Ekona Posted January 13, 2015 Share Posted January 13, 2015 No free parking anywhere mate, $10 a pop min these days. I used these guys for park tickets, they were ace. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimboy2 Posted January 13, 2015 Share Posted January 13, 2015 Think it's more like $17 a day now in disney Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ekona Posted January 13, 2015 Share Posted January 13, 2015 Ah, I didn't go last year, just did Universal. Then again, I think they were $14 each anyway. Robbing gits, the lot of them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bockaaarck Posted January 13, 2015 Share Posted January 13, 2015 Still have my Star Tours mug from ........OMG! ...18 years ago I'd only add by saying going to Florida all those years ago still counts as being one of the most run / relaxing holidays I've had. Universal was fantastic, downtown Orlando was cool, Clearwater was a nice chill out, Daytona was fantastic (Spring break week ). Overall the parks, the atmosphere, the people really made it a lot of fun. Not the kind of holiday I would normally do but actually it was brilliant One of the best memories I have is watching the Indiana Jones Stunt Spectacular and them calling out people from the audience. I tell you no lie, they called out four people from the crowd we were in in. One was called 'Homer' ......and one of the ladies was called 'Muff' :lol: As you can imagine, much hilarity ensued Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RickyZ Posted January 14, 2015 Share Posted January 14, 2015 Love Orlando been 3 times before. If you are going with a few people then renting a villa will be far far cheaper than the hotels. If there's just two of you then maybe not but worth looking into. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neo Posted January 14, 2015 Share Posted January 14, 2015 We usually have a split holiday, half staying on i-drive then moving to a Disney hotel the second half, never hired a car yet, too knackered after a full day in a park to drive back. Have known people take 2 hours just to find their car in the massive car park's lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stutopia Posted January 14, 2015 Share Posted January 14, 2015 (edited) If you've seen 'Cable Guy' and enjoyed it, you should go to Medieval Times one night. It's pure cheese, the secret is to really get into it and find mega discount tickets online or in stores. Don't forget to tip thine busty serving wench my Lord and doth stump up a few extra sovereigns for a front row view of the feasting and sport and try doing medieval speak but without drifting into pirate. It's not easy! Edited January 14, 2015 by SuperStu 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neo Posted January 14, 2015 Share Posted January 14, 2015 I used these guys for park tickets, they were ace. Used the above along with these - https://www.floridatix.com/ 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimboy2 Posted January 14, 2015 Share Posted January 14, 2015 All this talk makes me want to go back!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ekona Posted January 14, 2015 Share Posted January 14, 2015 Me too Group buy on flights and park tickets? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neo Posted January 14, 2015 Share Posted January 14, 2015 guess everybody is different but we always budget for $100 per day per person, i'd rather go out there and enjoy myself rather than counting every nickel n dime Always bring back some cash which i save for the next trip, also take a pre-paid credit card as well - https://www.fairfx.com/ which i load before we go plus a spare credit card in case of emergencies 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neo Posted January 14, 2015 Share Posted January 14, 2015 oh and don't forget the food portion size is huge in the states, some of their starters are easily a full main meal size here, so don't over order http://www.tripadvis...do_Florida.html ^ that's just for one person http://www.thedibb.co.uk/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=130 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimboy2 Posted January 14, 2015 Share Posted January 14, 2015 Yeah me and the mrs have $100 a day each. It's nice to live like that for a couple of weeks after you have spent most of the year saving for it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leosille Posted January 15, 2015 Share Posted January 15, 2015 I went twice last year and you need to 1000% go to 'Four Rivers' to eat it's a smokehouse after me and my friends had been once we couldn't stop going. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leosille Posted January 15, 2015 Share Posted January 15, 2015 Dave and busters is pretty good as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pjf1985 Posted January 15, 2015 Share Posted January 15, 2015 I need to avoid this topic or I'll end up booking myself another holiday to Orlando 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimboy2 Posted January 15, 2015 Share Posted January 15, 2015 We had discussions about it last night haha. Think it will be 2017 until we go next Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neo Posted January 16, 2015 Share Posted January 16, 2015 Guess your travel agent as mentioned you need a ESTA for the states - https://esta.cbp.dhs.gov/esta/ lasts for 2 years, ours run out a month after we comeback this october one of the questions is - 4) Do you seek to engage in or have you ever engaged in terrorist activities, espionage, sabotage, or genocide? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dw1921 Posted January 18, 2015 Share Posted January 18, 2015 I looooove florida haha. Been the past 2 years in september/october for halloween horror nights. Going again 2016 for our honeymoon and cant wait to get booked up Sent from my GT-I9505 using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StevoD Posted January 18, 2015 Author Share Posted January 18, 2015 All booked up 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neo Posted January 19, 2015 Share Posted January 19, 2015 So where are you staying hotel or villa ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StevoD Posted January 19, 2015 Author Share Posted January 19, 2015 Ended up a little hotel near old town kissime 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StevoD Posted January 19, 2015 Author Share Posted January 19, 2015 Lots of American car cruising to enjoy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neo Posted January 20, 2015 Share Posted January 20, 2015 Nice, bit of a drive to any theme parks tho Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twobears Posted January 23, 2015 Share Posted January 23, 2015 I went with Mr Two Bears to a massive car show on International Drive a couple of years ago. It was awesome to see the monster trucks and they kindly let me climb up into them so they could laugh at me but I loved it. I think the secret is to fill up on breakfast so that you save money on lunch. Our hotel had the most enormous choice (as well as huge portions) and I couldn't actually believe that some Americans think piles of whipped cream is a good plan for breakfast time Avoid 'grits' unless you enjoy eating wallpaper paste Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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