Rental Car Help

[WEHAVEM]

Hi
We're going on the Disney Wonder 3 - Day Cruise May 1st - 4th. We would like to rent a car at MCO, drop off at a location close to port...would like something with shuttle service to the ship and then be able to reserve a car for pick up when the cruise is over...any help you can provide would be greatly appreciated. Also would like the shuttle from rental agency to be free.

regards,

Kyle

 

[mmouse37]

Hi Kyle. We always use Avis and stay at the Radisson at the Port. The hotel is only a mile or so from the ship and also has the Avis location right on site. They also provide a complimentary shuttle service to the ship.

We usually book Avis online. When you are making the reservation the pick-up code is MCO for Orlando Airport and the drop off code for the Avis Radisson location is P3F.

You would use these same location codes for the one way return rental as well. But the pick up would be P3F and the drop off would be MCO.

The Radisson is a very nice property with a great tropical pool. You can usually get a standard room for about $79 or a suite for about $99-119 per night.

Here are some Avis codes that you can use online to save some money. We have found that D002807 gets us the best price. Other codes are K163369, B021615, K492101. These were taken off the www.mousesavers.com site. You would enter these codes in the AWD discount box on the online ressie form.

We usually rent a minivan or SUV for our family of 5 and only pay about $57 including tax each way with those codes. A smaller car would obviously be even cheaper.

On the morning of your cruise I would suggest that you drive your party with all the luggage to the port. Drop them all off. A porter will handle all the luggage and your party can start checking in at the terminal and getting on line. You can then return the car to the Radisson Avis location and hop the shuttle to the port. It is very easy this way. Just make sure you have all your documentation and I.D. with you or they won't let you in the terminal when you take the shuttle back to the port.

When you get off the ship you would walk out into the parking lot where the big white tent is and that is where the Avis/Radisson shuttle will bring you back to the hotel/office to pick up your car. We usually just send one person on the shuttle and they come back to pick us up in the lot with our luggage. It is easier than trying to fit all the people and luggage in the shuttle van.

Hope this helps.

MJ

 

[WEHAVEM]

MJ...Thank you very much for the information...very informative.

regards

Kyle

 

[Bobski5150]

When I drop my family off at the terminal, are they able to check me in while I return the car or will I have to check myself in when I return with the shuttle?

Thank you.

 

[mmouse37]

You will have to check yourself in because of security reasons. We had this happen in January...hubby went to return the car, I checked the teens and myself in and when hubby came back he got on the same line that I checked in on....the CM was expecting him and all he really needed to do was show his ID and get his card.

I was able to handle all the credit card stuff when I checked in.

MJ

 

[kajohn]

We used budget rental car when we went last February. They were about $20 cheaper than Avis, and they also have the shuttles to their rental site which is about a 1/4 mile farther than the Avis site.

the best thing about rental cars is that you can make a reservation, and then keep checking to see if the price drops. If it does, make a new reservation and cancel the old one.

You can get discount codes from all sorts of places, I tried the ones listed by the previous poster, and others as well. I ended up finding the best code through wal-mart or sams club.

For more codes, you might also try the transporation board, there are probably some new ones listed there as well.