Tampa?

[Lesverts]

Is there an easy way to get to Tampa from Disney without driving?

 

[Narcoossee11]

Nothing that would be cheap or quick.
Uber would be expensive.
Bus like Mears, really time consuming.

 

[Lesverts]

Just checked Uber for laughs, 70 dollars.

 

[SteveH]

I've flown in for a conference in Clearwater Beach for several years, I never found a good way to get to Disney that was better than a 1 day rental. My TA lived in St. Pete and they agreed, rental was the best option.

 

[fla4fun]

Is there an easy way to get to Tampa from Disney without driving?

Is there a reason you don’t want to drive? It really is the most efficient way to move between Tampa and Orlando. There are a few bus services between the two cities, and the Amtrak Silver Star route also goes between the two, but you would still need transportation to and from the respective stations. Personally I wouldn’t recommend taking either, but it’s just a preference on my part.

It’s not a fun drive across I-4, but it is the most direct and efficient way to go.

 

[puffkin]

It is a long, boring drive on I-4 but super easy and efficient. I would just do a car rental.

 

[Lesverts]

Is there a reason you don’t want to drive? It really is the most efficient way to move between Tampa and Orlando. There are a few bus services between the two cities, and the Amtrak Silver Star route also goes between the two, but you would still need transportation to and from the respective stations. Personally I wouldn’t recommend taking either, but it’s just a preference on my part.

It’s not a fun drive across I-4, but it is the most direct and efficient way to go.

I do not like driving at the best of times.

 

[jimmymc]

Uber or private car would be the only direct routes. There is a bus that goes from downtown Tampa to downtown Orlando, but you'd need to arrange transportation on either end, and the whole process would take at least 3x as long. An Uber all the way there is about $100, while the bus combinations plus local rides would be around $40 but takes around 4-5 hours.

 

[dvczerfs]

 

[_19disnA]

Are you flying from Canada (based on your profile) to Tampa in order to get to Disney? Do you have any other flight options that would make Orlando your destination vs. Tampa?

 

[Lesverts]

Side trip to Tampa from Disney for a night. Not flying in.

 

[Stratman50th]

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Hahahaha!
Yup...

 

[mattwwfc]

Also interested!

 

[aboveH20]

Curious what you ended up doing.

A canceled cruise out of San Diego meant I didn’t get to see koalas at the zoo. Just found out the Tampa zoo has koalas. Trying to decide if I want to try renting a car and making the drive. I’d be solo, and if I were to have an accident the newspaper would write,”elderly woman . . . “ I don’t think I’m elderly, but my SS card says otherwise

Easy or arduous?

 

[Anthony1971]

We have not done the drive in a few year however will again in a few weeks. We personally have never found the drive long or hit real traffic. But we mostly would be non-rush hour. We did hit some traffic once but traffic there is joke compared to NYC, suburbs and parts of LI.... so I am no help in that respect. The drive is actually very straight forward however where Tampa zoo is I have no idea. We have driven around west palm beach a lot which also has "traffic" but again not to us. I would rate both no worse than a busy suburb shopping area.

 

[Anthony1971]

PS there is an I-4 traffic cam that shows live moving cars you can look at. Just search as stated.

 

[Stratman50th]

PS there is an I-4 traffic cam that shows live moving cars you can look at. Just search as stated.

I don't believe that! There are rarely "moving" cars on I-4. Normally they just sit there....

 

[tobikaye]

Curious what you ended up doing.

A canceled cruise out of San Diego meant I didn’t get to see koalas at the zoo. Just found out the Tampa zoo has koalas. Trying to decide if I want to try renting a car and making the drive. I’d be solo, and if I were to have an accident the newspaper would write,”elderly woman . . . “ I don’t think I’m elderly, but my SS card says otherwise

Easy or arduous?

It depends on how comfortable you are on the intestate in general, I think. I would expect the drive to be about 1.5 from the WDW area and about 2 hours on the return. It is a pretty easy drive, but very congested, especially eastbound. For some reason, it seems like no matter what time of day or where I leave from in the Tampa area that it takes 2 hours to get to WDW. I think it has to do with the back ups once you get to the WDW area.

My dad has never driven been on this route as he either does one or the other on vacations and I would have no worries with him doing it on his own at his current age of 73. I find the actual drive easy, but then again, I think I-75 through Atlanta is fun.

 

[aboveH20]

We have not done the drive in a few year however will again in a few weeks. We personally have never found the drive long or hit real traffic. But we mostly would be non-rush hour. We did hit some traffic once but traffic there is joke compared to NYC, suburbs and parts of LI.... so I am no help in that respect. The drive is actually very straight forward however where Tampa zoo is I have no idea. We have driven around west palm beach a lot which also has "traffic" but again not to us. I would rate both no worse than a busy suburb shopping area.

That’s encouraging. I haven’t driven on LI since I took my mother to her 60th high school reunion. Ever hear of Patchogue?

I don't believe that! There are rarely "moving" cars on I-4. Normally they just sit there....

We’ll, that would certainly slow traffic!

 

[aboveH20]

It depends on how comfortable you are on the intestate in general, I think. I would expect the drive to be about 1.5 from the WDW area and about 2 hours on the return. It is a pretty easy drive, but very congested, especially eastbound. For some reason, it seems like no matter what time of day or where I leave from in the Tampa area that it takes 2 hours to get to WDW. I think it has to do with the back ups once you get to the WDW area.

My dad has never driven been on this route as he either does one or the other on vacations and I would have no worries with him doing it on his own at his current age of 73. I find the actual drive easy, but then again, I think I-75 through Atlanta is fun.

I’m okay with interstates. Two hours sounds doable. The zoo has a koala “experience” once a day, at 10 am, I think, so I’d probably go the day before (thinking about renting a car when I arrive at Orlando airport and heading right to Tampa. Find a hotel, do zoo first thing the next day and then head to Disney.) That sentence may have been a run on and on and on.

We just rented a car in Santa Barbara and the only cars they had when I checked in were electric. (My brain wasn’t up to that, I waited for an old fashioned buggy.) With GPS driving wasn’t bad.