KristinU
DIS Veteran
- Joined
- Mar 25, 2000
We will be taking the Mears shuttle to WBC from the airport. And our run is at 10:00 at night, so I don't think we will have trouble getting there on time. We will most likely have to take a taxi after the run, since it will be so late after the after party, but we are okay with that. Others who have done the run told me that they walked back to WBC afterwards, along with dozens of other people, as it ends at Epcot. Are the shuttle schedules not accurate? The one I looked at showed many shuttles, from morning to evening? We really, really don't want to rent a car. The price, the hold on my one credit card, driving in an unfamiliar place. I hate driving in traffic anyway and posts on here said the traffic on Disney property is horrible if you don't know where you are going. Thank you for your info, I will look into it further and see if I was given correct info.
I ran W&D this past year and stayed onsite at OKW, with a rental car and we were glad we had it there. We're going back for 2015 W&D and are staying at WBC. And honestly, I wouldn't consider it without a car. You'll need to get to the ESPN Wide World of Sports before the race (either the day before or earlier in the day on the day of the race) to pick up your packets, so that would be a taxi. Then getting back to WBC after the after-party from Epcot is late-late-late and I'm not sure if they'll be shuttling at that time. Plus, when we were ready to go, we were ready to go (especially this year, it was rainy). The cost of the shuttles is what? $5 each? Multiply that by the two of you by how many ever trips back and forth plus cab fare here and there plus a grocery delivery fee plus your Mears fares and you'll probably pay a lot less for a rental. Orlando usually has some great rental deals, I think ours was around $20 a day. I don't think traffic is bad on property. I-4 coming from the airport can have some traffic depending on the time of day, but everything is well labeled and you won't get lost.
Happy planning! Wine and Dine was a blast, even in the rain!