be able to see Cinderella Castle from my apartment. If it wasn't for the building across the street, I'd be able to see Contemporary and Space Mountain too.

emnbensdad · Post by **emnbensdad** » Mar Mon 02, 2009 4:50 pm

We drive. In-laws live a little over an hour south of I-4 and Hwy. 27. We usually go there first and then head over to WDW via car for the rest of our trip. I usually have to come back to work and my DW and kids stay behind for another week at the in-laws.

figmentaholic · Post by **figmentaholic** » Mar Mon 02, 2009 7:11 pm

For me, this means WDW. I have never been to Disneyland.

But I always drive.

I have a fear of flying (I didn't used to until I had a *VERY* bad experience flying one time- had nothing to do with Disney, I was flying from SC to PA).

But it is about 8 hours from SC to FL so it isn't so bad. And for the most part, the scenery is pretty nice. I usually have my hubby with me, so that makes it all the better.

Of course when I lived in Orlando, it was about 35 minutes down 436 and I-4 for me!!

Jacca5660 · Post by **Jacca5660** » Mar Mon 02, 2009 8:40 pm

MadEye wrote:
boilerbabe wrote:Just rub in it why don't ya?!
Gladly... If it wasn't for the trees, I'd be able to see Cinderella Castle from my apartment. If it wasn't for the building across the street, I'd be able to see Contemporary and Space Mountain too.

BITE ME!!! Show off!!! LOL!! LOL!! Lucky dog!!

Post by **Len90** » Mar Tue 03, 2009 12:05 am

MadEye wrote:
boilerbabe wrote:Just rub in it why don't ya?!
Gladly... If it wasn't for the trees, I'd be able to see Cinderella Castle from my apartment. If it wasn't for the building across the street, I'd be able to see Contemporary and Space Mountain too.

JEALOUS!!! So can do you get to see Wishes every night?

MadEye · Post by **MadEye** » Mar Tue 03, 2009 8:22 am

Jacca5660 wrote:BITE ME!!! Show off!!! LOL!! LOL!! Lucky dog!!

Depends on who you ask. A lot of neighbors hate it here ("Fireworks are too loud..." Then why don't you move???)

Len90 wrote:JEALOUS!!! So can do you get to see Wishes every night?

Yes. But only from one of the two bedroom windows (blocked by walls and trees at the other window and balcony). And can even hear them being shot off from their mortars, not to mention the ferry boats from Seven Seas lagoon, Illuminations fireworks (muffled), the WDW Railroad trains (especially when they take them in and out of maintenance), the Electrical Water Pagent, and sometimes SpectroMagic on quiet nights.

cap396 · Post by **cap396** » Mar Tue 03, 2009 8:34 am

I got a flight from Columbia, South Carolina to Orlando for a grand total of $29.60! It's a little dinky airline called Allegiant Air. They fly between Orlando's Sanford airport and about 40 different cities.

agingerbugg · Post by **agingerbugg** » Mar Tue 03, 2009 2:55 pm

cap396 wrote:I got a flight from Columbia, South Carolina to Orlando for a grand total of $29.60! It's a little dinky airline called Allegiant Air. They fly between Orlando's Sanford airport and about 40 different cities.

Off topic, sorry, but I fly Allegiant from Sanford to Tri-Cities to visit my parents. It ends up costing me just under $100 round trip, including gas to the airport. You can't beat it. It's a no-frills airline, but I sleep on flights anyways so I am not missing out on anything.

pixiesparkles · Post by **pixiesparkles** » Mar Mon 23, 2009 8:00 pm

Living in Michigan, the only way to go is by plane for me. I am not a big fan of driving for any great stretch of time, so driving from Michigan to Orlando is not an option for me. Besides, if I am taking a vacation to Disney for a week, I want to get there ASAP and stay for as long as I possibly can!!! I would rather be at the parks instead of driving, and driving, and driving......

99Soulz · Post by **99Soulz** » Mar Tue 24, 2009 9:02 am

We only fly now - Live in the northeast so tried driving a couple times and even did Amtrak once which was kind of fun but with the prices of flights these days (except for that stint in 2008 where they shot up for about 6 months) it's kind of hard to not fly. We can grab fares from out of Phillly or AC for about $120-$150 roundtrip/pp.