Eeyore4me764
Earning My Ears
- Joined
- Apr 28, 2006
- Messages
- 28
Well I just got back and not sure if I would use again.
I liked when I arrived at the Orlando airport (Tuesday evening at 8:30 pm)went to the check in desk for DME and it was about a 5 min wait to check in and then was directed to the POP Century line. We waited there about 30 minutes. We were the only ones in line for POP for the first 20 min. Other resorts only had about 5 people in each line and they boarded quickly with the exception of one other resort they had to wait just a bit less than us. We got on our bus with just our carry ons (I did pack a couple of necessities just in case the luggage took a bit...a recommendation I received from fellow disers...thanks!!) We were waiting for the little movie....and no movie.
So I was a little bummed about that. But figured no big deal wasn't my first disney trip. Checked into the hotel about 10:00 pm and then decided to get something to eat at food court. By 11:00 pm when we returned back to our room our luggage was there!!! So that was great, didn't have to deal with carting it all over the place. For the return...we flew Southwest so at the suggestion of other disers...(thanks again everyone) we went to front desk 24 hours before departure and they happily printed the boarding passes for us.
But we didn't use the DME on the way back. When I found out we had to head to the airport 3 hours before our flight....we decided that we wanted to spend more time in disney. Had some last minute things we wanted to accomplish. So we rented a car from the Disney Car Care Center and dropped it at the airport. This way for our 7:55 pm Flight we were able to leave at 5:00 rather than the 3:15 that DME requested we be at the bus.
I think the DME concept is a great idea!!! Depending on rental car rates, I may do the same thing again on our next trip in august and again in October. I liked not renting a car at the airport made it easier to get to resort....but i liked having a car at the end of trip to do a few things, (car rental rate was 13.50 per day....so that was awesome for an intermediate car....)and be able to get a little more time at Disney.
I too think the title should be changed....I mean things happen, have to go with the flow sometimes...I mean from the responses that I have read so far...I haven't seen any "horror" stories that are that bad, just that stuff happens......Thanks again to all the disers who gave suggestions and responded to some of my requests. We had an awesome time....cant wait to get back!!!!
I liked when I arrived at the Orlando airport (Tuesday evening at 8:30 pm)went to the check in desk for DME and it was about a 5 min wait to check in and then was directed to the POP Century line. We waited there about 30 minutes. We were the only ones in line for POP for the first 20 min. Other resorts only had about 5 people in each line and they boarded quickly with the exception of one other resort they had to wait just a bit less than us. We got on our bus with just our carry ons (I did pack a couple of necessities just in case the luggage took a bit...a recommendation I received from fellow disers...thanks!!) We were waiting for the little movie....and no movie.


I think the DME concept is a great idea!!! Depending on rental car rates, I may do the same thing again on our next trip in august and again in October. I liked not renting a car at the airport made it easier to get to resort....but i liked having a car at the end of trip to do a few things, (car rental rate was 13.50 per day....so that was awesome for an intermediate car....)and be able to get a little more time at Disney.
I too think the title should be changed....I mean things happen, have to go with the flow sometimes...I mean from the responses that I have read so far...I haven't seen any "horror" stories that are that bad, just that stuff happens......Thanks again to all the disers who gave suggestions and responded to some of my requests. We had an awesome time....cant wait to get back!!!!