Sat-nav post codes for all major attractions

Hi again all.
I'm hiring a car & sat-nav for next year and was wondering if there's a website or does anyone have advice on accessing the postal codes for all the major attractions in and around Disney. i.e codes that I could use to punch in for Magic Kingdom, Animal Kindom, the water parks, Seaworld, cleerwater beach etc, etc. It would be so handy to have them before travelling and that way I could decide where we are going the next day and have the postal code for that place ready to punch in to the sat-nav and away we go.
Any takers please?
Much appreciated. Gazza

Have you tried the official websites for the parks to see if they have addresses and zip codes anywhere on them. All the parks are really well signposted anyway off of I4 and we haven't got lost yet (if you knew my navigation skills you would know that is a miracle) and we have never used a satnav, although we use one in England ! [xmas1]

If you are hiring the Sat Nav through us then the unit will be pre-programmed with all the major attractions and places to visit as Favourites, so you can quickly see them in a list.

When we took our own Sat Nav this year (preloaded with US maps) we didn't need zip codes for any of the parks, you could search by 'Attraction'. When we started entering the name of the park, it was a bit like predictive text and we simply selected the destination we required. I presume all Sat Navs work this way.

Same with our own Sat Nav (Tom Tom). All the parks were easily found by typing their names or going into the "closeby attractions" file.
Besides, as said above, the signs are big enough, you really can't miss them :D.

<blockquote id="quote" class="ffs">quote:Originally posted by KH2508
When we took our own Sat Nav this year (preloaded with US maps) we didn't need zip codes for any of the parks, you could search by 'Attraction'. When we started entering the name of the park, it was a bit like predictive text and we simply selected the destination we required. I presume all Sat Navs work this way.


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Google Maps. Type in the park name then just pick the road that is closest to it or leads into it. By the time you get within a mile of it there are loads of signposts so you stop using Sat Nav once you're close.

Worked a treat for us last year and it's good to look at all the parks from the sky whilst doing it.

Thanks guys, you've all been a tremendous help. Especially for a first timer like me. fantastic.
Festive love to all. Gazza

Is it as simple as picking up a sat nav when collecting your hire car at MCO if pre booked, I, am confused with people talking about them being sent to the UK?
and what I gather, it should be pre loaded with all the attractions, "but if not" in general the sat nav finds them.[msnsmile]

Can anyone give me a hire company that does the car hire and sat nav pre loaded, that I can pick up on arrival and MCO

If you book your car and Sat Nav from www.uscarhire.co.uk (the link above) you will get your Sat Nav sent to your home preloaded with your villa address, and with all the attractions and restaurants etc you could possibly need. We have watched people picking up Sat Nav from the Car Hire desks in MCO and it is such a palaver. If you book one from the link above you won't have to hang about while they go searching for one, then make sure it works etc etc. It will be delivered to you so you can be sure it is in your hand when you arrive. Its a great system!

Hope you have a great time.[msnwink]

<blockquote id="quote" class="ffs">quote: We have watched people picking up Sat Nav from the Car Hire desks in MCO and it is such a palaver.
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How many occasions are you referring to? Like hundreds of people every day, I've collected Sat Nav units from car rental companies in the US and never had the slightest problem even when I haven't pre-booked one.

I certainly agree that rental through this site is good value but you do have to rent the unit for the entire period of the holiday and if somebody feels they need that then I'd endorse your recommendation. However, I've found that I use it less and less as the holiday goes by and I get my bearings so it always seems to stay at home for the last few days while I'm still paying for it.

Sat Navs are probably more useful for finding your way home from parks, particularly in the dark after a long day and finding the villa for the first time. You can hire them at the airport, but at least you can be sure that hiring from this site, someone with knowledge of the area has programmed in your villa. When you search for our home on sat nav, it takes you to a street a couple of miles away. Someone who knows the area would easily spot this.

I'm with Shirley, getting to the parks is no problem, finding your way out of the maize of roads in the dark is much harder, I find the sat nav really usefull then.

Looking at the new responses this morning, I decided to check out uscarhire for the Sat Nav, but was disappointed to see that in reality if your planning to use it for 2 weeks it will more than likely need to be hired for up to 16 days or more, which comes to around £70 which is quite expensive.

If you need it for 14 days you just hire it for 14 days which is not £70. It would be £55 including return postage.<blockquote id="quote" class="ffs">quote:Originally posted by Fraserax
Looking at the new responses this morning, I decided to check out uscarhire for the Sat Nav, but was disappointed to see that in reality if your planning to use it for 2 weeks it will more than likely need to be hired for up to 16 days or more, which comes to around £70 which is quite expensive.[/quote]

<blockquote id="quote" class="ffs">quote:Originally posted by Katys Grandad

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I've collected Sat Nav units from car rental companies in the US and never had the slightest problem even when I haven't pre-booked one.

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I am so glad to hear that, Katy's Grandad. It is always good to hear when things go right.

As Martin says, when you hire a unit from us, you just select your vacation dates (to tie in with your car hire dates when renting from us). If you are going for 14 days and hiring a car for 14 days then you pay for the sat nav for 14 days. We take in to account the fact you need it before you go and post it back when you return so those extra days are not charged in the rental.

The only time this does not work out is if say you are going away for 2 weeks but only hiring the car (and therefore the sat nav) for 1 week, then the sat nav rental would still need to be for 2 weeks.

i hired one from uscar hire last year,It was delivered to my home address with my villa & all the theme parks pre loaded!it worked a treat

Another alternative is to buy one in Florida, $80 or so at Walmart. Good value, Especially if you plan to return to the US regularly.:D

I bought one in Florida, less than $100 for a good TomTom and added UK maps when I got home for less than £30. Whenever we go to Orlando, we simply select "switch map" to USA and switch back to UK on our return. All of the attractions are preloaded.

<blockquote id="quote" class="ffs">quote:Originally posted by Scorpio
I bought one in Florida, less than $100 for a good TomTom and added UK maps when I got home for less than £30. Whenever we go to Orlando, we simply select "switch map" to USA and switch back to UK on our return. All of the attractions are preloaded.
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<blockquote id="quote" class="ffs">quote:Originally posted by ShirleyD
Sat Navs are probably more useful for finding your way home from parks, particularly in the dark after a long day and finding the villa for the first time. You can hire them at the airport, but at least you can be sure that hiring from this site, someone with knowledge of the area has programmed in your villa. When you search for our home on sat nav, it takes you to a street a couple of miles away. Someone who knows the area would easily spot this.
[/quote]I agree with this. I also find it is very hard to get lost as the signage is very good.

We got a TOM TOM with a USA map on Ebay for about £25 in the UK which we are able to take with us so have it at the airport, much cheaper than hiring one. Its great.

We hired a sat nav from this site for a road trip from North Carolina to our Florida villa which came preloaded with our hotel address so we only had to turn it on at the airport and it worked very well for the whole time we needed it.

Hired one on a whim for one day in California from Dollar for a day trip and half hour out of San Franscico it stopped working and we had a very difficult time sorting it out customer service was dreadful - next time we need one we will order in advance from this site.