Is there a hotel that has a shuttle to Both Disney and Universal?

[phillymummer]

Hello DISers!

I am in the beginning stages of planning my next trip. I know I will be spending two days at Universal and one day in Disney (Yup, I just want to ride the new Mine Coaster). I am trying to decide if I want to split my time between on-site at universal and on-site at Disney or if I should just find an off-site hotel. We will be flying down, so transportation is an issue. We could rent a car and drive everywhere, but I don't like to drive on vacation! Does that make sense?
But I don't know if I want the hassle of a split stay.

So, is there any off-site hotel that offers to a shuttle to all of the universal parks and disney parks?

 

[Upatnoon]

Hello DISers!

I am in the beginning stages of planning my next trip. I know I will be spending two days at Universal and one day in Disney (Yup, I just want to ride the new Mine Coaster). I am trying to decide if I want to split my time between on-site at universal and on-site at Disney or if I should just find an off-site hotel. We will be flying down, so transportation is an issue. We could rent a car and drive everywhere, but I don't like to drive on vacation! Does that make sense?
But I don't know if I want the hassle of a split stay.

So, is there any off-site hotel that offers to a shuttle to all of the universal parks and disney parks?

I would stay at a Universal resort hotel to take advantage of the free "skip the lines" pass and early access to Harry Potter.

For Disney, you can take the Mears shuttle for $16 RT per person.

 

[badiggio]

Lakeside resort village and spa has free scheduled shuttles.The Disney shuttle takes you to Epcot and you go from there.They are limited,but they do have them.

 

[Disneyaddictz]

Check out Wyndham on international dr. They are nice and cheap ! Although the shuttles are limited I believe they do have both.

 

[ruadisneyfan2]

I would stay at a Universal resort hotel to take advantage of the free "skip the lines" pass and early access to Harry Potter.

For Disney, you can take the Mears shuttle for $16 RT per person.

I agree about the onsite Universal hotels. It's the greatest feeling that will make you instantly spoiled. It's like having an unlimited fast pass.
We love it so much we just won't do Universal without staying onsite. You can buy an express pass but it only allows you to use it once per ride. With the room key you can ride your favorites over and over if you like.

We've never done the Mears shuttle but if we do both parks we make it a split stay if we're doing more than 1 day in WDW then have Happy Limo take us from Disney to Universal. If you try to do Disney after having the Universal room key it's torture to even wait 15-20 mins in line at Disney.
Universal resorts (actually Loews Hotels) charges a daily parking fee which annoys me and since a car is really not necessary at either set of parks, we'd rather hire a driver.

 

[phillymummer]

Thanks everyone! After a lot of consideration and research, I have decided I'd rather pay a little more to stay on-site than deal with the hassle of limited shuttles.

 

[ruadisneyfan2]

They do make it convenient to stay onsite.
We used to love the spaciousness & privacy of having a pool home or condo but the older I get, the less I feel like dragging luggage around & stuffing it into a rental car.

 

[mevelandry]

Hello DISers!

So, is there any off-site hotel that offers to a shuttle to all of the universal parks and disney parks?

I know you decided to stay on-site after all (good choice!) but in case somebody else is wondering:

Hilton Grand Vacations Suites on International Drive offers shuttles to go to Disney, Universal and Sea World.

It's not free (I think it's 9$ for a round trip) but still cheap IMO and it's very efficient.

And the hotel is absolutely awesome. We stayed for 1 night only and we were very sad to leave.