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Originally Posted by Guru
On. I have tried to find better deals off property and it just can't be done once you throw in car rental and consider the extra benefits you lose by staying off property.
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Originally Posted by mmaddog
There is no better place to stay but on property.....
mmaddog
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For many years, when there were fewer of us (total of 6 now), we stayed on property for the exact same reasons. Essentially free transportation to any of the parks.
But, we went 2 years ago and stayed off property. After looking at what it was going to cost us (2 hotel rooms), it was more cost effective to stay off property and rent a car. I really didn't think we would like it, but it turned out pretty damn cool. We rented a 3 bedroom home with a swimming pool and we were less than 5 minutes from the Magic Kingdom. We stopped at a grocery store on the way in, bought some sandwich stuff, pop, cereal, etc for the week to stock the kitchen.
Honestly, it was the worse weather I've had when going down there, but it was the most relaxing time we've had. Got up, had breakfast and then hit the parks. Some days we would leave and have a late lunch back at the house, and then back to the parks. When it got too late for the little ones, we came home and had supper - then we all sat around swimming and drinking. It was a blast.
I've always stayed on property before and never had any complaints - and I still don't - but it was really nice to get away from all of it for a little bit on our vacation.