Yeah, we had one that was supposedly close when I went last *coughfifteenyearsagothisfridaycough*, but we ended up catching a shuttle instead. Next time I go, I'll be the one booking it and I'll be doing the research. I learned SO MUCH about Disney World before I went. I would probably do the same for Disneyland. I knew the layout of everything, all the details of the shuttles and transportation lines, what restaurants had food we were more likely to want to eat, what rides ran out of Fastpasses early, what parades and shows I didn't want to miss, what the ebb and flow of the crowds was likely to be like for different areas, details on how the buy-at-the-shop-and-have-it-delivered-to-your-hotel thing worked... It made the actual trip SO SMOOTH. I also had a few hotel options that I liked, but I did research to find out which one had the shortest average shuttle times to the parks. From what I can tell, it bought us quite a bit of time. I knew the layout of the parks and where the various attractions were, so we didn't have to waste time figuring that out. We could instead just enjoy seeing everything and everybody around us instead of stopping to look at maps and figure out what was next. We found a lot of Hidden Mickeys. That was a favorite game to play, hunting for the Hidden Mickeys. I was excited to do all the planning and I'm happy to say it was totally worth it. The only thing I missed was learning about how to pick up cards for the Sorcerers game.