Shuttle from Universal to WDW?

[disneynutsss]

I won a trip to universal for 4 days. I really LOOOVVVVEEEE WDW so I would love to spend one day there - at least downtown disney. I am not renting a car, is there any type of shuttle from the hotels in universal to WDW??

 

[Metro West]

I won a trip to universal for 4 days. I really LOOOVVVVEEEE WDW so I would love to spend one day there - at least downtown disney. I am not renting a car, is there any type of shuttle from the hotels in universal to WDW??

Nothing free...Universal and Disney are competitors...you would have to contact Mears to arrange a trip from Universal to WDW.

www.mearstransportation.com

Or take a cab...which can be expensive.

 

[disneynutsss]

darn, thought i could get something free or cheap.

what is the price range for mears?

 

[Metro West]

darn, thought i could get something free or cheap.

what is the price range for mears?

It's $18.00 round trip per person but you can go on the website I gave you and do a calculation for a cab. They offer that through the website.

 

[torinsmom]

You could probably take a city bus to DTD and then take a Disney bus to a resort and then switch to a bus to the parks. I don't know if it would be worth the savings though.

 

[Kath2003]

You can walk to I-Drive (10 minutes), pick up the 8 bus to Sea World then change to the 50 and go to the TTC or DTD. It'll cost you $2 each way, but it'll take an hour. We do it though

Lynx would make a killing if they operated a direct route between the two parks (stopping at Sea World on the way perhaps) but I guess it's in neither company's interests to allow them to do so.

 

[torinsmom]

What hotel are you staying at? Some of the offsite hotels have shuttles to WDW. We are going in the summer and hoping to find a hotel that does this. Otherwise, we will rent a car for a few days. You can almost do that cheaper than Mears, even with 2 people.

 

[disneynutsss]

it had occured to me that i could probably take a shuttle to a nearby offsite hotel and then catch another from the hotel to DTD.

I am staying at the Hard Rock Hotel on site.

 

[Kath2003]

it had occured to me that i could probably take a shuttle to a nearby offsite hotel and then catch another from the hotel to DTD.

I am staying at the Hard Rock Hotel on site.

If you're talking about using the hotel's shuttle to get to Disney, you're not going to be able to do that without a ticket. Hotels only offer the service to their residents; you have to show a room key to get hold of a shuttle ticket (it's also to make sure that you don't have 200 people waiting for a 30-seater bus).

You basically have four options:

1. Cab
2. Rent a car
3. Public buses/walking
4. Mears shuttle

 

[torinsmom]

If you're talking about using the hotel's shuttle to get to Disney, you're not going to be able to do that without a ticket. Hotels only offer the service to their residents; you have to show a room key to get hold of a shuttle ticket (it's also to make sure that you don't have 200 people waiting for a 30-seater bus).

You basically have four options:

1. Cab
2. Rent a car
3. Public buses/walking
4. Mears shuttle

I don't know. This past summer when we were at Hyatt Place, I never saw anyone show a room ticket and we definitely didn't show one.

 

[Kath2003]

I don't know. This past summer when we were at Hyatt Place, I never saw anyone show a room ticket and we definitely didn't show one.

Really? I've stayed at 3 different I-Drive hotels which ALL required a ticket for the bus.

 

[torinsmom]

We were there 7 days and took the shuttle 6 of those. We just came downstairs and waited outside for the shuttle to come. Our shuttle stopped at a few other hotels, but all of them were on the street across from the entrance to Universal--I think it is Major or Caravan.

Marsha

 

[disneynutsss]

now that i think about it i have taken shuttles once or twice at hotels where i wasnt a guest either.