VWL Groupies & Lovers Thread (Special Collectors Edition 2.5) updated 2 February 2025

[jimmytammy]

Happy Easter Everyone!!

 

[rkstocke5609]

Happy Easter Everyone!!

He is Risen!

 

[Disney loving Iowan]

Happy Easter!!!!

 

[Corinne]

Glad you all had the same experience. I'm always hesitant to recommend food, but we thought it was the best meal we've had on property. Of course if we continue to recommend, then we won't be able to get a reservation!

I made a reservation there for my (ahem) milestone birthday dinner In June! Looking forward to it!

 

[Corinne]

Happy Easter Groupies!

 

[bobbiwoz]

Happy Easter Groupies!

 

[Disney loving Iowan]

Just saw a post on Facebook that someone lost their cat while staying at Ft. Wilderness. How sad. I hope they can get the word out and someone can find it.

 

[Corinne]

Corinne...this is exactly my question as well. We will be heading to WDW next month and I was wondering what the Groupies have been doing for transportation to/from MCO?

Granny- have you made a decision? I am leaning towards Mears as well. I was thinking about Lyft, but with all the surge pricing you really have no idea what the charge would be ahead of time. I am a planner, and like the idea of booking transportation in advance.

 

[momtwoboys]

We have used Orlando Limo Tours and they have been on time, clean, safe and quick to and from MCO to resort and back. Made ressies online, their price includes the tip roundtrip. We were at WL waiting for the ride back and a couple there was frustrated calling a taxi because the new Bus service (name escapes me) didnt show on time and they were freaking out. Just easier to book a car transport ahead and know its just for you and will be there!

 

[Disney loving Iowan]

We have used Orlando Limo Tours and they have been on time, clean, safe and quick to and from MCO to resort and back. Made ressies online, their price includes the tip roundtrip. We were at WL waiting for the ride back and a couple there was frustrated calling a taxi because the new Bus service (name escapes me) didnt show on time and they were freaking out. Just easier to book a car transport ahead and know its just for you and will be t

I assume you are talking about Sunshine Flyer Train bus? My nephew took that and said it was really disorganized and said he wouldn't take them again. I really think if you took ME in the past and liked it that Mears is the way to go if you want to do a bus since it is run by the same people that ran ME and it works the same.

 

[Disney loving Iowan]

Got the blues today. So hard not having a trip to plan or look forward to. It really sucks. On the bright side I see that character hugs are back today. Happy for those who love to meet the characters.

 

[Granny]

Granny- have you made a decision? I am leaning towards Mears as well. I was thinking about Lyft, but with all the surge pricing you really have no idea what the charge would be ahead of time. I am a planner, and like the idea of booking transportation in advance.

Corinne…I went ahead and booked Mears. $32 round trip per person most likely beats Uber/Lyft option. Plus we are in no hurry so this is a good trip to sample Mears.

 

[Disney loving Iowan]

Corinne…I went ahead and booked Mears. $32 round trip per person most likely beats Uber/Lyft option. Plus we are in no hurry so this is a good trip to sample Mears.

Granny I think if you took ME before you should be happy with it.

 

[ErinC]

Anybody have a clue about transportation to WDW from the Sanford Airport? I snagged 3 nights in July so that we can be there for Moonlight Madness at Hollywood Studios. We are flying into Sanford on Allegiant. Not planning on a rental car.

 

[PatMcDuck]

I used Sunshine Flyer back to MCO and it was fine. Nice clean bus, friendly driver. TVs were not on (fine with me!)

We missed the bus to resort as it was so much delayed we landed at 3:30 am and sat on tarmac until 5 am. Used Lyft, it was not surge pricing lol. So $42 to Beach Club. (Sunshine refunded the missed bus).

This was April 2nd, the day of mass cancellations.

 

[jimmytammy]

Anybody have a clue about transportation to WDW from the Sanford Airport? I snagged 3 nights in July so that we can be there for Moonlight Madness at Hollywood Studios. We are flying into Sanford on Allegiant. Not planning on a rental car.

We have rented cars from Sanford Airport before, relatively easy since its such a small airport. I would keep it as an option since Sanford is still at least an 45 mins-1 hour from WDW. Great thing is you can hit 407 toll rd from there almost direct which will drop you off near DS at exit 3 or nearer to AK at exit 1.

 

[Disney loving Iowan]

I used Sunshine Flyer back to MCO and it was fine. Nice clean bus, friendly driver. TVs were not on (fine with me!)

We missed the bus to resort as it was so much delayed we landed at 3:30 am and sat on tarmac until 5 am. Used Lyft, it was not surge pricing lol. So $42 to Beach Club. (Sunshine refunded the missed bus).

This was April 2nd, the day of mass cancellations.

Glad to hear you had a good experience with them. I wonder if my nephew had such a bad experience with them because he used them the first week they were in business. He said they were very disorganized.

I'm wondering if you take Uber or Lyft to the resort will they make a stop for you? There is a Wawa on the way I would like to stop at.

 

[rkstocke5609]

We have rented cars from Sanford Airport before, relatively easy since its such a small airport. I would keep it as an option since Sanford is still at least an 45 mins-1 hour from WDW. Great thing is you can hit 407 toll rd from there almost direct which will drop you off near DS at exit 3 or nearer to AK at exit 1.

I was down in Clearwater and a rental car for 3 days was $350. Rental car prices are really high due to the chip shortage, FYI…

 

[Granny]

Granny I think if you took ME before you should be happy with it.

Yeah, but we did get spoiled not having to lug our bags around the airport. I guess Bell Services at the resorts will make a lot more in tips this way since we were rarely in our room when our luggage got delivered using ME. I'm sure we will be fine, but if they ever want to bring back the bag checking service (for a fee of course), we would be very interested.

 

[Disney loving Iowan]

Yeah, but we did get spoiled not having to lug our bags around the airport. I guess Bell Services at the resorts will make a lot more in tips this way since we were rarely in our room when our luggage got delivered using ME. I'm sure we will be fine, but if they ever want to bring back the back checking service (for a fee of course), we would be very interested.

Oh yeah I forgot about that since we didn't have it the last time we took ME. That part of it was really missed by us. It was so nice not having to get our luggage.