Going back to car at theme parks

[Nadim]

Hi

I know that the theme parks are huge in Florida so am presuming its not possible to leave things in the car and go back at lunchtime to collect them etc

Just thinking of when we go to themeparks here in the Uk and its easy to nip back to your car during the day

Is it easier to just hire a locker for the day and leave everything in that?

Thanks
Nadim

[MTP]

I think that without a doubt it would be easier to hire a locker. I'd reckon on getting to the car park and back taking easily about an hour, dependent on where you are in the park. You might get lucky at Disney with the car park trams and for it to take less, but I wouldn't count on it, the car parks are mammoth!!

[Albert the Frog]

without being nosey what sort of things? food ?

[MTP]

The children.

[Albert the Frog]

The children.

Love it!

[dawn]

I think the only park where this would be easy is Seaworld or the waterparks.

[wilfy]

Magic Kingdom round trip to the car park is about 50 minutes.... I did this a few years back ,when we got caught in some rain. We'd left the rain gear in the car, so i made the trip... when i got back, there was the kids and wife, soaked to the skin with big grins on their face's and loving it......

[freddiehollie]

Don't forget you have to go through security/turnstiles all over again!!!!

[steph_goodrum]

Epcot isn't usually too bad to get back to the car.

[Snapper]

Hi Nadim,

A lot of the answer will depend on which theme park you are in and where in the theme park you are. Assuming a Disney theme park, if you are at the far side of the theme park you might have a 20 - 30 minute walk back to the entrance. Longer if you stop off anywhere on the way. From there you've got potentially a 5 minute wait for a tram, 5 - 10 minutes on the tram and then a couple of minutes walk to the car. Then you reverse it all back to the theme park.

Magic Kingdom is a longer trip as you have the monorail as well, so you'd go theme park -> exit -> monorail -> ticket and transportation centre -> tram -> car park -> car.

That said we have lots of guests who head back to the villa for lunch. They like the idea of avoiding the middle of the day in the theme park where everything tends to be busy and the queues tend to be at their longest. There's an added benefit too that on the return trip it's often possible to park quite close to the theme park entrance and so skip the tram ride. This is extrememly handy at the end of the day as you skip any queue there might be for the tram and just walk back to the car.

For the Universal theme parks (Universal and Islands of Adventure) I'd say to figure a half hour from the park entrance to the car park, and then the same back. Another option though for lunch at the Universal theme parks is to head out of the park and just walk across to one of the restaurants on Citywalk. The food is better than you'll get in the theme parks themselves and it's a great way to just chill out for an hour or two and recharge your batteries ready for the next half of the day.