Answers for renting a vacation home in Orlando · Page 4
Weather by month, crowds, prices, holidays and everything that changes when you stay in a vacation home. Written by the Orlando Best Place team, with official sources and data from our own homes.
- Theme parks from a vacation home How to make the most of Hollywood Studios from a vacation home? Driving in from a vacation home, you pay $35 for standard parking, good all day at all four Disney parks. You don't get the 30-minute Early Theme Park Entry Disney...
- Theme parks from a vacation home How to make the most of Magic Kingdom from a vacation home? If you drive, you park at the Transportation and Ticket Center (TTC), not at the park gate. A tram takes you from the lot to the TTC, then you cross by monorail or...
- Trip types How to plan a 10 day Orlando itinerary? Ten full days fit all seven Disney and Universal theme parks, two rest days at the pool and one day outside the parks. Do Disney first, with a break right after Magic...
- Trip types How to plan a 7 day Orlando itinerary? Use day one to arrive, stock up on groceries and swim. Plan 4 or 5 park days with a rest day in the middle, right after Magic Kingdom. Disney only: all 4 parks plus...
- Trip types How to plan a group trip to Orlando? Start with a headcount and a car count, choose between one large vacation home or two homes in the same resort, and agree on how to split the bill before anyone...
- Getting around How to take the train from Orlando to Miami? Brightline trains leave from the station at Orlando International Airport, next to Terminal C, and reach downtown Miami in about 3 hours 30 minutes, stopping in West...
- Theme parks from a vacation home How to visit Epic Universe from a vacation home? Epic Universe, the Universal park that opened May 22, 2025, sits apart from Universal's other two theme parks and has its own parking lot at $35 a day. The drive is...
- Events How to watch a rocket launch from Orlando? Rockets launch from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station and Kennedy Space Center, about 50 miles east of Orlando. Check the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex...
- Vacation home or hotel Is an Orlando vacation rental worth it? It pays off for families and groups staying five nights or more who will have a car and want separate bedrooms, a kitchen and a private pool. For a couple on a long...
- Events Is Halloween Horror Nights worth it? Yes, for adults and teens who love horror. It is a separately ticketed night event at Universal Studios Florida. In 2026 it runs 49 select nights from August 28 to...
- Beyond the parks Is Kennedy Space Center worth a day trip from Orlando? Yes, if your group is curious about space, especially teens, adults and grandparents. Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex is about 1 hour 15 minutes from Kissimmee...
- Health and safety Is Kissimmee safe? Kissimmee is not a dangerous place to vacation, but it does have crime. FBI data show the city's 2025 violent crime rate above the US average and property crime close...
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