FL17 - Orlando it is then

Checking on RCI (rci.com) shows that there are quite a few options for the Orlando area. I have finally booked one that gets good ratings from visitors and also is allegedly "quiet".

At all the other places we have stayed over the years, US and Europe, we have never had to pay for the amenities;  pool etc.  

There is always a swipe of the credit card to cover "security" and deposits for keys, usually apartment and parking garages, but never to use the pool or a lounger.

However, this seems the "norm" for Orlando. I'm sure most of the people going there are headed for Disney and the other parks and spend less time at the resort than they might at other places in other parts of the country and even the state.  So I don't think that $10 a day per apartment is appropriate to use the pool at all. So that ruled a few out.  I found one that was charging $1 a day?  It must cost more to collect it in receptionists time than they bring in.

In the end I booked us into Silver Lake Resort. It has good reviews and close to the parks should we want to go to any.  

Back in 2015 when we were last in that area I had planned trips to Canaveral and "Spaceport USA" , where I last went in 1991, and also to Epcot.  But my heart attack six weeks before we went meant we had a more relaxed and "local" holiday, with less driving.

The car is sorted. When we go to the US from Europe where we have shitty little cars, we look forward to gas guzzlers.  Sadly that seems to be fading and the hopes of a V8 recede every year with sensible options taking over. Even the SUV market has smaller engined cars. So I booked the group that is supposed to have these.

Now we have to look for flights. Looking at flying into Tampa as it is cheaper than Orlando, but there's not much in it but Claire wants to have some of the days after the timeshare ends on the Gulf coast and Tampa makes slightly better sense.