Have you ever wanted to Rent a Surrey at the Boardwalk Resort at Walt Disney World? My reader Karen did and here is her experience:
On our last trip to Walt Disney World we decided to try a few new things. One of the things we tried was renting a surrey at the Boardwalk. Some of you might be asking what exactly is a surrey? Well, a surrey is like a bicycle that more than one person can ride and you sit next to each other in rows. They actually have different sizes depending on how many people you want to ride with.
We decided to rent one for a half hour and off we went peddling our way around the big circle, past the Yacht and Beach club resorts, the Swan and Dolphin and back to the Boardwalk. We had the best time peddling or trying to peddle. It turned out that out of 5 of us only 2 of us could peddle. Our whole family couldn’t stop laughing because we couldn’t make it up the little hills with 2 peddlers so my husband and oldest son had to get out and push the rest of us up the hills and climb back on to coast down the hills. Several other families went speeding past us, and that made us laugh even more. Oh, it was so much fun, we just laughed and laughed. It was one of the highlights of our trip. We managed to get around the circle twice and I always say that was the best money we spent at Disney World, and yes I would do it all over again. It is something we want to do every time we go to Disney World.
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We stayed at Port Orleans Riverside December 18-26 and we rented a surrey there. We had pretty much the same story. out of the 5 of us only 2 could peddle. We went around 1 time and struggled
Getting up the hills too. We were laughing the whole time too, and will def rent one again when we go back! It was really nice at port Orleans too. The grounds there are so beautiful!
My girls loved renting these they thought they were great and had a blast even though it was hot. We were even having a little trouble going up a hill and along came some workers in a golf cart and they pulled it up they thought this was so funny.
So fun! We saw them last week when we were at the Polynesian and said we’d have to rent one next time!
Great story. Something to put on my Disney wish list.
We just came back from the Disney a few weeks ago. We were upgraded to the Boardwalk from All Star Sports. We didn’t want to rent one when it was freezing cold, but can’t wait to rent one when we go back in June. It looks like so much fun!
My husband and I rented a surrey at Riverside when we were on our honeymoon! We had so much fun!! My husband had a blast ringing the bell to let people know that we were coming by.
LOL, I thought it was a wagon because of the song “surrey with the fringe on top” from the musical “Oklahama”.
If I am not mistaking they have surrey rentals or something similar at Port Orleans too.
We did that once, at the BW when our youngest was about 1. He looked so cute in the front basket! But our older boys were only 4 and 6 so they were no help peddling either. It was such a workout! Fun, but exhausting! Definitely worth doing at least once… maybe we should try again now that we’ve got 2 teens! :)
Very fun! Thanks for sharing!
How cool. We have surrey rentals here in San Diego and my kids absolutely love it. So it would be awesome to do at Disney! It’s one of those things where you’re having too much fun to notice you’re also exercising.
That’s a good point! :) It probably is pretty good exercise, too.