Taxi cab fares to/from CSR

[RobAudJuliaMaya]

Hi there.

Planning a trip for late August (free dining - yay!) and debating between renting a car versus taking Disney transportation and cabs if we need to. I was curious about cab rates to and from the Soronado Springs Resort. I posted this question on another forum and got only a couple of responses. Everyone seemed to think the Disney transportation to/from CSR is wonderful. But what are taxi rates like?

I forgot to mention we have a 5yr old and 2 yr old and plan to start early,
head back to the resort early mid-day and still try to catch a couple of early afternoon parades at the parks. I'm afraid I might be underestimating the travel time it takes between the parks and CSR.

Counting on my fellow DISers to help me out with this decision.

 

[algg]

We jut got back from Coronado Springs two weeks ago. We took a cab over to the Carribean Resort to do the Pirate Cruise, it cost us $10.00 each way. That was the only cab we took, otherwise we used the bus system so I can not give you any more feedback. Enjoy your trip.

 

[momsoftwins]

i took 2 taxis each for magic kingdom to als movies and it was less then 20 bucks with tip....it was the best 40 bucks i spent

 

[disneychard]

Are the taxies waiting at the hotel or do you have to call for one?

 

[Carolinagirl77]

Are the taxies waiting at the hotel or do you have to call for one?

When we stayed at CS, we had to call for one.

 

[algg]

There are taxi's waiting at the hotel's. We did not need to call them.

 

[Tnkrbelle565]

If you need a taxi with carseats, you can order one at the front desk or your resorts. Everytime we've taken a cab it seems to cost about $20 with tip. But sometimes, when you don't want to spend an hour just getting to your ADRs, you'll fork up the $20! For instance, when we had to go from AKL to Fort Wilderness for Mickey's BYBBQ, we took a cab. Way to much time to take a bus to MK, take a bus/boat to FW, take another bus AROUND FW, and then walk to the pavilion. So we took a cab and got there in less than half the time.

I always "budget" at least an hour to get around WDW on the buses. We have stayed at POP and AKL in recent years and it's a good 20-25 minute drive to MK from there.