Citywalk parking, & getting there

[jdm]

Hi

We are doing a mostly Disney trip this time but thought it would be fun spending one evening at Citywalk having dinner etc.
We have never entered Citywalk from the "outside"! We have either stayed on site at the HRH or we have gone from the parks.

My ?- Is there relatively close parking to Citywalk? We walked miles to get from parking to Universal and I'm hoping it's not the same to access Citywalk. We have a bad-backer in our group. Or, is it possible to pay to park at HRH or PB and use there transportation to CW? I seem to remember last year that we had to swipe our room key to park (@HRH). I don't remember if we had to show it to board the water taxi. It seems to me there must be people not staying at the resorts utilizing the transportation to eat in the resort restaurants, snoop etc.

If this is possible to do without staying there, it might be a nice addition to our evening,( we have a couple who have never been to Orlando) seeing the resorts etc.

Can anyone give me more info on this?? Any suggestions.

Thanks
Jenn

 

[IMGONNABE40!]

Citywalk parking is in the same garage as parking for the parks. You are able to park at the hotels (people who eat at the Palm park at HRH all the time, and the same is true for Tchoup Chop) so that may be your better option. I am not sure the cost for hourly parkers at the hotels.

 

[ColUK]

parking is free after 6pm at the Universal carparks. Not sure where you parked before to go to Universal but certainly no worse than any of the other parks anywhere. You could use the prefered parking if you needed to be really close. About $16 I think.

 

[jdm]

So, just to be sure, I can pay to park at one of the resorts without staying there and use their transportation to get to Citywalk? That ounds like it would be the best thing....

 

[IMGONNABE40!]

Yes. you can park at the hotel and then use the water taxi.