The we loooooove Bonnet Creek thread! (pics and reviews)

[vtwep]

Thanks! Mapquest shows this being about twice as far as the one at 3250 Vineland. But maybe avoiding traffic as you mentioned makes up for it. Thanks for the info!

As close or closer to BC & avoids having to deal with the nearly always congestion at I-4 intersection.

Walmart Supercenter
8990 Turkey Lake Rd
Orlando, FL 32819

Just 3 turns after passing Downtown Disney.

 

[vtwep]

what's the best/quickest route from MCO?

 

[lillygator]

when do I make a room request? we arrive Saturday! SO excited!!! It's been a while since our last visit!

 

[TotoToo]

Thanks! Mapquest shows this being about twice as far as the one at 3250 Vineland. But maybe avoiding traffic as you mentioned makes up for it. Thanks for the info!

Maybe it IS the frustration with the traffic that makes it just seem the same distance but the Turkey Lake location is a much less stressful drive and the newer store. It is always our first choice in that area unless we are also stopping at another location near the 535 location.

 

[vtwep]

Thanks for the insight. Appreciate it!

Maybe it IS the frustration with the traffic that makes it just seem the same distance but the Turkey Lake location is a much less stressful drive and the newer store. It is always our first choice in that area unless we are also stopping at another location near the 535 location.

 

[Tracey123]

While staying at BC do you eat more of your meals on Disney's property or off site?

 

[Upatnoon]

While staying at BC do you eat more of your meals on Disney's property or off site?

We eat more meals off-site. Having a full-size kitchen in your room makes it easy to have snacks and eat breakfast in your room.

We have a car, so driving to all the nearby restaurants is easy and you can bring "home" the leftovers. We end up eating meals at Disney only when we need to eat lunch at the parks, or an occasional dinner.

This saves a ton of money, gives you more food options, and makes for less stress having to eat out every meal when sometimes you just want to stay in and relax.

 

[ntsammy5]

We have a car, so driving to all the nearby restaurants is easy and you can bring "home" the leftovers. We end up eating meals at Disney only when we need to eat lunch at the parks, or an occasional dinner.

 

[britt54311]

We are looking for round trip airport shuttle? Who do you all recommend. We are not interested in getting a rental car. We have 5 adults and 2 teenagers in our party and would have to rent a mini van which would run $650 to $1000 on the sites I have been looking on. I have also tried carrentals.com and hotwire.
Thanks for any help you can give me.

 

[Cdn Gal]

Have you checked out the codes and coupons found at Mousesavers? That has always helped us with car rentals- even in Alaksa- go figure!

 

[LisaCat]

You should be able to do better than this for a car. We had a compact in April for 6 days for $137 including all taxes/fees. And that included an extra driver. Your own insurance should cover you...never buy their insurance (check your policy).

There are loads of discounts out there for cars. AAA members, Costco, etc. I would suggest you go on each of the main rental company websites and signing up for their member reward clubs. You can do this for free on most. Sign up for the emails and they will send you discount codes. Also, check the transportation board here on the DIS. Lots of people with great info.

To us, it is definitely worth it to have a car. No cost to get to BC from the airport, multiple trips to Walmart for food, and the ability to drive to the other resorts for dinner make it a must for us.

I figure I'll take the BC shuttle in the mornings and probably in the evenings too, but we can have the taxi option as a back up. Like coming back from MNSSHP - we'll be getting a cab since it will be LATE.

 

[LisaCat]

I think each family having their own car may be better than sharing a car. This way you're not attached at the hip. I just reserved a car for $198 intermediate for a week including taxes.

Jersey week must be putting a strain on rental inventory. I'm still coming up at $245 for a smallish car.

And I'd still have to take the shuttle or a cab the one day we are planning to "drink around the world" at Epcot F&W.... LOL!

 

[Upatnoon]

My auto insurance doesn't cover their loss of rental income. I'm told most don't. I even had to take the LDW when I had a rental car when my car was in the shop from an accident that my insurance was paying for the repair work.

I figure I'll take the BC shuttle in the mornings and probably in the evenings too, but we can have the taxi option as a back up. Like coming back from MNSSHP - we'll be getting a cab since it will be LATE.

Instead of a costly van, you could rent two small cars. With 5 adults, hopefully you've got a couple of drivers. You could probably get 2 cars for $400 or less. With your crowd, you can save a bundle by having cars.

 

[Upatnoon]

Jersey week must be putting a strain on rental inventory. I'm still coming up at $245 for a smallish car.

And I'd still have to take the shuttle or a cab the one day we are planning to "drink around the world" at Epcot F&W.... LOL!

Look on hotwire.com or rental cars.

 

[LisaCat]

Look on hotwire.com or rental cars.

Those make me nervous cuz you don't know who you are renting from. Had a bad experience once getting a car from a place I'd never heard of that was WAY off airport

I'm down to just under $200 with discounts on Dollar.com I'm still not sure it makes sense. I'll have no trouble using the BC shuttle in the morning and it shouldn't be a problem for 3 of the 6 days using the shuttle back. So I'm looking at 3, maybe 4, cab rides at, what, $10 to $15 each (using the Mears fare estimator). That's $60. Add the $12 for grocery delivery and maybe another $10 since their groceries are a little higher than what I would get at WalMart. Add the Mears Shuttle - what was that, $35? That's $117 saved. So at this point, I'm paying $83 extra for "convenience". Now, additional costs.... Tolls (no clue how much... $5?) and parking at Disney $12 a day ($72) and I'm up to spending about $160 extra - just doesn't make sense.....

 

[carlbarry]

Those make me nervous cuz you don't know who you are renting from. Had a bad experience once getting a car from a place I'd never heard of that was WAY off airport

I'm down to just under $200 with discounts on Dollar.com I'm still not sure it makes sense. I'll have no trouble using the BC shuttle in the morning and it shouldn't be a problem for 3 of the 6 days using the shuttle back. So I'm looking at 3, maybe 4, cab rides at, what, $10 to $15 each (using the Mears fare estimator). That's $60. Add the $12 for grocery delivery and maybe another $10 since their groceries are a little higher than what I would get at WalMart. Add the Mears Shuttle - what was that, $35? That's $117 saved. So at this point, I'm paying $83 extra for "convenience". Now, additional costs.... Tolls (no clue how much... $5?) and parking at Disney $12 a day ($72) and I'm up to spending about $160 extra - just doesn't make sense.....[/QUOTE
www.carrentals.com tells you which rental company you're buying from. Hotwire doesn't.

 

[LisaCat]

www.carrentals.com tells you which rental company you're buying from. Hotwire doesn't.

That took about $10 off. So now I'm paying $150 for "convenience". Honestly, I plan to be in the parks from rope drop to close every day, so I really don't think I *need* a car. Would I *like* a car? Sure. Do I want to trade eating a dinner or two out plus a bunch of pins to have a car? Notsomuch. LOL

 

[Upatnoon]

That took about $10 off. So now I'm paying $150 for "convenience". Honestly, I plan to be in the parks from rope drop to close every day, so I really don't think I *need* a car. Would I *like* a car? Sure. Do I want to trade eating a dinner or two out plus a bunch of pins to have a car? Notsomuch. LOL

How are you getting back and forth from the airport?

 

[LisaCat]

How are you getting back and forth from the airport?

Mears shuttle. It's $30-something Round Trip. No tolls, no Garmin, no worries. LOL

I already did all the transportation math in post 1876. But I left off the gas cost, so that's another $20 or so....

 

[Upatnoon]

Mears shuttle. It's $30-something Round Trip. No tolls, no Garmin, no worries. LOL

I already did all the transportation math in post 1876. But I left off the gas cost, so that's another $20 or so....

For one or 2 people, taking mears is cost-effective. If you have a family of five, it costs around $150 to take the mears shuttle roundtrip. Then the $200 rental car price isn't looking so bad. It really depends on the individual situation.