Car or no car?

[daaaveee]

We use a car all the time at home so why would we waste time waiting for buses when we've spent thousands to go on holiday?! A couple hundred quid is worth it many many times over in our experience

[bulldog]

We think a car is essential, as OP's have said, it's a huge place.

[buryboy]

For most families , a fortnight so holiday ends up costing somewhere north of £400 per day.( often way north )
I'm as tight as they come ( taking packed lunches , free iced water at the parks etc ) but I wouldn't want to spend the quality time ive spent thousands on stood waiting in a queue for a bus. Working out how to get to the malls, the beach, even Walmart . No thanks

[Stuart446]

Today it ha been over 90 degrees, if you want to hang about waiting for buses in these temperatures, don't hire a car but for me its a car every time. Probably wouldn't come to Florida if I didn't have a car.

[Bell2015]

Hi
Not everyone has a low points/clean licence, the confidence to drive on the right, is open to see beyond the parks, or can go without alcohol.
We're all different.

[djewkes]

5 years ago (hotel near universal) we hired a car and I drove, including Busch gardens and Clearwater. 3 years ago (villa) we hired a much larger vehicle and my son drove almost everywhere... I think that dinted my confidence a lot... plus I'm older, I didn't particularily enjoy the driving... next time I've no great desire to hire a car though I keep thinking about it, were booked in the Rosen at Pointe Orlando, we have however in the 3 weeks booked 5 nights onsite at Disney and 2 nights at RPR, we don't plan a beach visit next time and plan on using a combination of Uber taxis and shuttles. Plenty of places to eat within walking distance plus can use the trolley for idrive. I wouldn't completely rule out driving but it's not in the plans yet... driving over there is not for everyone...

[JayPR]

Never once hired a car in 6 visits to Orlando and had no problems getting around and visiting the places we wanted to.Always stayed on I-Drive and just back from the Rosen @ Pointe Orlando and used taxis in the main and the trolley

[happytraveller]

Originally Posted by djewkes

5 years ago (hotel near universal) we hired a car and I drove, including Busch gardens and Clearwater. 3 years ago (villa) we hired a much larger vehicle and my son drove almost everywhere... I think that dinted my confidence a lot... plus I'm older, I didn't particularily enjoy the driving... next time I've no great desire to hire a car though I keep thinking about it, were booked in the Rosen at Pointe Orlando, we have however in the 3 weeks booked 5 nights onsite at Disney and 2 nights at RPR, we don't plan a beach visit next time and plan on using a combination of Uber taxis and shuttles. Plenty of places to eat within walking distance plus can use the trolley for idrive. I wouldn't completely rule out driving but it's not in the plans yet... driving over there is not for everyone...

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I feel exactly the same. I had a car booked after saying I wouldn't drive and cancelled it a couple of weeks ago. I do think about doing it again, but I hate doing it and it did detract from my holiday. So yes, it may have been quicker, but I actually envied people waiting for the bus

[Elsie]

Being able to drive over there is massive part of my holiday experience and in the same way I wouldn't go to Florida and not visit MK, I wouldn't go and not drive.

For my family and I having a car is absolutely essential. It gives us the freedom to go (or stop) where we want and not be tied down.

[challybaby]

Originally Posted by Amiee29

will it not be much cheaper without a car? also gives chance to have alcoholic beverages?

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we are off on our 4th holiday to orlando and 3rd without hiring a car , we get taxis everywhere and for us it works out cheaper than hiring a car, we stay near idrive and we paid less last time for 2 weeks worth of taxis including airport transfers than we did the first time for car hire , upgrade , insurance, fuel, tolls and parking at the parks . we did work out the costing of hiring a car again for this trip against taxis and the taxis came in cheaper again, we may even use uber taxis this time which will bring the cost down even further .

if you dont want to hire a car you dont have to , lots of people manage just fine without a car , we are a family of 3 adults, one being disabled and needing a wheelchair and 2 teens. plus dh can have a drink without worrying about having to drive as we are on holiday