Recent Experience with Minnie Van to Port

[DisChicago]

Hi All - just reporting back with my experience using Minnie Van from PC to WDW. Just a refresher, Minnie Van from PC to WDW has to be booked in advance through Disney Cruise line - not the usual Minnie Van scheduling office or Lyft app. And if you have a TA, they have to take care of it for you. It's $240 for the one-way trip.

You are able to choose what time you'd like to be picked up and we picked 9:30AM. We were off the boat by 8:20AM so we had a little wait. Luckily the MV driver arrived early at around 8:45AM. We met the driver on the opposite side from where you'd connect with Disney buses. The driver had a sign with our family name and was wearing the familiar MV uniform. The driver then escorted us to the MV which was parked at the curb so the walk was very short and the driver helped load the luggage. The vehicle was a Chevy Suburban (regular not extended version).

Once inside, MV provided water (sparkling and still), mints, chocolate, a welcome letter, a map of the resort they were taking us to and a printout of our WDW itinerary (FP's and any reservations) on a nice color coded sheet. Then they asked if we'd like to watch a movie and we did. A laminated handout was provided that detailed which movies were available - we picked Inside Out. Then we were off to WDW. The ride took approx 1hr. Upon arrival the driver helped unload luggage. And FYI, if you are inclined to tip, this must be in cash as the Lyft app is not utilized at all with this particular trip.

So I think that pretty much covers everything! Hope this was helpful!

 

[BlueRibbon]

Wow! That sounds really nice! I'd be curious to know as well as some posters above that if you take the MV service to PC, do you get a boarding group with Platinum/Concierge?

 

[BCV23]

DisChicago, thanks very much for finding this thread again to report back to all of us. Would you book it again? How was your cruise?

BlueRibbon, we took a Minnie van to the ship last cruise but since we are platinum I'm not sure of the answer to your question. However, I suspect the answer is no because the service ended at dropoff. Our driver helped the porter with our bags, helped us off out of the van, I tipped him (in cash as DisChicago mentioned) and we said goodbye. From that point on, embarkation was the same as always for us.

 

[DCLDVC1]

Has anyone been able to schedule a pickup time before 9:30am when going to the port?

 

[BCV23]

Adding another question for recent cruisers....has luggage pickup been added? When we used the Minnie Van to the port in November, that was not part of the service unfortunately but our driver thought it would be eventually.

DCLDVC1, I haven't tried to book that early so no help here.

 

[DCLDVC1]

Has anyone been able to schedule a pickup time before 9:30am when going to the port?

Any updates regarding pickup times?

 

[MomOTwins]

Any updates regarding pickup times?

For pickup times from resort to the port we have 9:30 and for port to resort we have 8am. Initially the CM I was talking to did not think I could book that early, but checked and said we could and mentioned booking from port to resort now starts at 7:30am. Not sure what the earliest resort-to-port would be, but I'm guessing not much earlier than 9:30 because 10:30 is the earliest PAT.