questions about staying off property with an ECV

[tngal]

Hello Everyone! My 2 Daughters and I are planning a trip to WDW this September. We have been many times before, but have always stayed on property. This time we have a smaller budget that unusual and I was just wanting to hear everyone's experience staying off property and needing and ECV. My husband has many reward points where he has to travel for work and his reward points are at Hilton properties and Holiday Inn. We were looking at Holiday Inn in the Disney Springs area. Is it possible to rent an ECV from say Gold Mobility and get transportation to and from the parks? How, if possible, would I even accomplish this? I have a wheel chair but everyone has told me it is not fun pushing a wheelchair through the parks, so I don't want to do that. Thank you for you input!

 

[lanejudy]

You’ll need to check with the hotel about transportation. Some offsite hotels have dedicated shuttles while others share, and you may need to sign up for a time, especially if the need to provide an accessible shuttle.

 

[Evita_W]

Definitely check with the hotel, a lot of the hotels in that area used a shared shuttle service. DH stayed at one of them and the shuttle service used a roll up ramp. They said they appreciate if you schedule in advance, that way they can make sure the space is setup and ready and not used by someone else before they get there. But they can also accept last minute as well.

 

[AprilsZoo]

We used Mears Taxi handicapped service. It’s a minivan with a ramp. We found that we had the same driver at least 75% of the time. (Turns out he likes to drive for a few hours on the morning and then takes a break until after dinner… meaning he was the available driver most of the times we needed. He also gave us his cell # to text him directly)

It’s basically the same price as an Uber or Lyft. There’s an app you can use to request a ride, or you can call dispatch or the driver directly. Ask any drivers you have if they are willing to give their #— most will. Ask them what times they drive and make a note. Texting the driver directly is faster than going thru dispatch. Then the driver “assigns” themself to your party, and you can see in the app that they’ve been dispatched.

So you still get charged the regular amount. They aren’t doing anything shady. it’s just a quicker way to get a ride.
We would use them again.

 

[Lewisc]

It’s basically the same price as an Uber or Lyft.

It's exactly the same price as a regular Mears taxi.

It is generally a few dollars more then a regular Lyft or Uber. Mears might be about the same on very short rides.