Transportation Experts...If you were to leave Jellyrolls

[ckay87]

Ok, we have a tentative plan to visit Jellyrolls after the Epcot closes. This is a RARE adults trip. It's also a one-day budget stop in Orlando (we are in FL for different reasons). I say this just so you don't ponder why I'm not staying on-site, using Disney transportation, etc. We've been-there-done-that, but this trip is different.

So leaving Jellyrolls, probably pretty late at night, for a hotel on International Drive, the best option would be a taxi, I assume? So what's the best taxi company (reliable and reasonable), do you think? Is it tough to get a cab at, say, midnight? Is it correct that a fare would be about $40? Where would you pick up a cab....I've never been to Jellyrolls, but I didn't think it has a entrance on a real street? Would we have to walk to a main road somewhere? Any other tips or ideas?

Yes, I realize these are seemingly stupid questions, but I don't think I've ever roamed Disney property so late at night. And it's a girls night out woohoo, so I just want to make sure I understand what I'm doing before I actually do it! Thanks so much!

 

[robinb]

You would pick the taxi up at the Boardwalk entrance. IIRC Disney works with one company (Mears, maybe?) so you don't have to worry about fly-by-night cabbies because they won't let them on property unless they have a drop-off. I don't know if the Swolphin has the same restrictions.

I think that Mears also has a fare estimator on their website.

ETA: The parking valet at the Boardwalk will call you a cab if there is not one waiting.

 

[skelooch]

Just walk from Jellyrolls to the BW lobby, (short walk), go outside to the valet desk and they will get you a taxi within minutes, there will probably be taxis there waiting for fares.
Mears will more than likely be the taxi you will get, I believe they are the official taxi co. at WDW.

 

[ckay87]

Wow, that's great, I'm glad I asked because I would not have guessed that. Wasn't up to searching the yellow pages for cab companies with a few drinks in me . Excellent, thanks again!

 

[seashoreCM]

The official cab company is either Yellow or Checker. Both of those in Orlando are Mears subsidiaries.