Transportation options from Tampa airport

[frost5000]

With airfare so cheap to Tampa, and still high for Orlando from Philly we were starting to think about going from Tampa, but we won't have a rental car. This is a bare bones budget trip. We were planning on taking the bus from the Orlando airport to WDW - at cost of $2.20 per person/ round trip. Is there a city bus from Tampa? Are their any other options? We don't want the extra transportation to outweigh the savings!

[Lewisc]

Don't fly into Tampa without a rental car. I suspect you may be able to piece together a cheap way to go (maybe a bus to somewhere in Tampa, then another bus to Bush Gardens then a shuttle bus to Sea World....)but you'll waste 2 days.
If the airfare is cheap enough rent a car with the savings.
A car gives you the ability to save money of food (supermarket, fast food,etc.)
Depending on how many people are in your family driving may be an option.

[OKW91]

Your best bet is to rent a car at Tampa, by the time you get a taxi and a city bus you could be in WDW!! We have flown into Tampa several times, rented a National car for the day, then drive to WDW and return the car in WDW the next day.

[workinmom]

We decided to fly into Tampa from Philly b/c the prices for flights into Orlando early in am & evening were (& still are) really high. We got $143 Nonstop RT from Philly to Tampa. Our rental car is $148 for the week. That's still cheaper than flying into MCO & paying Tiffany for a shuttle. We may be wasting our good arrival time driving to Orlando, but didn't think we could pass up $143 RT airfare. Good luck!!!