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Car Hire & Transportation Discuss the best way of getting around Florida. |
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8 Jun 20, 03:19 PM |
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Join Date: Oct 14
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Will take a look at them myself. Always used uscarhire in the past.
Driving is an absolute breeze. Just remember you can (uusally) turn right on red stop sign if the way is clear. The locals get horn happy if you sit at the lights Most cars support android auto so not normally a need for sat nav. I just take an old phone with a Three sim for cheap data. |
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8 Jun 20, 03:23 PM |
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VIP Dibber
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We hardly ever use satnav over there - maybe once every visit for a trip off the beaten track. Joan has "Here we go" on her mobile and if you load Florida maps at home it doesn't use data over there. I think Google Maps, Waze and Navmii are similar but Here has never let us down when we're driving through Frostproof and Zolfo Springs on the back lanes from AMI.
Mick
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8 Jun 20, 06:43 PM |
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Imagineer
Join Date: Apr 11
Location: Warwickshire
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Driving in the USA is very easy and quite relaxing.
Most roads are straight lol Just remember that on a motorways (interstate such as I4, or toll roads) cars can overtake on both sides of you and you will see some that like to swap a lot to get one car ahead lol The other is a crossroad, now these can be a little difficult, as it depends who gets to the crossroads and stops first who can go first. There are not many of these anyway. Just relax, put the radio on and enjoy
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8 Jun 20, 07:17 PM |
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Imagineer
Join Date: Jun 16
Location: God's Own Country
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Mick is the expert on car hire and using tolls etc. I havent driven the amount of miles Mick has, but I have maybe done 30,000 in total over the years. It is very easy driving over there- much easier than here!
I remember back to my first time- 2 things I wish I had known. 1- You can turn right on red (treat it as a give way but you should stop) apart from where there is a sign saying no turn. 2- Seems daft now, but we didn't realise the road names above the roads were the intersecting roads- we thought it was the road we were on! Really threw us that when I was a daft 21 year old, a long time ago now. Just booked with Andy myself due to his reportedly good service on here, I said I would use him from now on. I would not normally book a Dollar car, prefering Alamo skip the counter but the deals in December are too tempting.
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8 Jun 20, 07:26 PM |
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Thanks YT and I have already bored a few people on this thread already. Haven't hired as many times as Tom but because we never visit the parks now we do explore the other 65,700 square miles that Florida has to offer.
Yes the turn on red is very common unless there's a sign banning it. You'll often see "no turn on red" where there are two lanes turning right. One example is leaving I-4 east on to Sand Lake Road eastbound. One very serious law though is stopping for a school bus if it has it's stop sign out whichever way you're travelling on a single carriageway road. As I know absolutely nothing about WDW hotels and Fastpasses I'm just pleased that I can post on stuff I know a bit about. Mick PS Just be very very wary of the Dollar Sunpass scheme sunpass/en/tolls/rentalVehicles.shtml
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9 Jun 20, 12:52 PM |
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9 Jun 20, 01:22 PM |
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Imagineer
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Emailed Andy after 10pm last night cancelling a car hire for September ,Personal reply within ten minutes . Above and beyond as usual.
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9 Jun 20, 02:32 PM |
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Imagineer
Join Date: Jun 16
Location: God's Own Country
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Thanks I had totally forgotten about the Dollar Sunpass. Will try to get visitor tollpass instead you reckon?
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9 Jun 20, 03:11 PM |
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It's been temporarily suspended...I would imagine once international travel starts up again, they'll start offering it... Hopefully.
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9 Jun 20, 03:37 PM |
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VIP Dibber
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Andy was fab when are trip was cancelled .
Refund back in account within days. Will be using him again next year 👍🏻 |
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