barbnbrian
I'm a Redhead, too!
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Just returned home from a short weekend trip and used DME.
First, I reserved months ago and although I was in their system, called twice to check, I never did receive my luggage tags.
Flew on SWA and didn't bother to check any bags. Landed 15 minutes earlier - 2:05 p.m. on Friday.
Proceeded to check in desk on lower level. Many people in line, saw that a majority of the guests did have their DME boarding information. No problem with checking in even though I never received package. Had to ask for a voucher for the free lanyard and pin.
Boarded the bus at 2:30 p.m. Sat on the bus for a good 20 to 30 minutes. We were staying at Saratoga Springs. Bus departed MCO by 3:00 p.m., first stop was Yacht Club, second stop was Old Key West, and final stop was Saratoga Springs. After pulling out of OKW, a passenger asked the driver if he was going to the Beach Club since that was where he was staying! Driver told him he would bring him there after his stop at SSR. Finally arrived at 4:30 p.m. at SSR - so much for our flight arriving early! The whole time on the bus I was having flashbacks of the one time I did travel via motorcoach on Mears and got a full tour of quite a few Disney resorts before being delivered to my resort.
Our pick up time today was for 1:45 p.m. and our flight was at 4:40 p.m., so we were picked up 3 hours before our flight. Bus was right on time, and almost all the seats were taken. Driver asked a few families to free up some extra seats that had bags/packages on them for the guests getting on. Don't know where everyone else was picked up from, but a couple families were complaining about the number of stops they had made since they were picked up. In fact, once the driver was ready to depart, he announced that our next stop was MCO and apologized to the passengers for the stops. He even said that this is the way Disney wants it, so he was just doing what he was suppose to do.
I have read reports for others here that have had good experiences, so it's not all bad reports. All in all, I'm glad I tried it once. Heck, what do you want for free? I'm not sure if I'm willing to go through it again when I go back in August with my family of 6 people. I'm going to price out a rental car for a few days or a car service. This way, we can do a grocery stop. We did use We Go Shop service for some groceries this past weekend, but that was another whole story, which I will report on under the Budget Board section, and that experience was also not very magical!
Feel free to ask any questions.
First, I reserved months ago and although I was in their system, called twice to check, I never did receive my luggage tags.
Flew on SWA and didn't bother to check any bags. Landed 15 minutes earlier - 2:05 p.m. on Friday.
Proceeded to check in desk on lower level. Many people in line, saw that a majority of the guests did have their DME boarding information. No problem with checking in even though I never received package. Had to ask for a voucher for the free lanyard and pin.
Boarded the bus at 2:30 p.m. Sat on the bus for a good 20 to 30 minutes. We were staying at Saratoga Springs. Bus departed MCO by 3:00 p.m., first stop was Yacht Club, second stop was Old Key West, and final stop was Saratoga Springs. After pulling out of OKW, a passenger asked the driver if he was going to the Beach Club since that was where he was staying! Driver told him he would bring him there after his stop at SSR. Finally arrived at 4:30 p.m. at SSR - so much for our flight arriving early! The whole time on the bus I was having flashbacks of the one time I did travel via motorcoach on Mears and got a full tour of quite a few Disney resorts before being delivered to my resort.
Our pick up time today was for 1:45 p.m. and our flight was at 4:40 p.m., so we were picked up 3 hours before our flight. Bus was right on time, and almost all the seats were taken. Driver asked a few families to free up some extra seats that had bags/packages on them for the guests getting on. Don't know where everyone else was picked up from, but a couple families were complaining about the number of stops they had made since they were picked up. In fact, once the driver was ready to depart, he announced that our next stop was MCO and apologized to the passengers for the stops. He even said that this is the way Disney wants it, so he was just doing what he was suppose to do.
I have read reports for others here that have had good experiences, so it's not all bad reports. All in all, I'm glad I tried it once. Heck, what do you want for free? I'm not sure if I'm willing to go through it again when I go back in August with my family of 6 people. I'm going to price out a rental car for a few days or a car service. This way, we can do a grocery stop. We did use We Go Shop service for some groceries this past weekend, but that was another whole story, which I will report on under the Budget Board section, and that experience was also not very magical!
Feel free to ask any questions.
