yiotta -
You will be able to get to WDW, honest. Looking at your dates, it seems to me that much of the expense comes from those 'extra' days after you get the one week rental. So, try any/all of the following...
Look into getting one of the towncar services from MCO to WDW/roundtrip. Usually the cost is about $100, you get picked up at the luggage carousel, taken directly to your resort. No hassles with driving, no hassles with stopping(as in 'Mears') at other resorts on the way. Plus, some of the towncar services will give you an included/complimentary stop at a grocery store on the way.
So, you now have a way to get to/from MCO & WDW. But you need a car during your trip, eh?
Make a ressie at National/
Alamo's MK Car Care Center location for only a *week*, using every available discount, coupon, etc that you qualify for. Now, you don't have to pay that nasty "Airport Concession Fee", plus often the rates that I have gotten at the MK Car Care Center can be cheaper than the MCO rates.
Hmmm, you say...well, this all sounds really good, but HOW do I get *to* my (now reasonably-priced) car?!?
Simple, just phone up the MK Car Care Enter location & ask for your complimentary shuttle from your WDW resort to the rental location.
Now, there are other car rental places(maybe a National/Alamo at the Swan? plus some other agnecies at the DTD hotels, I think) that you can arrange similar shuttle deals with.
*If* you decide that you'd like to return your car to MCO & just get a one-way towncar from the airport to your resort, that is doable as well. In Florida, by law, you cannot be charged a 'drop-off' fee for dropping off you car at a different place than the one you originally rented from.
Good luck,
agnes!
