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From: PattiNH on 12 Jul 2010 14:14 There's a good possibility I have to change my dates for next month. This puts me on a cusp where the "summer" rates are ending and the "fall" rates begin. I have the nights I need at one of the All-Star resorts on the "fall" side, but the summer rates are about $40 a night more. I can get the Hilton at Downtown Disney for considerably less - it would save me $25 a night plus tax for the three nights I'd still be under the "summer" rates so I was thinking of staying there for three nights then switching to the All Stars. I already checked and they don't charge a "resort fee" in addition to their rates as that's the one thing that would end up making it about even. Can anyone tell me about any experience with the Hilton, particularly transportation? That's my main concern since my daughter will be keeping her car and not letting me use it. I know I can take advantage of EMH there and pretty much walk across the street to Downtown Disney, my main concern is getting to the parks in the morning. I know buses don't run from DD to the parks in the morning, but do they in the afternoon or evening? Also, when I have to change resorts, what time do buses start running between DD and the resorts in the morning? -- Toodles, Patti ºoº http://www.myspace.com/pattinh http://www.facebook.com/PattiNH You must have faith that the universe will unfold as it should.... I distrust those people who know so well what God wants them to do, because I notice it always coincides with their own desires. - Susan B. Anthony
From: Steve Russo on 12 Jul 2010 14:36 On Jul 12, 2:14 pm, PattiNH <floating...(a)gmail.com> wrote: > There's a good possibility I have to change my dates for next month. > This puts me on a cusp where the "summer" rates are ending and the > "fall" rates begin. I have the nights I need at one of the All-Star > resorts on the "fall" side, but the summer rates are about $40 a night > more. I can get the Hilton at Downtown Disney for considerably less - > it would save me $25 a night plus tax for the three nights I'd still > be under the "summer" rates so I was thinking of staying there for > three nights then switching to the All Stars. I already checked and > they don't charge a "resort fee" in addition to their rates as that's > the one thing that would end up making it about even. > > Can anyone tell me about any experience with the Hilton, particularly > transportation? That's my main concern since my daughter will be > keeping her car and not letting me use it. I know I can take > advantage of EMH there and pretty much walk across the street to > Downtown Disney, my main concern is getting to the parks in the > morning. I know buses don't run from DD to the parks in the morning, > but do they in the afternoon or evening? > > Also, when I have to change resorts, what time do buses start running > between DD and the resorts in the morning? > > -- Patti, Sorry, but there are no buses directly to the parks from DD. The Hilton may have their own transportation but, if so, it probably wouldn't be as frequent as Disney's. I might suggest a bus to an Epcot resort and walking (or take the boat) to Epcot and DHS, and a bus to a MK resort, then monorail to the MK (or walk from the Contemporary). AK will require a bus transfer. DD shopping doesn't start until 9:30 but bus service does start earlier. I just don't think it will be too frequent or reliable to the resorts before then. I might suggest getting to the bus stops early and board the first resort bus you see (that's not outrageously in the wrong direction). Then transfer to a park at the resort. Good luck.
From: Blossom on 12 Jul 2010 14:41 On Jul 12, 2:14 pm, PattiNH <floating...(a)gmail.com> wrote: > There's a good possibility I have to change my dates for next month. > This puts me on a cusp where the "summer" rates are ending and the > "fall" rates begin. I have the nights I need at one of the All-Star > resorts on the "fall" side, but the summer rates are about $40 a night > more. I can get the Hilton at Downtown Disney for considerably less - > it would save me $25 a night plus tax for the three nights I'd still > be under the "summer" rates so I was thinking of staying there for > three nights then switching to the All Stars. I already checked and > they don't charge a "resort fee" in addition to their rates as that's > the one thing that would end up making it about even. > > Can anyone tell me about any experience with the Hilton, particularly > transportation? That's my main concern since my daughter will be > keeping her car and not letting me use it. I know I can take > advantage of EMH there and pretty much walk across the street to > Downtown Disney, my main concern is getting to the parks in the > morning. I know buses don't run from DD to the parks in the morning, > but do they in the afternoon or evening? > > Also, when I have to change resorts, what time do buses start running > between DD and the resorts in the morning? > > -- > Toodles, > Patti I'm not 100% certain, but I can tell you what my impressions & rememberences are... 1. there are buses directly from the Hilton to the theme parks 2. I thought that there weren't any buses directly from the theme parks to DTD anymore 3. Don't know about times for DTD to resorts in the morning, if I had to guess I'd say about 9:30 Well, maybe I didn't contribute much, but I'm sure those who know exactly will have fun pointing out where I'm wrong -- have at it everyone <really, I'm smiling, this is more fun that writing about drills & taps at the moment!> Blossom a suggestion -- take a taxi to your resort on the day that you check out of the Hilton and into your Disney resort -- I predict it won't be over $20 and it is likely to save you a lot of time and anxiety of going by bus (unless of course you're accustomed to moving about by bus & you won't have much to take with you) oh another idea -- you could take Hilton's bus to any theme park and then take the bus from there to your resort!
From: JackM on 12 Jul 2010 14:50 Steve Russo wrote: > On Jul 12, 2:14 pm, PattiNH <floating...(a)gmail.com> wrote: >> There's a good possibility I have to change my dates for next month. >> This puts me on a cusp where the "summer" rates are ending and the >> "fall" rates begin. I have the nights I need at one of the All-Star >> resorts on the "fall" side, but the summer rates are about $40 a night >> more. I can get the Hilton at Downtown Disney for considerably less - >> it would save me $25 a night plus tax for the three nights I'd still >> be under the "summer" rates so I was thinking of staying there for >> three nights then switching to the All Stars. I already checked and >> they don't charge a "resort fee" in addition to their rates as that's >> the one thing that would end up making it about even. >> >> Can anyone tell me about any experience with the Hilton, particularly >> transportation? That's my main concern since my daughter will be >> keeping her car and not letting me use it. I know I can take >> advantage of EMH there and pretty much walk across the street to >> Downtown Disney, my main concern is getting to the parks in the >> morning. I know buses don't run from DD to the parks in the morning, >> but do they in the afternoon or evening? >> >> Also, when I have to change resorts, what time do buses start running >> between DD and the resorts in the morning? >> >> -- > > Patti, > Sorry, but there are no buses directly to the parks from DD. The > Hilton may have their own transportation but, if so, it probably > wouldn't be as frequent as Disney's. I might suggest a bus to an Epcot > resort and walking (or take the boat) to Epcot and DHS, and a bus to a > MK resort, then monorail to the MK (or walk from the Contemporary). AK > will require a bus transfer. > > DD shopping doesn't start until 9:30 but bus service does start > earlier. I just don't think it will be too frequent or reliable to the > resorts before then. I might suggest getting to the bus stops early > and board the first resort bus you see (that's not outrageously in the > wrong direction). Then transfer to a park at the resort. Good luck. The DTD buses are operated just like the theme park buses in that early mornings, their main job is to get people *to* the destination and not return to their starting point. You may see a lot of Disney buses at the Marketplace in the morning but very few will be picking up. They drop the two DTD stops and then drop Typhoon Lagoon and are dispatched to their next route to pick up all over again. I would not look at this option as being better than the Hilton's own service. Jack -- My email address on the header is a non-monitored spam catching account. I can be reached via http://www.wvnh.net/contact.htm The dates for the next RADP Meet are December 10-13, 2010 for RADP-XV (http://meets.radp.org).
From: Rudeney on 12 Jul 2010 15:39
On 7/12/2010 1:14 PM, PattiNH wrote: > There's a good possibility I have to change my dates for next month. > This puts me on a cusp where the "summer" rates are ending and the > "fall" rates begin. I have the nights I need at one of the All-Star > resorts on the "fall" side, but the summer rates are about $40 a night > more. I can get the Hilton at Downtown Disney for considerably less - > it would save me $25 a night plus tax for the three nights I'd still > be under the "summer" rates so I was thinking of staying there for > three nights then switching to the All Stars. I already checked and > they don't charge a "resort fee" in addition to their rates as that's > the one thing that would end up making it about even. > > Can anyone tell me about any experience with the Hilton, particularly > transportation? That's my main concern since my daughter will be > keeping her car and not letting me use it. I know I can take > advantage of EMH there and pretty much walk across the street to > Downtown Disney, my main concern is getting to the parks in the > morning. I know buses don't run from DD to the parks in the morning, > but do they in the afternoon or evening? The Hilton has its own transportation to the parks, so I'd assume you take their shuttle for EMH. I don't know how often it runs, so that may be a concern. > Also, when I have to change resorts, what time do buses start running > between DD and the resorts in the morning? As son as they start running from the resorts to DD, they should be going back. My guess is to expect buses around 8:00am. -- - RODNEY Next WDW Vacation? Who knows! Need to know more about RADP (rec.arts.disney.parks)? http://www.radp.org http://allears.net/btp/radp_bk.htm http://allears.net/tp/abrev.htm Are you still accessing RADP via Google? Why? Get instructions on how to access to the "real" RADP Usenet Group here: http://meets.radp.org/usenet.htm |