Hello, chimilady! Just wanted to share my recent experience with you when I rented a
scooter from Walker. I actually wrote the info below in another thread and dont' have time to write the same info over again, so I just copied and pasted a big chunk, hope you don't mind!
"After reading various posts here, we rented for the first time from Walker(rented at parks before), but I was worried a little about meeting the person to receive/return the scooter. The meets went so easy and smooth! They call you based on when your flight lands. I missed it but called back a few min later, told them I was getting on the ME bus. They told me to call when at my first (I think) stop. When I got off the bus at Beach Club and walked up to the entrance, they were right there waiting for me! And, turned out it was nice to have someone there to just confirm things with, about use, charging the battery, how long it would last, etc. He was so nice!
Now, I did have a problem with the first one, later in the evening it would sometimes just stop dead! Wait a few secs and it would go again. Not sure if it was me or something with the scooter itself. But, I didn't want to deal with it all week. So, I called them the next day, Sunday. They were ready to meet me as soon as I needed them, wherever I was going to be. We decided we'd ride over to DHS and meet there. He was waiting for me when we pulled up on the scooter, (which was working fine so far, but still wanted to switch). Anyway, that one worked great all week. Then we were moving resorts on our last day over to OKW, and I wasn't sure how to get the scooter and our luggage there in a way that didn't take all day, splitting up with my DD23 taking luggage in cab and me trying to get there via getting to a park and then finding an OKW bus! So, I asked and they agreed to meet me at BC to pick up and then meet at OKW with a new scooter for my last day, no extra charge, while we took a cab! I just called when we were almost ready to call cab, they came very quickly, and the same guy who met me the week before, was pulling up at new resort as we did! Next day, we arranged a time shortly before my ME time and it worked great."
Also, note that, when getting on or off the buses, remember to dial down the speed to help give better control in the small space. Remember to go slow getting on and off the buses. And remember, once you are on pull up forward a bit, parallel to the window. Then just slowly back up, parallel parking the scoooter into the spot they need you. Also, I've driven both the 4 wheel scooters you can rent in the parks, and the 3 wheel scooter from Walker. People said it was much easier to operate the 3 wheel walker scooter and it really was so true! Much easier to maneuver and there's a really tight turning radius which was really helpful with getting on and off buses and boats!
I charged everynight and the charge lasted all day. Although, one day I somehow forgot to charge! I took the charger with and just hoped it would go awhile so we could at least get started for the day. That battery lasted all thru the second day without a charge! Not something I'd do on purpose, but was good to know it was so long lasting. I told one of the drivers who met me and they were a bit surpised though.
So, it was very easy to meet up with someone from Walker, easy to drive, and I'd highly recommend them to anyone based on that, as well as the entire experience! Everything turned out much easier than I expected and was even a bit fun, lol! Even my DD23 agreed that renting offsite and having to take bus, boat and monorail transportation was much easier than she thought it would be. And, never got any looks or comments from anyone which I was very happy about! And,one of the best parts is it was only half the cost of renting on site! Hope some of this was helpful to you, but sorry I got so wordy!
Good luck and have a great time!
