Buena Vista Place, Country Garen, Cagan, and transportation (Winter Garden, Clermont: transfer to, campgrounds)

[DisneyCamper]

Please help with with some info on questions. It's really hard to find out some of this from out of state.

1. What is the correct spelling of Windermere/Windemere? I see it both ways and don't know which way to search.
2. Cagan Crossings and Country Garden complexes appear to be good and the location is near WDW where I'll be working. What about public transportation. Will it really take 1 1/2 hours one-way to the WDW stop? Is the public transportation safe on that route?
3. Buena Vista Place is supposed to be directly across the street from CM parking lot. Is it safe? (I know you can hear the fireworks but that's fine with me.)
4. Any campgrounds in these areas? We may just bring down the camper for several months but still need as close to WDW as possible.

[boy3365]

Originally Posted by DisneyCamper

Please help with with some info on questions. It's really hard to find out some of this from out of state.

1. What is the correct spelling of Windermere/Windemere? I see it both ways and don't know which way to search.

Windermere

[annerk]

Originally Posted by DisneyCamper

Please help with with some info on questions. It's really hard to find out some of this from out of state.

1. What is the correct spelling of Windermere/Windemere? I see it both ways and don't know which way to search.

Windermere

Cagan Crossings and Country Garden complexes appear to be good and the location is near WDW where I'll be working. What about public transportation. Will it really take 1 1/2 hours one-way to the WDW stop? Is the public transportation safe on that route?

Cagan's Crossing is in a good but congested part of unincorporated Lake County with a Clermont mailing address. I would plan on a full hour or more from there to your WDW work location. How long really depends on your hours and work location. It's probably at least 1 1/2 hours from Country Gardens, which is in a pretty yucky part of Winter Garden and looks very run down. I wouldn't choose to live there.

Buena Vista Place is supposed to be directly across the street from CM parking lot. Is it safe? (I know you can hear the fireworks but that's fine with me.)

Yes, it's safe. Of course you need to use common sense anywhere you choose to live.

Any campgrounds in these areas? We may just bring down the camper for several months but still need as close to WDW as possible.

There are several near both Cagan's Crossings and Country Gardens. The one closest to Country Gardens is a real armpit, on Route 50 on the southbound side. Lot's of carny's winter over there. There is another on the north side of Route 50 in Winter Garden that looks a bit better. There is also one very near Cagan's Crossings that looks OK, and another right off 192 (on the north side) about a mile or so from where it meets 27 that looks decent.

Let me know if I can answer any other questions for you.

[DisneyCamper]

Thanks for the responses and help. What about public transportation? I may not have immediate personal transport. Is it available/safe? Any ideas for complexes as near to WDW as possible in the Windermere, Clermont, Winter Garden areas?

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I wouldn't live in Winter Garden or Windermere and plan on using public transit to Disney. There is a bus that runs from the Wal Mart near Cagan's Crossing (walking distance) directly to WDW on a fairly regular basis, it might require a transfer depending on exactly you'd be working. If you are working a very early or late shift, the bus won't work for you. www.golynx.com

Keep in mind that WDW is 47 square miles, so working at the MK and workign at Animal Kingdom are like the other dies of the earth from each other.

The closest complex to the ANimal Kingdom is probably Cagan's Crossing. To the Magic Kingdom it's the ones just behind the cast lot on Reams(?) road.

[MusicLover215]

Originally Posted by annerk

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Cagan's Crossing is in a good but congested part of unincorporated Lake County with a Clermont mailing address. I would plan on a full hour or more from there to your WDW work location. How long really depends on your hours and work location. It's probably at least 1 1/2 hours from Country Gardens, which is in a pretty yucky part of Winter Garden and looks very run down. I wouldn't choose to live there.



Yes, it's safe. Of course you need to use common sense anywhere you choose to live.



There are several near both Cagan's Crossings and Country Gardens. The one closest to Country Gardens is a real armpit, on Route 50 on the southbound side. Lot's of carny's winter over there. There is another on the north side of Route 50 in Winter Garden that looks a bit better. There is also one very near Cagan's Crossings that looks OK, and another right off 192 (on the north side) about a mile or so from where it meets 27 that looks decent.

Let me know if I can answer any other questions for you.

It's an hour from Cagan Crossings to WDW? Even though it is under 20 miles away?!?! I might have to keep looking then.

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Originally Posted by MusicLover215

It's an hour from Cagan Crossings to WDW? Even though it is under 20 miles away?!?! I might have to keep looking then.

By bus you'd have to take a local to WDW, then transfer to an internal WDW cast bus to get to your work location. I imagine that yes, you'd need to plan on it taking an hour.