advice for dining & shopping in Downtown Disney

[elizabethsmom]

Help, please! My family (7 adults and 1 child) is headed to Disney in September. We're driving from Georgia and will arrive around 1 p.m. I have a reservation at Bibbidi Bobbidi Boutique at 3:15 and dinner at the Rainforest Cafe in Downtown Disney at 5:30.

How should we get there from the Caribbean Beach Resort? Should we just drive over or take a bus? I thought we could just drive from our resort and easily find a parking spot, but the more I read, it appears that Downtown Disney isn't easy to get into. Is parking that limited? Is there a surface lot or deck right there at the Marketplace or do you have to park near the Cirque du Soleil? Is it easy to walk between the Bibbidi Bobbidi Boutique and the Rainforest Cafe?

Thanks so much for the help! I haven't been to Disney World in 20 years!

 

[noodleknitter]

I've never had a problem finding parking at DTD during the daytime hours. Evenings are a bit more difficult.

You might try posting this on the trasportation board also. They know tons about this stuff!