Do van taxis accomodate an ECV?

[3prettyprincesses]

My father-in-law will be using an ECV for our entire trip due to cancer. Will we be able to put it in a van taxi? I know the resorts have van taxis which will fit all 7 of our party. Thanks in advance!:goodvibes

[Cheshire Figment]

The Resorts do not have any taxis. Mears Transportation, which owns most of the taxis in the Orlando area, has about 20 accessible van taxis. But I don't know if they could handle seven people including a chair or ECV.

But if you are staying on property all the buses are accessible, and they don't cost anything.

[Andrew Bichard]

Mears Transportation, which owns most of the taxis in the Orlando area, has about 20 accessible van taxis. But I don't know if they could handle seven people including a chair or ECV.

The accessible van taxis are not much bigger than a regular taxi. They generally have to fold up the rear seats to load a wheelchair/ECV. When my wife & I use one to go off-site, my wife has to ride up front with the driver.

Before ME was introduced, I always rode to Disney in a Mears wheelchair van (not the yellow cabs which are also owned by Mears). This was the same size as those 7-8 seater vans that they use for bigger groups, but with half the seats removed to make space for two wheelchairs. I doubt they can seat more than three or four passengers other than the two wheelchairs.

Andrew