Question 1

When should I absolutely not visit Orlando?

Accepted Answer

"Don't plan your trip around the last two weeks of December this is by far the most important tip that you'll ever learn about visiting Orlando." A former theme park worker explained: "the last two weeks of the year are called hell weeks especially the week between Christmas and New Year... why spend a crazy amount of money for it to be wasted and standing in long lines traffic and crowds everywhere."

Question 2

Do I really need to rent a car?

Accepted Answer

Pretty much. "95% of people that live in Orlando have a car and the average Orlando resident has about a 28-minute drive to work." While there's some public transit, "Orlando is really car dependent."

Question 3

What's the weather actually like?

Accepted Answer

"We've got 230 days of sun here in Central Florida which means we got about a 100 days where it is going to rain and that's typically in the summertime." The best weather? "Between like February and may that's really probably the best time... that's right before the summertime hits and it rains for like an hour every single day."

Question 4

How far are the beaches really?

Accepted Answer

"Only an hour away 50 minutes depending on where you're at in Orlando you have new Smyrna beach you've got Coco Beach." For the Gulf side, it's "clear water in St Pete that's just a little over 2 hours away from us."

Question 5

Is Orlando expensive for tourists?

Accepted Answer

Theme parks definitely are - you can "easily spend $300 to probably $800 a night" for hotels near parks. But "Orlando is an expensive place I'm not going to lie to you about that but there are deals to be found and you just have to look for them."

Question 6

What about hurricanes?

Accepted Answer

"Because we're so far inland the wind has pretty much died down before it hits us" and "other than some of the downtown areas that have some of the older infrastructure we don't really have issues with flooding."

Question 7

Are afternoon thunderstorms really that predictable?

Accepted Answer

Yep. "Afternoon thunderstorms, you can almost set your clock to and they only make the humidity worse."

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