Seriously, 528 vs 417 to WDW from MCO?

[NancyIL]

I always take 417, but I get off at exit 6 to go to the Swan. Exit 3 used to have an unmanned toll booth (don't know if that's still the case), and twice I got caught there with no change!

 

[dancin Disney style]

I always take 417, but I get off at exit 6 to go to the Swan. Exit 3 used to have an unmanned toll booth (don't know if that's still the case), and twice I got caught there with no change!

Curious to know what happens if you pull up to a toll booth that requires exact change and you don't have it? We drove home from WDW this past Sat/Sun (21 hours) and we came through one but luckily I had coins. We then had the conversation about what would we have done if we had no coins. We live in Canada and we have VERY few toll roads...the one we do have is totally electronic.

 

[Donna M]

Watch the toll signs carefully; you need to keep to the extreme right, almost like an exit.

 

[NancyIL]

Curious to know what happens if you pull up to a toll booth that requires exact change and you don't have it? We drove home from WDW this past Sat/Sun (21 hours) and we came through one but luckily I had coins. We then had the conversation about what would we have done if we had no coins. We live in Canada and we have VERY few toll roads...the one we do have is totally electronic.

The first time it happened, the toll was 25 cents. I thought, Oh great - I'm going to get a $100 ticket for not having a quarter! I did nothing, and nothing happened. I was in a rental car. too. Now most rental cars have a transponder in the car that will cover the tolls, and the driver will get charged by the rental company. If it's your own car - I don't know what happens if you don't pay. In the Chicago area, you have a week or so to pay if you go through without paying.

 

[TwoAtDisney]

Does anyone know if the two 417 toll booths between MCO & exit 6 are still manned & cash can be used?

I've read that some "manned/cash ok" toll booths have recently been switched to unmanned & not taking cash - electronic only.

Since we only use a toll road from MCO & back (both times=417), I don't want to buy the rental company's epass, unless, of course, it's necessary to prevent a fine.

 

[mmouse50]

Are there any grocery stores off of 417? If so, what exit?

 

[Shelly F - Ohio]

417 is the best route!!

If you need to stop at a grocery store there is a Super Target at the Orange Blossom Trail exit (exit #11) on 417 you can see the Target from the highway it only 1/8 of a mile from the highway and it's very easy to getting into and out of. It is also only 6 miles from WDW. This is the store we always stop at.

If you look up the location on Targets web site it is list as the one at Hunters Creek.

 

[mikek]

Curious to know what happens if you pull up to a toll booth that requires exact change and you don't have it? We drove home from WDW this past Sat/Sun (21 hours) and we came through one but luckily I had coins. We then had the conversation about what would we have done if we had no coins. We live in Canada and we have VERY few toll roads...the one we do have is totally electronic.

used to be the honor system- at one point i seem recall there were even envelopes in a dispense. You could take one and you were supposed to mail the toll when you got home.

I think now a days they may see it as a way to make money and send you a bill. But not for the change that it should have cost- they toss in a "handling fee" or something like that. I think in New Jersey it's like $25 or $35 for the handling fee.

Not really sure if they can do much to you in Canada if you dont pay the bill (if they can even look up your plate to mail it to you). In the states they will do something to the registered owner of the vehicle- ticket them, revoke their vehicle registration privileges, etc.

 

[aubriee]

I always take 417, but I get off at exit 6 to go to the Swan. Exit 3 used to have an unmanned toll booth (don't know if that's still the case), and twice I got caught there with no change!

Curious to know what happens if you pull up to a toll booth that requires exact change and you don't have it? We drove home from WDW this past Sat/Sun (21 hours) and we came through one but luckily I had coins. We then had the conversation about what would we have done if we had no coins. We live in Canada and we have VERY few toll roads...the one we do have is totally electronic.

Not sure what happens if you don't have exact change. I just make sure I always do. I have a couple of those little mini M&M plastic containers that someone on the DIS suggested getting several years ago to hold pennies and quarters for the pressed penny machines. We don't do the pressed penny machines anymore, but now make sure I carry one of those mini M&M containers full of quarters every trip. I just keep it in the glove box with the GPS. That way I always have plenty of quarters.

 

[Shelly F - Ohio]

Not sure what happens if you don't have exact change. I just make sure I always do. I have a couple of those little mini M&M plastic containers that someone on the DIS suggested getting several years ago to hold pennies and quarters for the pressed penny machines. We don't do the pressed penny machines anymore, but now make sure I carry one of those mini M&M containers full of quarters every trip. I just keep it in the glove box with the GPS. That way I always have plenty of quarters.

Me too Aubriee. My M&M container is an item on my packing list that I use every trip.

 

[QueenQueso]

417 is the best route!!

If you need to stop at a grocery store there is a Super Target at the Orange Blossom Trail exit (exit #11) on 417 you can see the Target from the highway it only 1/8 of a mile from the highway and it's very easy to getting into and out of. It is also only 6 miles from WDW. This is the store we always stop at.

If you look up the location on Targets web site it is list as the one at Hunters Creek.

Excellent info, this is exactly what I logged on today to find out!

 

[gmeh1]

Does anyone know if the two 417 toll booths between MCO & exit 6 are still manned & cash can be used?

I've read that some "manned/cash ok" toll booths have recently been switched to unmanned & not taking cash - electronic only.

Since we only use a toll road from MCO & back (both times=417), I don't want to buy the rental company's epass, unless, of course, it's necessary to prevent a fine.

Yes, they are still manned and yes, cash can be used.

 

[lovesdumbo]

Curious to know what happens if you pull up to a toll booth that requires exact change and you don't have it? We drove home from WDW this past Sat/Sun (21 hours) and we came through one but luckily I had coins. We then had the conversation about what would we have done if we had no coins. We live in Canada and we have VERY few toll roads...the one we do have is totally electronic.

Not sure what happens if you don't have exact change. I just make sure I always do. I have a couple of those little mini M&M plastic containers that someone on the DIS suggested getting several years ago to hold pennies and quarters for the pressed penny machines. We don't do the pressed penny machines anymore, but now make sure I carry one of those mini M&M containers full of quarters every trip. I just keep it in the glove box with the GPS. That way I always have plenty of quarters.

We just returned from our trip last week. We rented a car for the first time in 10 years. One day we went to Kennedy Space Center. Didn't even think about tolls. The first toll was an unmanned booth on the entrance ramp. As we went through it without any change we saw they had envelopes to send it in. But you had to pay by check and we don't bring our checkbook on vacation so we had to find a PO to get a money order. After we went through the toll I said "if only I had remembered to bring my pressed penny money" to which my youngest DD says "oh I forgot about that, I have mine". If only I had mentioned that before we went through without paying.

When we returned the rental car they said they have the e-pass and we will also likely get a charge from them. $2.95/day you use it + toll.

I always have change in my car. Now I won't rent a car without change too!

 

[TwoAtDisney]

gmeh1, thanks for your reply. Good to know.

 

[gmeh1]

gmeh1, thanks for your reply. Good to know.

You are welcome. Enjoy!!!

 

[DutchsMommy]

Hello - stupid question alerts Can you take the 417 back from WDW to MCO by basically reversing your directions?

Now, as you are laughing and rolling your eyes I will say in my defense that I have been in some situations where a route works one way but going back the other is not possible without some serious workaround....

TIA

 

[Shelly F - Ohio]

Hello - stupid question alerts Can you take the 417 back from WDW to MCO by basically reversing your directions?

Now, as you are laughing and rolling your eyes I will say in my defense that I have been in some situations where a route works one way but going back the other is not possible without some serious workaround....

TIA

Yep you can take 417 back to MCO. But I highly advise not driving in reverse back to MCO ..

Sorry I could not resist.

I know what you mean by having to do workaround to get back on a highway.

 

[asmit4]

we had planned on using our garmin to get from MCO to Bonnet Creek. Since we can't do that if we want to take the toll 417....how do we do get directions? Are there signs for 417 at the airport? Will we be fine just following signs to the 417? I want to avoid I-4.

 

[grassmower]

we had planned on using our garmin to get from MCO to Bonnet Creek. Since we can't do that if we want to take the toll 417....how do we do get directions? Are there signs for 417 at the airport? Will we be fine just following signs to the 417? I want to avoid I-4.

Just look for signs for the south exit at the airport. You will run into 417 and just follow the signs from there.

 

[gmeh1]

Hello - stupid question alerts Can you take the 417 back from WDW to MCO by basically reversing your directions?

Now, as you are laughing and rolling your eyes I will say in my defense that I have been in some situations where a route works one way but going back the other is not possible without some serious workaround....

TIA

Not a stupid question at all. And, the answer is yes, just reverse the directions. I understand about those "exit only" ramps.
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