VWL in September

[Jay_G]

Congrats on getting the exchange that you wanted! If I read through everything correctly, you got it for the week AFTER what you originally put on hold? Which was the week you actually wanted?

No matter what, it will be a great trip!

It is awesome to check out the animals from your room!

Yes after I read my post I realized it wasn't clear. The plan was "for my son's birthday" which is September 15th, I had the 8th to 15th on hold a WLV but I didn't like leaving on his birthday, then 9th to 16th at AKL was the one I lost, but seemed perfect. Starting the Day after my son's birthday seems even better.

October during food and wine, November when Christmas stuff is up, would Also have been good. With the exception of Easter vacation most weeks seem great at Disney, longer hours and special shows for peek weeks, fewer crouds in the off season.

 

[bnoble]

I nearly *always* rent a car. I've skipped it twice. Once was a "budget trip"---back in the days of Interval, I used an AC to get Memorial week at OKW, and skipped the car to save cash. It was okay, because we weren't in a hurry to do anything, and the boat service to DTD made it easy to get to evening plans. We did take a couple cabs though. The second was a solo trip to BWV. I figured that I was walking/boating distance to Studios and Epcot, and I'd take the bus to MK anyway. I regretted not having a car that trip---hard to get to meals, and I needed to pick up a race packet at ESPN Wide World of Sports, and couldn't get a cab back.

Unless you are really stretching to make this vacation work financially, get a car.

 

[elaine]

I have taken the kids alone and stayed at DVC without a car. It is a pain for meals at another resort--such as AKV to Poly--but, if you have time to spare, it's OK. I would not want to spend the day in the park, bus back and have to get on another bus and trasnfer at DTD to get to the resort restuarant.
We got a RCI trade to OKW this summer and will not get a car. We will do one campfire night at FtW and will have to go to DTD to transfer to FtW---a car would take us 10 minutes from OKW down the backroad. But, it is another slow-paced Mom/kids trip and I actually like the relxed pace of taking the buses as not driving, as I commute to DC for work. Elaine

 

[Jay_G]

The more I think about it having a car at AKL is probibly the way to go. I bet the bus is far from the farthest rooms at Kadani Village. I'll check mouse savers for rental codes, it's usually pretty cheep to get a rental car in Orlando in Septrmber.

If I was a WLV I wouldn't care as much since it's so close to the monorail loop.

 

[cory30]

If you were to be assigned the room farthest from the lobby you would definitely get tired of the walk to and from the bus stop pretty quickly.

We have gone without a car on multiple occassions (two young kids) and have had very little issue with transportation to and from the parks. Our biggest issue always seems to be those times when we have dinner reservations at another resort. Having to bus to one park then reboard to another resort (and back) has never gone that smoothly with tired kids and adults. Even something seemingly simply like going from VWL to Polynesian to eat at O'Hana has been an adventure and taken much longer than one would think. This past year I just decided to use a cab on the couple of evenings that we had this situation and it worked great.