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Join Date: Jul 2001
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There is a Hilton near Disney that is pretty popular with alot of FTers. I generally stay at the Hyatts.
The Disney and Universal parks are about 30 minutes from the airport - maybe more if you're not as familiar with the area as we are. However, you would have to drive. There isn't any decent transportation to that area. The Hilton will provide shuttles to the parks if you're interested.
IF you stay at a Disney hotel, they provide transportation from the airport for free. But then you're "stuck" on disney property the entire time. There is a car rental that will pick you and and deliver the car on disney property if you'd like a car for a day. Disney has pretty decent internal transportation that will get you anywhere you want to go on their property.
I definitely would rent a car - particularly if you only have a few days.