We rented a car but i heard alot of complaints about the lack of pick-ups and drop-offs to and from hotel. i believe its like at 8 and 10am and pick ups depend on when the parks close.i was there from march 24th to march 29th and the construction was pretty limited to the new tower play area on the lagoon side and there equipment using the parking lot in the front of the lagoon side. I would not recommend this hotel if you are planning on being at the parks from morning to night because of the cost and the fact that there is soo much to do you don't even have to leave the hotel. They have a weekly calender of events at guest services. My kids are 2 and 4 and they loved the free face painting, characters walking around the mall area, nickelodeon nightly slime shows in studio nick, the nightly dive in movie at the pool and the nightly icee on the way back to our room from swimming everynight. One word of advice for those with little ones that nap or go to bed early, you might not want to get a pool side room because of the nick games by pooside between 1 and 4 and the fact that the pool is open until 11pm and gets very loud with the movie from 7pm to 9pm. Hope this all helps
