Getting to Universal and then back to the airport

[RookieLady]

I have always driven when we go to Universal. I am turning 50 this year, so we are going to WDW and plan to use magical express to get from the airport to Disney. We are then going from Disney to Universal and from Universal to the airport. My flight back home leaves at 7:00 am, ridiculous I know, but it was $49. So, what transportation do you recommend between the two destinations, and more importantly, what can reliably pick me up at 5:00 am to get me to the airport? TIA.

 

[Lynne G]

I’d book a car service. Flights come and go 24 hours a day. Many car services will take you from Disney then to airport. I’d see if one of those services would quote a price for you. I’d like to be the only group in a private car.

 

[Ross Kratter]

There's actually an option you can add onto your Universal package called the Take 2 Transfer, which will pick you up at your Disney resort and take you over to Universal.
From Universal to the airport, they have a service called the SuperStar Shuttle. It's not too expensive, and you'll likely have a bus to yourself at that hour.

 

[CarolynFH]

There's actually an option you can add onto your Universal package called the Take 2 Transfer, which will pick you up at your Disney resort and take you over to Universal.
From Universal to the airport, they have a service called the SuperStar Shuttle. It's not too expensive, and you'll likely have a bus to yourself at that hour.

I’ve been looking for alternatives to rideshare for my solo trip to RP in November, and unfortunately the SuperStar Shuttle isn’t available for RP unless you book a package, which I don’t have. This is from the FAQs on the site:
Which Universal Orlando Resort Hotels are included in the program?
• If the Shuttle is purchased with a UPRV package:
o Universal’s Endless Sumer Resort – Dockside Inn and Suites, Universal’s Endless Sumer Resort – Surfside Inn and
Suites, Universal’s Cabana Bay Beach Resort, Universal’s Aventura Hotel, Loews Sapphire Falls Resort, Loews Royal
Pacific Resort, Hard Rock Hotel® and Loews Portofino Bay Hotel.
• If the Shuttle is purchased with a Rooms-Only reservation:
o Universal’s Endless Sumer Resort – Dockside Inn and Suites, Universal’s Endless Sumer Resort – Surfside Inn and Suites, Universal’s Cabana Bay Beach Resort, Universal’s Aventura Hotel.

 

[Ross Kratter]

I’ve been looking for alternatives to rideshare for my solo trip to RP in November, and unfortunately the SuperStar Shuttle isn’t available for RP unless you book a package, which I don’t have. This is from the FAQs on the site:
Which Universal Orlando Resort Hotels are included in the program?
• If the Shuttle is purchased with a UPRV package:
o Universal’s Endless Sumer Resort – Dockside Inn and Suites, Universal’s Endless Sumer Resort – Surfside Inn and
Suites, Universal’s Cabana Bay Beach Resort, Universal’s Aventura Hotel, Loews Sapphire Falls Resort, Loews Royal
Pacific Resort, Hard Rock Hotel® and Loews Portofino Bay Hotel.
• If the Shuttle is purchased with a Rooms-Only reservation:
o Universal’s Endless Sumer Resort – Dockside Inn and Suites, Universal’s Endless Sumer Resort – Surfside Inn and Suites, Universal’s Cabana Bay Beach Resort, Universal’s Aventura Hotel.

I had no idea that you couldn't get it with a Room Only at Sapphire, Portofino, RP, or Hard Rock! Weird.

 

[CarolynFH]

I had no idea that you couldn't get it with a Room Only at Sapphire, Portofino, RP, or Hard Rock! Weird.

That's what I thought too! Surely they charge for it, so why not service the deluxe resorts? I guess that rideshare it will be for me!

 

[Ross Kratter]

That's what I thought too! Surely they charge for it, so why not service the deluxe resorts? I guess that rideshare it will be for me!

They do charge for it. I find that to be a very strange decision.