O/T - Florida villas

[Cleggy the Spyder Man]

your help please

looking to go to orlando next year - me n missus and the three kids

want to be no more than 20-30 minutes drive from the main disney resorts

and need a villa with 5-6 bedrooms at least as family may join us

guess we will fly into orlando mco airport and rent a mini van

will perhaps have a day over at the east coast and maybe cape canaveral if time allows

so where is a nice area to stay - your recommendations please    - have googled a plenty and seen some nice villas but you dont really get a feel for the area on da t'internet  

[Stuart]

Been a few times and always stayed on the gulf coast after the first time as I think it's so much nicer than around Orlando.  IIRC it's about an hour and 10 minute drive but you also have Busch Gardens in Tampa which is an excellent theme park.

Usually used these people too - don't know if they will have anything big enough for you but usually half the price of going through a UK travel agent and quality properties on the beach.  There's another outfit called Resort Realty that I have used once too.

[Mark Stanton]

Have stayed around kissimee whilst doint the disney parks and then moved over to gulf coast to take a look at busch kennedy etc and a more relaxing period - the disny and mgm universal theme parks are great but can be tiring as well        kissimee is a central location and not too much travelling each day to main parks - have a nice day, enjoy   (does get on yer nerves a bit)      

[pistonbroke]

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have a nice day, enjoy   (does get on yer nerves a bit)      

Its getting to me already  

[mogwi]

Have relatives who live in Florida, so go fairly frequently. Can't recommend any villas, but would recommend booking your car in advance from the UK, it proves a lot cheaper and some airlines have arrangements with car rental firms for cheap upgrades (Virgin + Alamo car rental, we got an upgrade from basic two door to convertable for $80 for 8 days).

[Nic Ayre]

A work colleage of mine is going over soon to stay in a villa, that someone from the Ipswich area owns (not me).  I remember printing off some images of it for him and will try and get the contact for you if you want.  I can get feedback off him of the area at the end of the month.

Nic

[Lurksalot]

I stayed in Kissimee a couple of years back , it is Disney central and handy enough for universal and plenty of other stuff, an hour or so drive to either coast.

They do have the hire car service sorted , you get off the plane , pick up your bags, go downstairs and sign for your car, walk 50 yards across the road and drive away

Get some change , quarters etc as you may end up on a toll road and some of the booths are unmanned but still want your money

[Cleggy the Spyder Man]

really appreciate all the comments - had looked at kisemee as an option

Nic yes please - thank you -

not sure whether to leave the flight bookings until later in the day?

any other comments?

[Rep-robate]

We stayed here when we went to florida.

Its in a place called Davenport which we'd never heard of before we went.

Its about a 20 minute drive from disney parks, 5 minutes from a Walmart and there are some restaurants near by.

The reason we stayed here is because its on a beautiful golf course. Not close enough to the fairway to be hit by anyone though. A free round of golf and discounted club hire was included when we went.

The back is great for BBQs too! (gas BBQ included)

[Stuart]

Cleggy I fly across the pond a bit for work.  For a good few years now I have never found flight prices to come down as you get closer to the date.  I could always be wrong but FWIW..........

Delta have had some good deals on recently but always worth having a look at a consolidator like ebookers.

[Nic Ayre]

This is the weblink to the one my colleage is going to stay in.

http://www.holiday-rentals.co.uk/p96252

Nic

[Cleggy the Spyder Man]

This is the weblink to the one my colleage is going to stay in.

http://www.holiday-rentals.co.uk/p96252

Nic

that looks a beauty Nic - gonna be too far out for us with the little ones though