ECV that will be easy to put in trunk

[zomama]

Anyone have any recs for a nice lightweight ECV that we can rent that will be very easy to take in and out of car (we will be staying off site).

 

[Three60guy]

Anyone have any recs for a nice lightweight ECV that we can rent that will be very easy to take in and out of car (we will be staying off site).

I personally purchased this one:

https://shop.travelscoot.com/us/

But if you Google "rent travelscoot" there are a number of the same ones I purchased but as a rental.

Hope this helps.

Cheers

 

[lanejudy]

I believe @mamabunny uses a Travelscoot as well and it is very portable. However, I haven’t seen the Travelscoot for rent in Orlando, but it appears the vendor may have a direct rental program where they ship it to you.

Most of the Orlando area portable rentals are the Pride GoGo. It breaks down into 5 pieces, usually the heaviest is ~30 lbs, and should fit in most car trunks for transport.

Some of the popular rental agencies are listed in the disABILITIES FAQs thread pinned near the top of this forum.

Enjoy your vacation!

 

[mamabunny]

I personally purchased this one:

https://shop.travelscoot.com/us/

But if you Google "rent travelscoot" there are a number of the same ones I purchased but as a rental.

Hope this helps.

Cheers

Hey! I have one of those! (LOL, I actually have two - one of the "original" belt-driven models, and one of the new hub motor models; our daughter has commandeered my "old" one to use on days when her fibro flares hard)

@lanejudy is right - as far as I know, there is no rental vendor in Orlando that will deliver a TravelScoot; there is a company that will drop ship one in via UPS. You will have to keep the shipping box in your Resort room, (it's about the size of a large golf bag) if you decide to go that way. I think the primary reason no one rents them is simply the fact that the average purchase price is about $2500 each (with a Li-on battery)

The "ultra lightweight" class of scooters like the TravelScoot are great - I don't use the seat back on mine, so I can drop the handlebars, and lift it straight into the back of my Kia Soul, with one half of the back seat down. I tie it down, set the brakes, and away I go. If I wanted to, I could fold it down - it then takes up about the size of a golf bag when folded (in fact, when you purchase one, the carrying bag is about the size of a standard golf bag) and I don't even have to put the seats down in my car.

@Three60guy LMK if you have any questions about your TS, just holler - mine, (I named him Angus, after Merida's horse in Brave, because he always brings me home, safe and sound from our adventures together!) now has spiffy undercarriage lighting and cupholders, along with some little LED headlights and a red LED taillight as well! I also "double stack" my batteries at WDW for those rope-drop-to-kiss-goodnight days; you can easily extend the Velcro battery straps with some Velcro One-Wrap (find it on Amazon, or at your finer Wal-Mart stores nationwide) and that way I never have to worry. I've only ever had to swap batteries once, and that was after our hardest, most intense day of touring ever. My hubs also 3D printed me a battery spacer for when we fly with Angus; since you have to carry the battery(s) in the cabin, I don't like sending him down to the hold without something "structural" in place of the battery. I know another TS user who got hers back from gate check, and the trailing arms had gotten bent *just enough* while it was in the hold under the plane, that she couldn't get her battery back in place - and she had to ultimately file a claim with the airline, etc. So now Angus flies with a custom-made "spacer" where his battery goes, just for safety!

@zomama I would pick a couple of rental vendors that you are interested in working with, and then call them directly. Tell them you need a lightweight ECV that breaks down easily, and see what they recommend. They should be able to tell you what the weight of the heaviest piece is (typically about 50 pounds) and how many pieces it breaks down into (typically 3 or sometimes 4) Then, go straight to Google, and search for that model - see if you can find any YouTube videos (some rental vendors will actually link to these videos on their site) that show the process of taking it apart, putting it in the car, and then taking it out and putting it back together.

Remember that you will have to break down/assemble that ECV every time you move the car; consider parking at one Park (if you are going to Park Hop) and use Disney Transportation all day until you return to the "home" parking lot where you left the car.

 

[Three60guy]

I don't like sending him down to the hold without something "structural" in place of the battery.

Oh my.... do they serve DH drinks "down in the hold?"

Remember that you will have to break down/assemble that ECV every time you move the car

Our car has a good size trunk so we can just lay it on it's size and never have to break it down or assemble it. Just lift it out of the trunk and go.

 

[mamabunny]

Oh my.... do they serve DH drinks "down in the hold?"

LOL nope - he still flies in the main cabin with me, and Angus' battery! LOL I am pretty sure there's no party going on in the hold; it gets really dark and really cold in there during flight!

Our car has a good size trunk so we can just lay it on it's size and never have to break it down or assemble it. Just lift it out of the trunk and go.

Right - those of us lucky enough to own a TravelScoot don't generally have to think about that - that particular bit of advice was for the original poster, so that they remember to allow for that with a standard rental ECV.

Sometimes folks forget that when you have one of the rental units that has to be assembled/disassembled for each car trip, it can add up over the course of a day. Mostly in wear and tear on the psyche, unless it's a super hot and/or rainy day; then it can be kind of miserable trying to deal with all of those pieces on a hot or flooded blacktop parking lot.

We always stay on property at a Disney Resort, and once we arrive, I let Disney do all the driving (of buses, boats and monorails!) until we leave again. It's one of the things I love best about vacationing there!