Shuttle from Airport

[Britt7]

We will be flying into the St. Augustine airport instead of Orlando (great deal) and renting a car from there. Wondering if we only get the car for 1day and return it at the Orlando airport can we get a shuttle to WDW. We are staying at Pop Century. I know about the Magical Express - but not an option for us since we are not flying into Orlando. It would great if we only had to rent a car for two days. Arrival day and departure day.

 

[disnut8]

There are several shuttle options from the Orlando airport to isney World. Check the Transportation board for more information. Mears shuttle is the cheapest but there are a number of towncars that provide a one-to-one experience rather than a shared one.

 

[Sandi]

I suggest that you check what companies rent at St. Augustine and then see whether any of them have rental counters at a hotel in or near Disney. It would be a lot closer to drop and get a car at a Hilton Hotel, for example, than to take the time to go out to MCO.

 

[Luv2Roam]

See if you can rent a car from Alamo and drop it off/pick up at the Car Care Center next to the Hess gas station right by the Richard Petty Speedway by MK.

 

[CleveRocks]

You can still use DME!!!

There is absolutely no requirement that you actually fly into or out of MCO.

No matter how you get your body to MCO, you are still entitled to a Disney's Magical Express ride from MCO to your resort on or after your check-in day.

This is a fact, but not all CMs you'd talk to on the phone will know this, or will be able to handle it without putting you on hold for 20 minutes to figure it out. To save yourself the bother, I suggest you look at flight schedules and tell DME you'll be arriving on a flight from wherever at about the time you expect to be at the airport.

To help you with luggage, let me suggest you drive to your resort first and drop-off your luggage, and then drive to MCO to drop-off the car and take DME back to the resort. This will save you from having to lug your luggage from the rental car drop-off site to the DME counter.

 

[Edd]

Cleve,

Technically you may be right, but are you suggesting the poster lie about her arriving on a flight into Orlando. The DME was set up for passengers arriving into Orlando via the airlines.

 

[CarolA]

The DME people have told me that they would transport me the day AFTER my flight arrived when I informed them I was spending the first night at the MCO Hyatt. DME is not really tied to the airline arrival. It's tied to your reservation. If your first CM is clueless, just call back and tell the next one you will be arriving around 8 am (whenever?) by car. You will eventually get a CM with a clue.

 

[CleveRocks]

Cleve,

Technically you may be right, but are you suggesting the poster lie about her arriving on a flight into Orlando. The DME was set up for passengers arriving into Orlando via the airlines.

Technically, you are right that I'm suggesting she lie. I'm suggesting she lie not to cheat the system, but just to make the reservation process easier.

If she called DME and truthfully explained her situation, a well-trained CM would rightfully and "lawfully" make her DME reservation for her. But if it's a lackluster CM who doesn't understand the finer points, it could be a long and drawn-out process, making it unnecesarily difficult to make a reservation she is entitled to.

I would never advocate anyone cheating a system, whether it be Disney or anything else.