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we decided what our 'special experience' will be. and it is....
renting a car.
*cue sad trombone*
here's the thing: i hate disney transportation. and for the majority of this trip, we are staying at OKW. which is freaking HUGE. you need a car to get to the POOL. i don't know why this is never mentioned in any of the reviews, or why people seem to like it there. but yeah. i can't be without a car staying in what amounts to be a legit housing development. but when i agreed to OKW, i was like 'whatever, we will rent a car'. and then i looked at car rental rates. and then i started a thread on here asking about what's up with car rental rates. and then i asked our heather. and then i spent the last two hours trying to find ANY WAY to make a 9 day car rental less than $200 (it was near $400). and there's NO WAY.
here's the thing: car rentals in orlando are always crazy cheap. except for the one week we are going.
so i booked a car for $323 and i kind of want to vomit, because that's ridiculous. but taxis round trip from the airport are $140. and we don't have an on site hotel for the first night. and OKW is stupid huge. and i hate busses. so...yeah. that's going to be our 'special experience' because that's pretty much the end of our budget.
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OKW is a big resort as I notice this when I play golf there at the Lake Buena Vista course. A very nice resort, which overlooks the course on many holes.
You may want to consider a luxury sedan and I have a one way trip for $71. That's with a 10% discount and through Mears and you can check out their site for this. Regular price is $79. I'm quite sure with a round trip fare it's even lower. It's probably around what you pay for a taxi or a bit less and a much nicer mode of transportation. Just something for you to consider.
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October 6, 2017-Enjoying an amazing dinner at Victoria & Albert's with PP's Dot and Drew
My TR from my most recent trip is now underway. Includes: Universal Studios Florida, Disney World and Sea World Orlando Trifecta TR -Updated December 10th! TR is now COMPLETED!
OKW is a big resort as I notice this when I play golf there at the Lake Buena Vista course. A very nice resort, which overlooks the course on many holes.
You may want to consider a luxury sedan and I have a one way trip for $71. That's with a 10% discount and through Mears and you can check out their site for this. Regular price is $79. I'm quite sure with a round trip fare it's even lower. It's probably around what you pay for a taxi or a bit less and a much nicer mode of transportation. Just something for you to consider.
right--but a round trip transfer is then $140. and i still won't have a car for the rest of the time. like, to do other things which require a car. like...getting to the pool. or going to the grocery store. or driving to the parks, because i hate the bus system with the fire of a thousand suns.
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I don't know why nobody tells you how big OKW is and everyone just loves it. Yet, they hate SSR for the very same reason, but SSR is easily walkable as it's a sort of spoke design to the Springs and every section has a pool...
A car isn't necessarily the most fun splurge you could have done, but it will last the entire trip and you can be happily enjoying it every time you see a bus full of people!
A car isn't necessarily the most fun splurge you could have done, but it will last the entire trip and you can be happily enjoying it every time you see a bus full of people!
i decided that we would do a splurge item IF i got more work between now and our trip. explanation of this:
i'm an independent contractor, so i work on an as-needed, per diem basis. so the more i work, the more i make. it's kind of like being hourly, but, like...very last minute? and i get paid per day, not per hour.
anyway...
so i decided that if i got two additional days of work between now and then, i'd splurge on one special experience, even though the car rental was more than we wanted to pay.
and today i got two more days of work for next week alone. so i'm thinking that it is very possible that we can do the halloween party.
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Great to hear the news as it's always fun to splurge on something you really desire!
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October 6, 2017-Enjoying an amazing dinner at Victoria & Albert's with PP's Dot and Drew
My TR from my most recent trip is now underway. Includes: Universal Studios Florida, Disney World and Sea World Orlando Trifecta TR -Updated December 10th! TR is now COMPLETED!
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