DME without flight?

[Leleluvsdis]

We are going on a cruise in Sept, and are staying at WDW for 2 nights before our cruise. b/c we are flying and don't want to rent a car we are using dme, but my question is this. I just put in a return flight so we could get back to MCO to use the cruise transportation to port. We can board the ship as early as 12pm. If I used a flight leaving at 2:55pm, would that put us at MCO around 12pm? Hope this makes since, I was having a hard time trying explain it. lol Thanks for the help!

 

[a1tinkfans]

In my experience with ME, the pick up is 3 hours Before your flight leaves. so they pick you up and then go and get everyone else and then drop at each airline terminal..............hope that helped! .

 

[clkelley]

A 2:55pm flight would put you leaving your Disney resort about 12pm.

Are you using Disney Cruise line transfers?? Won't they take you to the terminal from your resort?

 

[twinklebug]

ME will always have a pick up from your hotel apx 3 hrs before the scheduled flight departure. Sometimes this means we'll get to the airport 2 hrs before the flight, on other occasions we've had to RUN for our flight due to the huge number of stops and people being picked up with conversations with the driver. You never can tell.

I suggest you put in the time you're bus is scheduled to leave from the airport off to the port as your flight time.

Have you looked into a service car to take you right from the hotel to the port? It might be worth it to save on time and frustration.

 

[Leleluvsdis]

In my experience with ME, the pick up is 3 hours Before your flight leaves. so they pick you up and then go and get everyone else and then drop at each airline terminal..............hope that helped! .

Thanks!

A 2:55pm flight would put you leaving your Disney resort about 12pm.

Are you using Disney Cruise line transfers?? Won't they take you to the terminal from your resort?

Unfortunatly we aren't taking a disney cruise, but gasp carnival. DCL just wasn't in the budget this year, but hopefully someday If we are picked up at 12pm would should plan to be at MCO by 1pm. Is this correct?

 

[kaytieeldr]

If you can board the ship as early as noon, are you sure you want to just be arriving at the airport at that time? It's a 45-60 minute ride to the port from there, and have you considered how you'll get to the port from the airport?

 

[Jestocost]

If you can board the ship as early as noon, are you sure you want to just be arriving at the airport at that time? It's a 45-60 minute ride to the port from there, and have you considered how you'll get to the port from the airport?

You should consider your RT options. If you have four people, it acutally costs you LESS to hire a town car for transport from WDW-Port-Airport than it would to use Carnival's transfers. I believe the RT transfers are around $70 pp and a town car from resort-port-airport is $220 plus driver tip.

 

[Leleluvsdis]

If you can board the ship as early as noon, are you sure you want to just be arriving at the airport at that time? It's a 45-60 minute ride to the port from there, and have you considered how you'll get to the port from the airport?

As I previously wrote we are using cruise transportation, and I appologize, I earlier misread information and was under the wrong impression. I thought the first bus left MCO to port, but embarktion starts at 12:30. Thanks for your help

You should consider your RT options. If you have four people, it acutally costs you LESS to hire a town car for transport from WDW-Port-Airport than it would to use Carnival's transfers. I believe the RT transfers are around $70 pp and a town car from resort-port-airport is $220 plus driver tip.

I actually looked into a towncar, but it would only save us about 30 dollars. Have you used the town car service before? What did you think? We've only ever used carnival transportation, and we are comfortable with the way they work. We weren't sure about where the town car drops you off, and how you get your luggage to the ship at check-in as we normally just get off the bus and go into the terminal. Thanks for your help!

 

[Jestocost]

I actually looked into a towncar, but it would only save us about 30 dollars. Have you used the town car service before? What did you think? We've only ever used carnival transportation, and we are comfortable with the way they work. We weren't sure about where the town car drops you off, and how you get your luggage to the ship at check-in as we normally just get off the bus and go into the terminal. Thanks for your help! [/FONT][/SIZE][/COLOR]

IMO, getting a town car straight from your resort vs. having to mess with dragging your bags to DME, taking the bus, dragging your bags through the airport to the Carnival transfers, etc. would be worth paying MORE for, so the fact that a town car would be less seals the deal.

I'm not sure how Carnival's terminal is configured or how they deal with baggage coming in, but if you are doing DCL they have porters waiting to collect your bags at the location where the town cars are dropping you off. From there, you just walk past the parking lot and into the terminal.

I can't imagine a reasonable scenario where the logistics of arriving at the port via town car would be anywhere near as complicated as the logistics of using DME to get from your resort to MCO, then making your way to the Carnival transfers,

 

[Leleluvsdis]

IMO, getting a town car straight from your resort vs. having to mess with dragging your bags to DME, taking the bus, dragging your bags through the airport to the Carnival transfers, etc. would be worth paying MORE for, so the fact that a town car would be less seals the deal.

I'm not sure how Carnival's terminal is configured or how they deal with baggage coming in, but if you are doing DCL they have porters waiting to collect your bags at the location where the town cars are dropping you off. From there, you just walk past the parking lot and into the terminal.

I can't imagine a reasonable scenario where the logistics of arriving at the port via town car would be anywhere near as complicated as the logistics of using DME to get from your resort to MCO, then making your way to the Carnival transfers,

The more I read and think about it, the more I'm thinking about doing the town car scenario... How do I find out what time to get the town car to pick us up when we return, or would we be better to take carnival transporation back to mco at the end of our trip?

 

[Lewisc]

The town car services are familar with the port. Tell them what ship you're on and flight information. The service will tell you where and what time they'll pick you up at the port.

 

[Leleluvsdis]

The town car services are familar with the port. Tell them what ship you're on and flight information. The service will tell you where and what time they'll pick you up at the port.

That makes since. Sorry I'm a little overwhelmed... I have box brain from packing so much to move lol I'm thinking this may be the best way to go. Then we won't have to worry about waiting for the bus to get full, if it smells bad lol and so on and so forth. Thanks everyone for the help!

 

[klc1923]

we used a town car last spring for our cruise and it worked out wonderful. In fact we are doing the same thing for our Thanksgiving cruise. There is a lot less to worry about and they work within "your" time frame rather than you working around everyone else.

The car will show up at your hotel at the designated time - you have your baggage and just get on. You will not regret it at all.

 

[Leleluvsdis]

we used a town car last spring for our cruise and it worked out wonderful. In fact we are doing the same thing for our Thanksgiving cruise. There is a lot less to worry about and they work within "your" time frame rather than you working around everyone else.

The car will show up at your hotel at the designated time - you have your baggage and just get on. You will not regret it at all.

My biggest concern is with them picking us up. How do they know when we can get off the ship? i remember reading that you have a 20 minute window for them to pick you up and if you aren't there then it could take up to 3 hours from them to get back to you. Our flight leaves orlando at 2:55, so this is what I am most concerned about.