staying offsite - driving in Florida

[mshanson3121]

With all the changes and extra costs with less benefits for an onsite stay, plus our desire for a bit of a less hectic trip, I'm considering staying offsite. From what I understand it would be best to rent a car in that case. I'm a nervous type driver and one thing I do like about staying on site is the buses/transportation hotel to park. So driving... can someone from Canada perhaps compare to driving in ?? Ottawa? Toronto? a smaller city? I imagine I'd get a phone/GB package so I can use my google maps or that other driving app I can never remember the name of I'm not keen on driving while on vacation, but I also wouldn't mind saving some money on the hotel!

We live in a tiny village of I think 600 ppl. A traffic jam is a tractor and combine driving down the road. We had no problems driving around the area at all. It's so we'll marked we found it easy.

 

[bankr63]

I have driven on every trip to Orlando, either rental or our own vehicle. The only frustration I have with traffic is that Orlando has some of the slowest cycling traffic lights I have ever encountered. It might be designed like that so that older persons (I am probably in that category) can have their micro-naps throughout the day. There are a couple of roads that are best avoided, but most move well and quickly. Sections of Irlo Bronson in the West Gate area can be pretty slow as is I-Drive in the tourist corridor. Also, I-4 is probably still best avoided, it used to get pretty congested at rush and I have been completely avoiding it since the twinning construction started; I take 417 (tolls - but a lot less $$ than our Canadian equivalent) around the east side of the city now.