Help a British girl out!!!

I can only anser about the GPS. You usually enter the State, The City, then the street and number- zip codes are not required.

LOL...Well I've never driven in Florida, and probably never will..I have however in Los Angeles and it was a old
Dodge Charger that belonged to my wife's sisters hubby..Apart from the overhead traffic lights, I had no problems, tho I did get the occasional beep from other drivers..Now when we hired a Lincoln Continental for the six of us and I had to drive from L.A. down the coast to San Deigo...That was scary...That damn thing was so big it was a nightmare...Just get a small car and you'll be fine...P.S...Remember..Keep to the right..LOL..

I've driven the past 3 times I've been to the States with varying degrees of luck...

GPS - you can use the zip code or you can enter the full address. I've been able to find my way using both, although I have to say that a place as mahussive as Disney World only seems to bring up one or two of the parks. I tend to use the GPS to get to the property then use the location signs once there. It's very easy once you're past the gates.

Alamo - I believe they allow you to have your choice of car from what is available. Unfortunately, you're not going to be able to request a pink cadillac, for instance unless they happen to have one for rental. Most rental cars are pretty boring colours. The three I've had in the States were: white (Dodge Magnum), black (Mazda van thing) and grey (Nissan Murano). They're all auto so easy to drive. All you have to remember is they drive on the wrong side to us and you must try to remember to drive more toward the centre line than you would normally do (that's the left of the car on the right of the road...!) It took me about an hour to get used to driving on the wrong side of the road and you must watch out for the 4-way stops and remember which way round they give way to - I believe it's to your left you give way...?

Dropping off the car - I can't help with. I've only ever driven from the airport and dropped back at the airport with the exception of SF where I'd driven from Vegas via LA. In that instance, they didn't offer a lift anywhere but then we were only a 5 block walk away from our apartment.

Generally speaking, it's fairly easy to drive over there. The roads are wide and long with few bends. You'll be fine - just don't let anyone else get you nervous when you're driving.

I find that if you drink first, Orlando driving is much more palatable...

I don't have specific knowledge to answer most of your questions, but here's what I've got. On the GPS, you can often start typing in points of interest (Like "Universal Studios" and it will sometimes find the address for you. As far as codes, we do have route numbers, but only on major roads. I-4 is the main road through the area.

(It sounds like you're renting the car once on property, so you can probably disregard the following: If you're renting at the airport...be prepared for the tolls from the airport. Maybe someone can confirm for me, but I'm thinking that there's a $1.00 toll out of the airport and a $1.25 toll on route 528 before you reach I-4 and the same when returning to the airport. You can avoid these toll booths, but you have to drive WAY out of the way through higher traffic areas and may experience significant delays, especially during rush hour. You do not need the toll pass that the rental company will try to sell you.)

We find it very easy to navigate Central Florida. Most attractions are large and have excellent signage. Probably the most difficult thing is finding the outlets. The are on Vineland Rd. off of route 535. It's not really hard to find, but you'll want to GPS it because you can't just drive past them on I-4 and just figure out how to get there on your own. You'll drive through a very residential looking area on Vineland before arriving at the outlets. It's somewhat odd.

Navigating on Disney property can be slightly confusing, but there's always a sign to get you back on track if you mess up.

We usually rent from Dollar (I don't like them, but they're super cheap) at the airport. They let us pick any car in the row that matches the class of car that we paid for. When pass the booth at the end of the parking garage, they note the make and model that we selected.

Just stay calm and stay on the right hand side of the road and you'll be just fine!

(It sounds like you're renting the car once on property, so you can probably disregard the following: If you're renting at the airport...be prepared for the tolls from the airport. Maybe someone can confirm for me, but I'm thinking that there's a $1.00 toll out of the airport and a $1.25 toll on route 528 before you reach I-4 and the same when returning to the airport. You can avoid these toll booths, but you have to drive WAY out of the way through higher traffic areas and may experience significant delays, especially during rush hour. You do not need the toll pass that the rental company will try to sell you.)