Best Off Site Hotels

[Hog]

We have stayed off site 2 times. We had a bad experience and a great experience. There are ALOT of bad hotels in Orlando and we have learned that the hard way. One trip we stayed at 3 seperate off site hotels and they were all terrible.

The one good experience we had was at Comfort Suites Maingate East. It is right by Old Towne. The location is great and it has FREE Breakfast every morning. Not to mention it is reasonably priced.

But all that said we would always much rather stay on property, but on a budget or just want to be able to get away from the Disney feel for a few it is a nice hotel. Check it out, it is ranked #6 of 158 hotels in Kissimmee.

[Cass&KenziesMom]

This past trip we booked and exchange with Wyndham through RCI at Vacation Villas at Parkway in Kissimmee right down the road from Olde Town. Our next trip we're staying at Wyndham Bonnett Creek which is on property. We went and took a look around while we were in town and it looks very nice and we hear good things about it. The only thing I'm not impressed about is the cost of the shuttle (which used to be free). It's no big deal though because like I said it's on property and since we have APs we don't have to pay for parking anyway.

[BigRedDad]

WBC is awesome and Disney has nothing comparable in the price range. The closest thing they have is $600 per night. At $500 for 7-nights, there is nothing Disney has.

As you stated, the shuttle is expensive. Driving and parking yourself is still much faster than any bus service. DHS and Epcot are only 5-7 minutes away. MK and AK are only a 10-12 minute drive. My experience on the buses is that you wait 15-20 minutes and it is a 15+ minute ride. MK is the only park that is about equal in time. If you count the monorail as your first ride, then it is a bonus to drive.