I have the Hilton AMEX Aspire card which has a $250 Hilton hotel credit per year. The Hilton Lake Buena Vista is one of the Hilton hotels that counts toward that credit. When you enter the parking lot, you take a ticket (there is no one manning the lot.) When you leave, you use the ticket and enter a credit card to pay. I used my AMEX Hilton card and the credit is automatically applied on my statement.
The Hilton Orlando Buena Vista (or something like that!) is the other Hilton in walking distance but they remained closed in October. I think their parking fee may be slightly less and they are a bit closer walking distance so I would have parked there if they were open.
We happened to go in October on a Saturday night about 5:30 pm and the garages at Disney springs were closed off and police were directing cars back to the street. Around 7:30 pm, the garages were opened back up though. I know better as a frequent visitor than to arrive at 5:30 pm but my family was not cooperating. Of course, they listen to me now when I say we have to leave by 4pm for Disney Springs on a Saturday
Luckily we don't have to worry about traffic going from Windsor Hills to Disney! I love driving up World Center to East Buena Vista and seeing the skyliner and all the Disney hotels. Ever since the Disney buses put in that new system to Disney Springs it has relieved the traffic for the cars and its so easy to pop on over there!
And who doesn't LOVE coming back to WH from Disney? It's my favorite thing when I'm taking the 192 exit from World Drive and being able to bypass the red light for the others on 192. Easy peasy to merge to the left without all the oncoming traffic to make a left at Old Lake Wilson Rd. Well, now I need to go back