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Our cruise departs on November 29, 2009, and we have been known to have a good blizzard or two by then up here in Michigan. So we don't want to take any chances with delayed flights, etc. We have decided to fly in the day before and spend the night at the Hyatt Orlando Airport, and then have transfers from there to the port the next morning. I am thinking of surprising the kids with a limo from Quicksilver, since the price is similar to the Disney transfers.
Has anyone stayed at the Hyatt? How was it? Anything interesting to share? Has anyone used Quicksilver transfers for their cruise? Anything to share there?
DH and I did a cruise with RCCL for our honeymoon long ago (and I cruised with Admiral Cruise Lines much longer ago than that). This is our first cruise with DCL, and the boys' first cruise - so I want to make it perfect!
We stayed at the Hyatt the night before our girls cruise. Had a nice room and it was fun going up to the pool area and watching the planes take off and land. I like the Hyatt for it's convenient location (all three of us came in from different locations at different times) and we had a nice dinner in one of the airport restaurants. The price is higher than hotels off-site near the airport but the convenience was worth the price.
Quicksilver picked us up the next morning. We arranged for them to pick us up at 9:30 and met them in the garage area of the Hyatt. Our driver was pleasant (always is!) and we quickly made the trip there without any problems. He dropped us off at the curb, helped give our luggage to the porters and we were quickly on our way into the terminal. When the cruise was over, we had no problems locating our driver and again they helped with the luggage and had me back to the airport (and the other girls to WDW).
The Hyatt and Quicksilver are the perfect combination - enjoy your first Disney cruise!
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Excellent, Lynn - thanks so much. We were wondering what time to have our driver pick us up. I was thinking between 9:30 and 10:00 - did that time work out well for you? I really appreciate your feedback!
9:30 worked perfectly - we were there by 10:30 and were the first ones into the terminal. I don't always recommend that but I was with two cruise newbies who wanted to enjoy every minute! The check-in desks weren't even open yet but we managed to amuse ourselves
AAA-offers a good rate - while Don's senior rate sounds good, I'm not ready to qualify for that!
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Especially since you won't be depending on DCL transportation... you may want to price some of the other hotels near the airport, like the Marriott. You may be able to get a better deal (sometimes a whole lot better deal). We and others have bid on Priceline and gotten some incredibly low rates on very good hotels. If you bid on 3-star or higher hotels in the neighborhood of the airport, you can't go too far wrong - there aren't that many of them. Most have a free airport shuttle. Those that don't are still a pretty cheap cab ride away.
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I'll be doing the same thing for the upcoming Mousefest cruise Dec 7-11. Already got my Hyatt ressies set up, and my DCL ground transfers and DME will take care of the rest.
I can't wait! First cruise for me!
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We and others have bid on Priceline and gotten some incredibly low rates on very good hotels. If you bid on 3-star or higher hotels in the neighborhood of the airport, you can't go too far wrong - there aren't that many of them.
We have had excellent luck with priceline.com! We got the Marriott Renaissance for $38/night and the Marriott for $48/night. We were even allowed to add our Marriott rewards card to the reservation when we checked in!
We stayed at the Hyatt before both our Disney cruises and loved it. Breakfast the next morning at the top floor restaurant is a must also! The food is great and the view is amazing.
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