Is it true Disney stopped allowing outside companies to deliver golf carts to fort wilderness?

[PeasandCarrots]

I know used to we could rent a golf cart from an outside company and have it delivered to fort wilderness for less than Disney charges for golf carts. I just read that was stopped a few years ago and wanted to confirm that's true? So no more outside golf cart rentals allowed at Fort Wilderness? Any way around that if you do not have a car?

Thanks!

 

[Lehuaann]

I know used to we could rent a golf cart from an outside company and have it delivered to fort wilderness for less than Disney charges for golf carts. I just read that was stopped a few years ago and wanted to confirm that's true? So no more outside golf cart rentals allowed at Fort Wilderness? Any way around that if you do not have a car?

Thanks!

Yes, it's true. Unlike scooter/RV/etc. rentals, Disney's FW prohibits offsite golf cart delivery/transactions from taking place onsite.

One company we were booked with a few years ago was iffy about renting to us due to rumors that others were threatened with trespassing or had received lifetime banning. They ended up cancelling our rental a month in advance.

Kenny's Tee Time will meet offsite and allow guests 1 hour to use their company truck/trailer to transport carts onsite themselves. In this case, you will need to take a taxi to meet them offsite.

Another method we discovered Tee Time uses is - if another guest is checking out or close to checking out, TT will arrange to have you pick up the cart directly from that guest's site, although I highly doubt that's allowed since it's still an onsite delivery transfer, except the guests are the ones doing it.

For example, TT asked if we would give up our cart a full day early at 8 am to another guest to avoid offsite transfer. We agreed to do so, but never received compensation for it. So Tee Time got double paid on a cart for one night.

Anyway, TT rental fee at $35 per night is almost half the cost of Disney at $62.84, but understand how they operate should you choose to go this route...

 

[DVC-Don]

The following companies are allowed to deliver ECV's to Disney resorts:

Best Price Scooter and Strollers
Apple Scooter
CARE Scooter Rentals
Buena Vista Scooter Rentals

Got this from the WDW website.

 

[PeasandCarrots]

Yes, it's true. Unlike scooter/RV/etc. rentals, Disney's FW prohibits offsite golf cart delivery/transactions from taking place onsite.

One company we were booked with a few years ago was iffy about renting to us due to rumors that others were threatened with trespassing or had received lifetime banning. They ended up cancelling our rental a month in advance.

Kenny's Tee Time will meet offsite and allow guests 1 hour to use their company truck/trailer to transport carts onsite themselves. In this case, you will need to take a taxi to meet them offsite.

Another method we discovered Tee Time uses is - if another guest is checking out or close to checking out, TT will arrange to have you pick up the cart directly from that guest's site, although I highly doubt that's allowed since it's still an onsite delivery transfer, except the guests are the ones doing it.

For example, TT asked if we would give up our cart a full day early at 8 am to another guest to avoid offsite transfer. We agreed to do so, but never received compensation for it. So Tee Time got double paid on a cart for one night.

Anyway, TT rental fee at $35 per night is almost half the cost of Disney at $62.84, but understand how they operate should you choose to go this route...

Thanks it's at least something to consider!

 

[DisneyWorldbuff]

The following companies are allowed to deliver ECV's to Disney resorts:

Best Price Scooter and Strollers
Apple Scooter
CARE Scooter Rentals
Buena Vista Scooter Rentals

Got this from the WDW website.

Yes, but I think the OP is specifically asking about golf carts, not ecvs.

 

[FlightlessDuck]

Wait... people used to do this? I've camped before. I've stayed in a Fort Wilderness cabin, too.

But a golf cart? Really?

Is this instead of an ECV because of the terrain? I guess I'd understand that.

 

[nilla]

Wait... people used to do this? I've camped before. I've stayed in a Fort Wilderness cabin, too.

But a golf cart? Really?

Is this instead of an ECV because of the terrain? I guess I'd understand that.

A lot of people have golf carts in the community at my in-laws' lake house. It really is just to cut down on walking.

Personally, I only use theirs for deer and turkey safaris

 

[DVC-Don]

Yes, but I think the OP is specifically asking about golf carts, not ecvs.

Whoops, as an owner of a personal golf cart I don't know how I mixed that up. I bring my own, it's much faster than the rentals or Disney carts.