Ways to get to the airport in the early AM

[debbie in Seattle]

Am going to the F&W in October and am meeting sis and bro-in-law, they will pick us up at the airport.
Our flight home, we need to be at the airport by 6am. Any suggestions (and cost) to get back to the airport?

Thanks

 

[Plutofan]

Why don't you check with member services to see if you can use Magical Express for the trip back to the airport. You can not beat the price - free.

 

[debbie in Seattle]

thanks. I don't think ME runs as early as we need to get to the airport, but I'll call.

 

[Kevin&Randall]

Am going to the F&W in October and am meeting sis and bro-in-law, they will pick us up at the airport.
Our flight home, we need to be at the airport by 6am. Any suggestions (and cost) to get back to the airport?

Thanks

Wow! That is EARLY.

I haven't heard Magical Express running that early, but one would think something could be arranged. If not, there is a company out there called "Tiffany Towncar" that provides great service to / from the airport. A good Google search will get you to an appropriate website.

Randall

 

[Doctor P]

I know for a fact that Tiffany can get you there on time. Our driver was talking about having a pick up at OKW at 4:00 am the day he picked us up at the airport.

 

[LisaS]

You could do a one-way car rental. Pick up the car the evening before at the Dolphin (National and Alamo have a desk there) and drop it off at the airport. We've done this in reverse (picked up the car at MCO, dropped it off at the Dolphin). It cost us $36 with a discount code we had.

 

[ccw]

For 7 a.m. departure flight in November, ME picked my friend up at OKW at 3:45 a.m.!!! Not fun. Take a book or a pillow to pass the time in the MCO airport!

 

[maine_jennifer]

I've had two 7am flights, one in July '04 and one this past October, and used Sunray Transportation for both. Like most car services, they picked me up 2 hrs beforehand. ME is 3 hrs before. Going down this weekend and will have another 7am flight on Tuesday. Will be using Sunray again - service is great and I highly recommend them. It's nice to wake up and have my biggest worry be 'what did I forget', not 'is my car service out there waiting for me'. Good Luck!

Cheers!

 

[CleveRocks]

DME is a 24/7 operation.

 

[Maude4Disney]

We used FL Tours on our last trip. They picked us up at 5 AM for a 7 AM flight. I'm not sure how much a one way trip is though. You could check their site for a quote. I know there have been some negative reviews on them lately, but we had terrific service and would use them again if needed.

 

[seashoreCM]

If you want to you can book a hotel near the airport (or even in the airport, the Hyatt) for your last night and take Disney's Magical Express back that evening. Pick a flight, any flight, any airline, leaving that last evening and schedule your DME trip back the usual mandatory 3 hours in advance of that flight which you won't actually take.

Much easier to get up early for your real flight the next morning, much less anxiety too.

Disney hints:
http://members.aol.com/ajaynejr/magicx.htm