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ken_shabbyken_shabby
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I'm going with the family to Disney Orlando this summer. Mrs Shabby fancies Miami for a couple of days afterwards. Anyone been there? Advice would be welcome, as I've doen Disney Paris, but Orlando and Miami are another planet for me. Is there a good resort nearer to Disney than Miami? Any advice warmly welcome!

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  • CrayAddickCrayAddick
    http://www.charltonlife.com/discussion/50108/orlando-tips#latest

    Might help
  • ken_shabbyken_shabby
    Nice one, cheers #CrayAddick
  • cafcfancafcfan
    Miami isn't a resort: it's a very large city that happens to have some sunshine.

    I'm guessing you are really talking about Miami Beach which is a separate City and as its name suggests is the one with the beach (and the famous art deco buildings on Ocean Boulevard).

    Closer alternatives from Orlando would be either Daytona Beach - which you can actually drive onto which is fun - (and take in a visit to the Kennedy Space Center) on the Atlantic coast or St Pete's Beach/Treasure Island on the Gulf coast.

    I guess you are being forced to go "in the summer" by school holidays? But it really is the wrong time of year: Hot, humid and wet - you can expect rain 70% of the days (usually in the afternoon) in July and most of those days it will be heavy T-storms.
  • 56yearsofdreams56yearsofdreams
    International drive Orlando close to all theme parks Miami about 1 hrs drive
  • WSSWSS
    56yearsofdreams said:

    International drive Orlando close to all theme parks Miami about 1 hrs drive

    No way - at least 3 hours from Orlando to Miami
  • 56yearsofdreams56yearsofdreams
    yes your right its about 3 hours
  • AbsurdistanAbsurdistan
    Spent lots of time in Florida. Don't like Miami, only plus is everglades and the keys.
    Much prefer west coast................naples etc.
  • danhughes99danhughes99
    Going there in April. We're heading down to st Petersburg for a day and taking in an MLB game whilst there. Will be my 6th time to orlando.
  • Charlton_CharlieCharlton_Charlie
    Went in August last year, also due to school holidays... 7 days in a villa in Orlando...brilliant and more than enough (we have a 10 year old son, so chose out parks and didn't worry about what we 'missed'). Had a car and then drove to Miami (via an airboat ride in the everglades) for two nights (about 3 or so hours)...stayed on Ocean Drive in south beach, in one of the art deco hotels...for a family of 3, two nights/one full day was probably enough...afternoon walking on ocean drive, then the full next day on the beach, then drove 4 hours or so (stopping for lunch next to the ocean) to Key West and spent 5 or 6 nights on Key West for the 'relaxing' part of the holiday that my wife desired.. Lovely, lovely place, but 10 year old son not so happy there as is basically just another hotel/pool/beach holiday..highlight was a 27 mile jet ski ride around two of the keys which was both awesome and terrifying (the open ocean part!)... Weather in Orlando was extremely hot, humidity wasn't 'so' bad..one day of rain... Miami was almost unbearably hot, no rain... Key West was very hot, less humid, some cloud and no rain that I can recall... I bloody loved it and would love to go again... As it is, we're going to LA for half term to try out the other coast. Enjoy!
  • LedgeLedge
    ken_shabby said:

    I'm going with the family to Disney Orlando this summer. Mrs Shabby fancies Miami for a couple of days afterwards. Anyone been there? Advice would be welcome, as I've doen Disney Paris, but Orlando and Miami are another planet for me. Is there a good resort nearer to Disney than Miami? Any advice warmly welcome!


    Lake buena vista resort and spa is quality.
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  • PavoPavo
    It's 3-4 hours to St Pete's Beach/Tampa area, which is a fair old trek and Miami about 3 hours. I have done both, but with drives considered, didn't find those days so relaxing. Family enjoyed it more.
  • ThreadKillerThreadKiller
    St Pete's is 90 minutes at most from Orlando. BA flies to Tampa and the airport is less stressful to use
  • Cardinal SinCardinal Sin
    I am going in July too and fancy a couple of nights at least by the coast. Another Addick is staying at Anna Maria Island which looks pretty good.... http://www.annamaria.com/?gclid=CL-mntbGr8MCFUgOwwodPkwAHQ. I have done Miami before but would recommend staying further up the coast, Fort Lauderdale to Palm Beach....
  • smudge7946smudge7946
    cafcfan said:

    Miami isn't a resort: it's a very large city that happens to have some sunshine.

    I'm guessing you are really talking about Miami Beach which is a separate City and as its name suggests is the one with the beach (and the famous art deco buildings on Ocean Boulevard).

    Closer alternatives from Orlando would be either Daytona Beach - which you can actually drive onto which is fun - (and take in a visit to the Kennedy Space Center) on the Atlantic coast or St Pete's Beach/Treasure Island on the Gulf coast.

    I guess you are being forced to go "in the summer" by school holidays? But it really is the wrong time of year: Hot, humid and wet - you can expect rain 70% of the days (usually in the afternoon) in July and most of those days it will be heavy T-storms.

    Florida rain is a bit different to good English rain. You know where you are with England rain. It will linger around all day and destroy your plans for that day.
    In Florida it will bucket it down for 10 mins a day between 4-4.15pm
    By 4.30 you will be bone dry again and baked in sunshine. The rain will be a distant memory.
  • DamoNorthStandDamoNorthStand
    Or just go to California where Disneyland won't see rain from Feb till Dec.
  • danhughes99danhughes99
    Pavo said:

    It's 3-4 hours to St Pete's Beach/Tampa area, which is a fair old trek and Miami about 3 hours. I have done both, but with drives considered, didn't find those days so relaxing. Family enjoyed it more.

    Tampa is no more than 90 mins drive, been there to watch nfl games a few times, ground is just around the corner from Busch gardens, which I've been to 4 times. St petes is about 25 miles further, but all freeway so doesn't take too much longer.
  • ken_shabbyken_shabby
    Thanks to everyone who helped out here. if it was me, I'd do Paris and the Lake district, but Mrs Shabby is suffering from itchy feet lately, so it's going to be another sweaty summer holiday for me. At least maybe I can get Rapunzel's autograph.
  • Fanny FanackapanFanny Fanackapan
    ken_shabby said:

    Thanks to everyone who helped out here. if it was me, I'd do Paris and the Lake district, but Mrs Shabby is suffering from itchy feet lately, so it's going to be another sweaty summer holiday for me. At least maybe I can get Rapunzel's autograph.

    I hair she doesn't do autographs.

  • HastingsaddickHastingsaddick
    Key West is good, was there in Sept 2002 but it may be a tad to hot in the summer, it was in the 80's then.
  • CatAddickCatAddick
    ken_shabby said:

    ... At least maybe I can get Rapunzel's autograph.

    We're going in August for the first time in a few years. Last trip, CatJnr moaned about queuing up for the Disney Princesses - now he's turned 14 he can't wait to get out there to get a hug and his photo taken....

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  • ken_shabbyken_shabby
    Same as! My two are happy to do a couple of rides every now and then, but really, they just want princesses. We got Elsa and Anna in november in Paris, and they're still chuffed now.
  • bucksheebuckshee
    When I saw the name of this thread I thought it was another signing from inside the network.
  • bazjonsterbazjonster
    56yearsofdreams said:

    International drive Orlando close to all theme parks Miami about 1 hrs drive

    Driving what and at what speed? More like 3-4 hours.
  • WayneKWayneK
    Clearwater Beach was nice in 2001. Haven't been since.
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