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Does anyone know? can I park my car in a Disney Hotel, if I want to look around to see if I want to eat in there hotel even if I am not staying at the hotel. Can I also use there transportation bus if I am not stopping at the hotel but eating there. Does this cost anythin? Basically I was being sneaky to see if I could park my car in a Disney Hotel, use there transportation to the theme parks. While saving me the money to park my car at a theme park! Am I clever or not?

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Yep! Absolutely. I do it all the time. It is totally free. You can use the monorail if there is a stop at the hotel (and the park you are going to has a monorail stop - Epcot + Magic Kingdom), or the free bus. The security people at the parking lot entrance will ask you what you're doing there, and you just tell them you are going in for something to eat. :D

Some good places are the Contemporary and the Polynesian (both have monorail stops on the 2nd floor and have good food) I don't know how to get to the buses at the Contemporary, but I know they are at the front of the Polynesian.

If you are going to EPCOT, the Yacht and Beach club is close enough to walk to the back entrance of the park - this hotel has good food as well.

There are so many guests at Disney Hotels, that you can park there, and carry on your merry way - using buses, parking, and such - as if you were a guest, even if you aren't!
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YES! You are being clever! At most Disney hotels, such as the Grand Flordian, Contempary, Yacht and Beach Club, and Wilderness Lodge, there is an optain for self-parking. There will probably be a guard at the entrance, just tell them you are there to have dinner and they will wave you through. As for the public transportation, again you can self-park and ride the bus. This is free. All buses at Disney are free. But the buses take forever to come! They stop at every hotel before the theme park! So, it depends if you are in a rush or not because there is a line usually too! HAVE FUN!
I have been to Orlando too many times to count!
if they dont catch u then itz ok.
and ya u can ride their buses. ive done it before.
theyd ont say anything cuz they think that u r staying at a hotel.
Well I doubt you can park in the hotel but yes you can park there as long as you pay the parking fee it is expensive. The hotels close to the park have a tram. most of the other hotels have their own parking and wouldn't be an issue.
Yes you can.... but you can only do it so many times... Let's say your going to the Boardwalk to eat at the ESPN Club.... The security guard is suppose to check your ID, log it and your license plate into the computer.... they call it security... but really one of the things they are doing is tracking to see if your parking at the hotel and then catching a bus somewhere. I am friends with one of the head security officials for all of Walt DIsney World, and I once asked him the same question.

Technically your suppose to be staying at a Disney Hotel to use the Disney buses... However they have never to my knowledge really done anything about it.

A while back the locals use to park at downtown Disney and take the Disney bus to the parks... It took a while but Disney caught on and got rid of those routes.

Outside of going to the Magic Kingdom parking at a Disney Hotel and catching a boat, bus, or whatever to one of the other three parks can be time consumming...... you may want to just pony up the $10 as your already paying what amount for the tickets?? What's ten more? Time maybe more valueable.
hi i have been Disney Florida 6 times now, no you not clever am afraid because you need a guest pass displayed in your car. but you can go to down town Disney and do this . the Disney transport is free anywhere around Disney but it does take ages to get anywhere . hope this helps have fun we do every time. ps when you come out of the parks you can be so tiered you just want get in your car and go.