Altimonte Springs Shopping

[boltyboy]

We tried Altamonte mall back in 2012, a great mall and some fantastic bargains we didn't ohave a problem with traffic. We left our villa in Davenport at 10 ish and sailed through. This year we are trying the mall at Brandon which is towards Tampa.

[dismamx2]

Originally Posted by alannamr

It took us about an hour and a quarter each way from 192 junction on i4 to altamonte. Definately worth it for us - dd got a lot of bargains😄. Roadworks already started on i4.

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2.5 hrs driving time I don't think my kids will be happy with that!

[Powlay]

Originally Posted by dismamx2

2.5 hrs driving time I don't think my kids will be happy with that!

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Thats what i mean, you have to look at this and who you have with you and look at if a few $ here and there is going to be worth the hassle if you have smaller kids in the car.

[dismamx2]

Originally Posted by Powlay

Thats what i mean, you have to look at this and who you have with you and look at if a few $ here and there is going to be worth the hassle if you have smaller kids in the car.

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Hmmm, might have to come up with an alternative plan and never mind the kids (I know it sounds better to blame them) I don't think I'm too happy to spend that long getting to a shopping mall

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You're on holiday in an area the size of Greater Manchester, everything isn't going to be fifteen minutes away.

[dismamx2]

I Know what you're saying about everything being spread out, Google maps says it's approx 30 mins drive and we are/were planning to go after driving from Port Canaveral and dropping luggage at our hotel. It's not the driving that bothers me so much it's the sitting in traffic. I drove to/from LA/San Diego last July and spent so much time just sitting in traffic and trying to find alternative routes, I was getting edgy, kids were getting edgy, swore I wouldn't bring anything like that on myself again.

I know it's not the same but I'm just re-thinking the need for shopping at a mall that might save us a few $$ when there is plenty in closer proximity.

I'll wait until closer to the time and see if there's any updates on the roadworks/delays etc and decide then. Might visit Mall at Millenia, we haven't been there yet. Thanks for all the info and help

[gazza5]

we don't bother going too far - the malls in international drive aren't bad - and you have to weigh up the travel time - we only have 10 days this time and we are going legoland, busch gardens so may not bother this year due to th etravelling to these places - i guess it depends what car we get - if its a nice one we will be going everywhere as i will be driving it

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Thanks to all for the responses and advice. Much appreciated.

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