Compact Scooter on tram?

CaryHaven

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Aug 22, 2013
I've been talking with Apple and Buena Vista for a scooter rental. The are perks to the portable one, but the other looks more comfortable. They say you can't get a full size one on the parking lot tram, but how easy is it to break down a portable one for the tram? There are three adults and two small kids with two strollers. Is it going to be too much for us all to carry?
 
You can't take an ECV on the road tram. If you have one in your car, point it out to the people directing people where to park, and they'll direct you to a reserved spot near the disabled parking but further back. From there you can drive the ECV in with your family walking with you in just a few minutes.
 
There's a Guest Drop-Off on Seven Seas Drive, right before the Poly resort, and next to where the trams drop people off for the ferry or monorail. It may be convenient to drop off the scooter, strollers, and various people there, and have the driver circle back to the car lot, park, take the tram, and meet up.
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Excellent - thank you both. I never knew about the drop off, and Apple had said you could dismantle the portable one to take on the tram.
 


What kind of scooter was it? The smallest rental I've seen breaks down into 4 parts, 3 of which weigh around 35 pounds. Just wondering if one of the lighter weight models is available for rent
 
You can't take an ECV on the road tram . . .

1) Correct.
2) Not enough room on the tram.
3) There is barely enough room to fold a stroller.
4) Plus, no luggage carrier for scooters.
5) APPLE is wrong about taking ECV's onto trams.
. . . they might have meant buses
. . . they might have meant monorails
 
What kind of scooter was it? The smallest rental I've seen breaks down into 4 parts, 3 of which weigh around 35 pounds. Just wondering if one of the lighter weight models is available for rent

Yes, they said it broke down into four parts, and about 35 lbs each would equal the total weight of the scooter....and I couldn't envision it, so apparently I was right to doubt. :)
 


1) Correct.
2) Not enough room on the tram.
3) There is barely enough room to fold a stroller.
4) Plus, no luggage carrier for scooters.
5) APPLE is wrong about taking ECV's onto trams.
. . . they might have meant buses
. . . they might have meant monorails

I think maybe it was a new person or something. Because he was talking about how you wouldn't want to walk in from the parking lot while the one person rode....so I think he was actually talking about a tram but just didn't know better. I honestly dread taking it on the monorail. It was all we could do last time to squeeze ourselves on.
 
I think maybe it was a new person or something. Because he was talking about how you wouldn't want to walk in from the parking lot while the one person rode....so I think he was actually talking about a tram but just didn't know better. I honestly dread taking it on the monorail. It was all we could do last time to squeeze ourselves on.
The monorail transport for an ECV isn't bad. Disney separates ECV and WC riders onto a specific car. They put up a ramp that's as wide as the open monorail doors. You ride your ECV up the ramp, not too slow -- not too fast. I usually grab one of the vertical metal posts once I'm in the monorail car, just to be confident the ECV will stop (it always does). Leaving the monorail car seems challenging at first but you'll get over it. You have to back out the ECV. Just keep the ECV front wheel straight, reverse not too slow -- not too fast. Viola, you're out! Easy! :)
 
The monorail transport for an ECV isn't bad. Disney separates ECV and WC riders onto a specific car. They put up a ramp that's as wide as the open monorail doors. You ride your ECV up the ramp, not too slow -- not too fast. I usually grab one of the vertical metal posts once I'm in the monorail car, just to be confident the ECV will stop (it always does). Leaving the monorail car seems challenging at first but you'll get over it. You have to back out the ECV. Just keep the ECV front wheel straight, reverse not too slow -- not too fast. Viola, you're out! Easy! :)

LOL You make it seem so easy! Hopefully there will be no casualties for us! :D
 
LOL You make it seem so easy! Hopefully there will be no casualties for us! :D
Just think of a similar situation -- backing a car out of the garage. You keep the wheels straight and back out carefully. Most people have a garage of their own, or family members have one. It's ultra-rare that there's an accident if you use common-sense (and you're sober LOL). Hope that helps!
:moped:
 
Just found this out last week. When you call Apple, you are calling their home office in NYC. The local apple place doesn't even have a phone. All the requests are transferred by computer. That seems pretty strange to me. But it might explain why they might give wrong information.
 
Just found this out last week. When you call Apple, you are calling their home office in NYC. The local apple place doesn't even have a phone. All the requests are transferred by computer. That seems pretty strange to me. But it might explain why they might give wrong information.
I don't know for sure about that. But it's best to find out now and not get into a confrontation with the Tram employees while on your trip. I agree with everybody that ECVs can't be torn down and loaded on a tram.

There is a row of wheelchair accessible spaces in the regular MK parking lot, up front near Seven Seas Dr. When you arrive at the toll booth, explain to the CM that you have an ECV but don't have a handicap hang-tag. They might direct you there, or to the handicap parking lot. If you're directed to the handicap parking lot, DO NOT park in the sign-posted, blue-painted handicap spots. Those are for cars with handicap hang-tags or handicap license plates. Orange County Sheriffs patrol and write tickets. But also in the handicap lot, there are other parking spots that are not specifically set aside for handicap-marked vehicles.
 
I guess the Apple person has a much different mental picture of the trams than exists in reality. Even if the ECV fit, you would not have time to take it apart, put it on the tram, take it off the tram and put it back together. People have barely enough time to fold a stroller.

There is information about parking and all the WDW transportation in post 8 of the disABILITIES FAQs thread (including pictures of the monorail ramp.
For the monorail, you get in on one side of the track and get out on the other side on the monorails that serve the parks. So, you pull on and pull off.
For the resorts, you may need to back off because everything is on the same side of the track.
 

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