Jodie
I had trouble getting a fly drive from Virgin on 12th, 13th and 14th October 2006 from Gatwick. There were some seats left but not as many as the seven I needed, so had to book with BA.
You may want to try the week before say Saturday 7th October. The prices are three times less before these times. The parks are quite most the time in October (except Columbus day?? think 12th October something like that!!) but the prices of our flights to get to Orlando are expensive and hard to come by. The hotels should be no problem at all.
Hope this helps
Susan
Susan