Uber or car rental

[bellelayne1]

Hey all, I'm surprising my hubby with a trip to Orlando in March. I'm going to leave it up to him as to what he wants to do. WDW, Universal, etc. I'm guessing three at disney, one at Universal and one bumming around. So not much driving all over. I'm worried about parking and tolls to be honest.
We are staying off site. Would you rent a car and pay parking fees too or would you Uber? What are your experiences with both types of getting around?
Thanks in advance!

 

[JimMIA]

For WDW and Universal, I'm sure you'd be fine with Uber. Uber is readily available anywhere in the Orlando area, and pickup times are short.

For your planning purposes, you can get fare estimates at RideGuru.com. Just enter your starting and ending points, hit search, and the fares pop up. If it will just be the two of you, you'll be fine with Uber X. If you want to do a more upscale ride for some special occasion (e.g. nice dinner) you could get a nicer car by ordering Select

On your day "bumming around," you'd probably have no trouble Ubering, but it will be hard to estimate the cost because you have no plan for that day yet. In estimating your Uber expense, I would use a significant "fudge factor," because you really don't know how many trips you will take, whether there might be "surge" during some of those trips, etc.

For estimating the total rental car cost, you'll have not only the car cost, but also gas, some tolls, and possibly insurance. You will also have parking costs at Universal and WDW theme parks, so research those costs. Depending on where you are staying, you might also have a nightly or length-of-stay parking fee at the resort, so don't forget to ask about that.

There are several other options, one of which is doing a mix of Uber/rental car. Also, some of the offsite resorts have their own bus system, which may or may not be beneficial.

Good luck and have a great trip!