What should I do with my car rental?

[sandiegosusie]

We are renting a car and driving up from WDW the morning of our Feb 13 cruise. I thought we would just park and pay because it is still cheaper than the shuttle (we got a great deal). But now that I think about it, why should I pay for something that I am not going to be using for 3 days...so my question is this: Where is there a National car rental desk that I can drop my car off at near the port? Has anyone ever done this same scenario before?

 

[Hygiene99]

YES WE HAVE AND THE ANWSER IS ...
rent a car from AVIS this would be a one way rental
u can drop it off at the raddison hotel and take the free shuttle they provide over to the port, they will also pick u up after the cruise and take u back to get a rental for your return to airport
peter

 

[pal2pluto]

Look on dave's site www.dcltribute.com as he has extensive info on rental cars and locations. If I remember correctly, National is about 7 miles away from port and you'll need to hire a taxi to get to port.

On the other hand, Avis is at the Radisson, about 1 mile away, and they have a free shuttle to get to port. You can find a discount code on www.mousesavers.com for avis rentals. We got a midsize car for $45 one way. Just an option........

 

[DVC-Don]

We are just going to park our rental at the port for this same cruise. Still worked out cheaper than a towncar from MCO to ASMo to the Port, back to the VWL and then to MCO.

 

[sandiegosusie]

I've been crunching the numbers and it is still working out cheaper for us too. Thanks for your reply! Did you rent through National? Is this your first Dis cruise? I am surprising my husband for his 40th. The kids are in on it and thrilled! Maybe we will see you there!!!!!

 

[Dave_from_Marietta]

When crunching your numbers, remember that parking costs $10/day.

 

[disneyholic family]

we parked our rental at the port....
i didn't even bother crunching the numbers...
whatever the difference might have been was worth it to me in terms of convenience...there's nothing more convenient than walking 5 feet to the car, piling everything in and heading right back to WDW...
in any case, we had the car for 3 weeks....3 days before the cruise and two and half weeks after the cruise...

 

[DVC-Don]

We factored in the parking charge. We have a full size reserved (and a free upgrade to premium coupon stashed in my PassPorter) with Dollar that we got a sweet price on a couple of months ago. If I reserved it now, it would be $200 more! Yep, this is our first cruise.