Electric Car Charging Stations at Resorts?

[Elevationist]

I'm a travel agent, and I have a client who will be driving their Chevrolet Volt down for their Disney vacation in April. He asked me today if any of the resorts have a charging station for hybrid/electric cars. This completely stumped me! Can anybody assist? Thank you!

 

[kmb584]

I'm a travel agent, and I have a client who will be driving their Chevrolet Volt down for their Disney vacation in April. He asked me today if any of the resorts have a charging station for hybrid/electric cars. This completely stumped me! Can anybody assist? Thank you!

I believe the only charging stations are in the Epcot parking lot. We saw 4 of them when we were there in November, but didn't see them elsewhere.

 

[KonaKaiTom]

Depending on the type of plug -- the FW Cabins all have outlets for charging the golf carts -- but I have no clue if that is the same type of plug that an electric car would have as well. If the come with a standard 120volt pigtail, there are outside plugs on the decks of the cabins.

Tom

 

[POOHsie]

I found that Drive Electric Orlando is working with WDW and other Orlando tourist venues and car rental agencies to promote EVs. Below is an article pertaining to WDW, and a "find-a-Charging-Station" map from Drive Electric Orlando. The Drive Electric Orlando website also has a "contact" section where you might get the latest WDW EV charging info.

http://www.wdwmagic.com/attractions...open-in-epcot's-parking-lot-for-guest-use.htm

http://driveelectricorlando.com/find-a-charging-station/

 

[Miked0292]

Can quickly say as of 12/27 here are none at the Beach Club Resort

 

[PlutosBone17]

We just drove our Tesla down from Massachusetts last month. The charging options at Disney are pretty poor...basically only Epcot or the cabins at Ft Wilderness. Luckily for them, the Chevy has a gas back up while the Tesla does not. Lucky for us the electric range is 7x as much in the Tesla, so we did not need to charge during our stay.

Disney is really behind the times when it comes to EVs. Although I've read online that some hotels will give you an extension cord to plug into a wall outlet (it just takes forever doing it this way). They should have at least 2 EV charging spots at every deluxe hotel and more at the parks. I guarantee they would make their money back within a very short time period. (Ie: non resort guests going to expensive deluxe resort restaurants, Florida EV owners buying annual passes because the drive is "free", etc)

There are tons of charging options for a Volt offsite but it defeats the purpose as a round trip to the charger would basically deplete the battery.

For future client reference plugshare.com is a great site for finding EV charging!