The South Villas are closer to the water park than the North Villas, close enough to walk to the water park. We've stayed at this resort several times and really like the units, especially the big balcony. We found it easy enough to get to the parks from the resort. We live in Florida, go to Orlando 4-6 times a year, there are eight different resorts we've stayed at and we use our GPS. At this moment I can't remember if we took I-4 or not but I'd rather get on I-4 than put up with sitting at traffic lights and the heavy traffic taking other roads means at some times of day.
If you don't have a Sun Pass you should get one. You can do that online or here in Florida at a Walgreens, CVS or Publix grocery store. If you are flying in and renting a car make sure you tell the rental car company that you will be using your own Sun Pass to avoid having them double bill you. If that happens you will have to send them copies of the toll records from your Sun Pass account proving you paid. We have a transponder, lent it to our son to put in the car he rented while he was here. He either forgot to tell them or the person at the rental car company forgot to take care of it. We had to deal with that and it isn't a big deal to take care of if it happens.
Other people have posted that they just bought the sticker and used it on different cars. I'm guessing they mounted the sticker on something that they could put out on the dash of their cars. The stickers are only like $5 and you get a $5 credit on your Sun Pass account when you register the sticker. You just have to remember to go into your Sun Pass account online, whether it's a sticker or a transponder, and change the license plate number of the vehicle you are using it with. And if you are using it with a rental car you would want to do that after turning the car back in to avoid any confusion of being charged with someone else's tolls when car is rented next. That has happened from what other people have posted but we've never had it happen to us.
SunPass is Florida’s Prepaid Toll Program. Many toll roads in Florida are converting to all-electronic, no cash tolling. Driving Florida’s toll roads with a SunPass Transponder means no hassle no matter what toll road you drive.
The Benefits of Being a SunPass Customer
- Customers will always pay the lowest toll amount
- Works on all Florida toll roads (including Florida Express Lanes) and most bridges
- Also works in Georgia and North Carolina with more states coming soon
- Pay for parking at most major airports in Florida and the Hard Rock Stadium in Miami, with more coming soon
- Access and manage your account on the free mobile applications for iOS and Android