Hotel near POP??

[flyingcircus1]

I have booked POP Century for April 11-14, but I can't get ANY Disney room for April 10- We will be arriving around 11:30 pm April 10. I would like to get something close to POP, so that I can check in (or at least leave the bags) first thing Tuesday morning, and be able to spend a full day at the parks. Any ideas??? I will not be renting a car so I will have to get transportation from the airport to a hotel April 10, and then to POP Tuesday morning.
Any info would be great!
Thanks

 

[spiceycat]

I would go with one near the airport. Most of the airport hotels have a shuttle.

so you can take the shuttle back to the airport and get on DME.

I would try to get back to the airport around 7 am.....if you can manage it - so you can get an early start....

www.priceline.com

or

www.hotelkingdom.com

Otherwise I would suggest Silver Lake (if you can get it for one night), or Holiday Inn West - be warned this place gets some bad reviews.

 

[Hannathy]

Can you do this? I thought you could only use ME straight from your flight.

 

[Stitch65]

straight from your flight is so that your bags can get picked up... However you are allowed to get your own luggage to the bus and they'll stow it underneath. I think it's doable with ME... Otherwise if you don't want to wait try a hotel in DTD? The DoubleTree has rooms left, but they're spendy. I just checked at their website http://www.doubletree.com/en/dt/hotels/index.jhtml?ctyhocn=MCOFHDT
and they had rooms starting at $209...

Good luck!

 

[flyingcircus1]

Thanks for all the input. I am leaning towards getting a room at the airport and then taking ME in the morning to POP. We will just have carry on, so that shouldn't be too much of a problem. Any ideas on airport hotels?

 

[dgaston]

I too would recommend an MCO hotel. You could use Priceline and probably get a 3* for 50 to 60 dollars. If you don't mind lower quality you could get a 2 1/2 * for less. Check out www.biddingfortravel.com for advise on Priceline.

And if it's too late for shuttles, a taxi is only about $10, and then you could take the shuttle back in the am.

 

[Lewisc]

I too would recommend an MCO hotel. You could use Priceline and probably get a 3* for 50 to 60 dollars. If you don't mind lower quality you could get a 2 1/2 * for less. Check out www.biddingfortravel.com for advise on Priceline.

And if it's too late for shuttles, a taxi is only about $10, and then you could take the shuttle back in the am.

Some of the 2 1/2* hotels don't offer 24 hour shuttles and I'm not sure you'll save more than the $10 + tip cab ride if you get a 2 1/2* vs a 3*. I also note the shuttle service may be much less frequent with some of the 2 1/2* properties.

I'd only drop below 3* if I was desperate, I'd probably book a backup and hope to get a 3* with PL at the last minute.

 

[kilee]

Have you checked to see if you can get a good deal on the Hyatt right inside MCO. Then you won't even have to worry about shuttles and such.