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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Floridian that lives in DC now. I'm a Disney veteran. Here are some helpful (I hope) tips:

1. If you hotwire/priceline a hotel--almost all hotels in the Disney, Universal, Sea World are will provide free shuttle services to disney (parking is about 16 bucks a day)
2. You can park your car at downtown disney, and they have free shuttle services from there
3. We loved staying at the Boardwalk. They also have a bunch of adult stuff to do (piano bar, etc). 
4. If your kids are a little older, take your time getting to the park. It clears out early afternoon with people who have infants and toddlers. You'll see a drastic difference in waiting in line as the day goes by

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Some quibbles with this.
1. The shuttles run by non-Disney hotels run much, much less frequently than Disney's own bus system. Some hotels charge for them. Often there are a couple of runs in the morning, a break mid-day, and then a few more runs around dinner and park closing - you will be very limited in when you can arrive and leave. If you have kids, you are better off renting a car than relying on a non-Disney shuttle. (Some would say you are better off renting even compared to the Disney shuttles - but the difference is less huge.) Parking at the parks is free if you're staying at at Disney resort.
2. No longer true - Disney stopped running shuttles between Downtown Disney and the parks for exactly the reason that people were using DD for free parking. Now you'd have to go from DD to a Disney resort and then use that resort's bus/monorail/boat. The DD buses also don't start until later in the day.
4. In my experience, it doesn't clear out until almost dinner time, except AK which clears out early afternoon.[/quote]

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