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Old Nov 26, 2002 | 9:00 pm
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MoreMiles
 
Join Date: Jan 2001
Location: Kingston, Ont, the limestone city
Posts: 975
This place is ridiculously expensive and everyone there tries to make a profit. There are so many "discount ticket booth" trying to get you into time-shares. These are the things to watch out for:

1. You ask the hotel front desk to call a taxi, they will call a private car with no meter instead.
2. You ask direction how to go to a shopping mall, they will give you a referral brochure with their name / employee id printed to get referral comission.
3. You ask where is the closest car rental place from your hotel, someone will show up 5 minutes later from a small privately owned car rental company to pick you up free to rent their car. The place is usually quite far away and not well known.
4. You drive around, make a mistake... then you end up on a toll road. You won't be able to come off an exit unless you pay for $1. You then need to pay another $1 to go back the opposite direction. More than half of the highways in Orlando are toll roads.
5. The local call area is very small, like 10 blocks. Calling from Kissimee around DisneyWorld to downtown Orlando is Long-Distance. This means most numbers need extra fee to be called. The largest cab (Yellow/Checker Taxi) number is Long Distance from most Disney area hotels.
6. Most hotels renamed themselves "Resort" so they can charge a $3 extra of resort fee. This fee is never quoted at reservation until you arrive for checkin.

The list goes on and on... maybe someone else can share some experience.
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