Disney to SeaWorld - no rental car, no bus!

[GEM]

We want to spend a day at Sea World in December. It will be just me and Paul (2 years old) because DH has a meeting that day. I don't want to use the Lynx bus alone with a 2 year old and I don't want to rent a car for the day. I just want someone to pick us up at our resort, drive us to Sea World, and drive us back to the resort. Can you guys reccomend anyone? How much should I expect it to cost? Do you think we would be better off with a taxi or with a car comany? I obviously don't want to lug the car seat to SeaWorld with us, so we need someone that will have a car seat.

 

[CarolA]

I would suggest that you go with a limo company. They should be able to deal with the car seat issue.

I am not aware of any taxi's that have car seats..

 

[GEM]

Thanks for your thoughts! I know that there are some taxis that have carseats as we have used them in the past. We just told the person at the desk we needed a taxi with a car seat. Your probably right, a car company might be easier, though. I wonder what the price difference would be.

 

[pugdog]

Mears would work too. They will pick you up at the resort and bring you to SW. It is $14 r/t per person. They use big buses so I would think that they would have some carseats but not sure.

 

[GEM]

That sounds pretty good. I know that they don't have to use carseats on busses - like the Magical Express. We took the Mears bus from the airport to our cruise last December and they didn't have any carseats. Do you set a pick up time for them to come back and get you, or how does that work? Also, how far in advance do you have to schedule? Thanks!

 

[pugdog]

they need only 24 hour notice. If I remember right they go about hourly but check with them to make sure.

 

[rflorek]

That sounds pretty good. I know that they don't have to use carseats on busses - like the Magical Express. We took the Mears bus from the airport to our cruise last December and they didn't have any carseats. Do you set a pick up time for them to come back and get you, or how does that work? Also, how far in advance do you have to schedule? Thanks!

I called Mears from the hotel lobby the night before to set up a pick-up time at the resort (they had a dedicated phone line for Maers in The ASMu lobby). You can either set up a return time over the phone as you make your reservation, or they will tell you to call them back about 2 hours before you wish to return, & they will tell you where to be & at what time. We did this for Universal Studios back in 2003, and we're planning on doing the same for Sea World this year. I believe it was $14 per person round trip - I don't know if there is a children's rate or not.

 

[hercamore]

It think Mears has a hotline at every resort front desk.

Also, sign up at the Southwest airlines website for the rapid rewards card and get 20% off your tickets at Seaworld with the card. Best deal around.

Keep in mind food at Seaworld is pricier than Disney! I paid $2.79 for a cup of millk last Dec.

herc.