Rental Car or Mears Shuttle??

fun4bru · 02-28-2006

Ok guys southwest is making it really hard with their crazy deals... I decided that we were going to take a shuttle from the airport to the hotel which costs 60.00 for myself and my husnad my son who is two is free... Well southwest has come up with a deal through dollar rental for 109.00 that is a rental car for the whole week... We would still be taking a shuttle from the hotel to the park. And I am not sure that we would need a car but I do not want to be kicking myself for not taking this deal.... We are staying for 7 days and have disney hopper passes for all of the days. The only thing that we are doing outside the park is the richard petty experince HUGHHHHH any insite from anyone???

E&B's Mom · 02-28-2006

Go with a town car service. There are so many in the area, and many will make a free 30 monite stop at a grocery store for you to stock up on drinks/snacks for your room. You will NOT need a car at WDW, and the Mears/Shuttle service is so inconvenient. You check in, you wait, they stop at 3 other hotels on the way. With a car service they are waiting for you only at baggage, help you with your bags, stop at a grocery store and take you directly to your hotel for less than $100 round trip.

If you are thinking about a shuttle though, have you thought about Magical Express. It's WDW's very own (new) shuttle service, but I think it is only free for a few months more (introductory special). I have never had occasion to use it, but others here have.

queensmama · 02-28-2006

Magical express is easy and free to use.

If you want a towncar experience go with quicksilver.

Franco54 · 02-28-2006

We like having a car because we go off site alot. Thats a pretty good deal for a car for the week, what size is it? But if your going to use a service the Magical Express is just fine and free. Maybe a call to see if its going to be free when you go, just one mans humble opinion.

mlsexton · 02-28-2006

I am getting ready to do the ME. We never get a car anymore, it ends up being more of a hassle than anything, since the bus takes us anywhere we want to go. I have heard that the towncar thing is a pretty good deal too, especially with the grocery stop.

fun4bru · 02-28-2006

Can you use the magical express if you are staying off site though?

Franco54 · 02-28-2006

I am sorry now that I read your question again no is the answer to using ME. I beg your pardon

**Cincy** · 02-28-2006

$109 for the week. Jump on it and get the car.

If not, call Quicksilver.

Boss Mouse · 02-28-2006

Again, the down side is picking it up and droppig it off afterwards. I like the towncar service - quick easy, they know to where they are going .....

Kippage · 02-28-2006

$109 with unlimited miles? Wow!

But if you're going to spend most of your time onsite, I'd pass. Just a service for Petty.

That said, I drive from the other end of FL, so I always have a car.

boo's_parents · 02-28-2006

It's never $109 though...Florida throws their taxes on it, insurance, etc. and before you know it, it's not nearly the deal that it looks like up front.

fun4bru · 02-28-2006

Boo you are exactly right when I really started looking into it, It is about 145.00 for the week. Still a deal but something that I am not sure that we are going to need... We are not going to land in Orlando until 10 pm so I am hoping that there are not any other Mears travelers with us, even if there what does it matter because the nest day when we wake up WE ARE GOING TO DISNEY WORLD!!!!!

Franco54 · 03-01-2006

Although WDW bus service is just fine count me out thank you. Our first two trips we used the buses and they were ok, but not all had the Disney rainbow above them. Not all the princesses and Toystory boys and even the adults were sprinkily pixie-dust. Not all were on time with a smile and a good amount of the boys and girls must have left thier manners at home. I admit to not being the most patient person but there is not always Disney music playing as you drive into one of the parks on thier buses. I also see no problems with picking up or dropping off a rental, we have never had to wait long at all before we were on our way. Everyone is different but I will drive myself thank you very much.

**ddoll** · 03-01-2006

Why would you choose to take a shuttle to the parks if you have your own rental car? Wouldn't you prefer to have the flexibility to come and go when you want to, rather than waiting for the shuttle?

We always get a rental car, whether we stay onsite or offsite. There's so much freedoom there. Plus, being offsite, you can eat at some very good, inexpensive places offsite rather than pay exhorbitant park food prices.

Franco54 · 03-01-2006

I am with you DDoll!!!

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fun4bru Mouseketeer Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Pittsburgh PA Posts: 67	Rental Car or Mears Shuttle?? Ok guys southwest is making it really hard with their crazy deals... I decided that we were going to take a shuttle from the airport to the hotel which costs 60.00 for myself and my husnad my son who is two is free... Well southwest has come up with a deal through dollar rental for 109.00 that is a rental car for the whole week... We would still be taking a shuttle from the hotel to the park. And I am not sure that we would need a car but I do not want to be kicking myself for not taking this deal.... We are staying for 7 days and have disney hopper passes for all of the days. The only thing that we are doing outside the park is the richard petty experince HUGHHHHH any insite from anyone??? __________________

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E&B's Mom Just keep swimming . . . Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Massachusetts Posts: 1,856	Re: Rental Car or Mears Shuttle?? Go with a town car service. There are so many in the area, and many will make a free 30 monite stop at a grocery store for you to stock up on drinks/snacks for your room. You will NOT need a car at WDW, and the Mears/Shuttle service is so inconvenient. You check in, you wait, they stop at 3 other hotels on the way. With a car service they are waiting for you only at baggage, help you with your bags, stop at a grocery store and take you directly to your hotel for less than $100 round trip. If you are thinking about a shuttle though, have you thought about Magical Express. It's WDW's very own (new) shuttle service, but I think it is only free for a few months more (introductory special). I have never had occasion to use it, but others here have. __________________ Maggie Avatar: New Years Resolutions Realistic - to get back into my best running shape. New Years Resolution Dream - to run a marathon 2006 - US Hard Rock Hotel 2005 - US Royal Pacific and Rennaisance at Sea World 2003 - All-Star Sports 2000 - All-Star Movies 1995 - Off Site My Disney Countdown Counting down to: RCCL Liberty of the Seas Sailing, Sailing . . . . .

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queensmama VMK Know-it-all Join Date: May 2004 Location: Stuck with the Children of the Corn Posts: 1,821	Re: Rental Car or Mears Shuttle?? Magical express is easy and free to use. If you want a towncar experience go with quicksilver. __________________ Did you ever know that you are my hero!

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Franco54 Mouse Meister Join Date: May 2003 Location: Quincy ma Posts: 1,231	Re: Rental Car or Mears Shuttle?? We like having a car because we go off site alot. Thats a pretty good deal for a car for the week, what size is it? But if your going to use a service the Magical Express is just fine and free. Maybe a call to see if its going to be free when you go, just one mans humble opinion. __________________ My Disney Countdown Counting down to: Disney Trip 31 days 8 hours 10 minutes

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mlsexton Senior Mouseketeer Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: NC Posts: 188	Re: Rental Car or Mears Shuttle?? I am getting ready to do the ME. We never get a car anymore, it ends up being more of a hassle than anything, since the bus takes us anywhere we want to go. I have heard that the towncar thing is a pretty good deal too, especially with the grocery stop. __________________ 1989 - Caribbean Beach Resort 1996 - All Star Music 1997 - All Star Music 2001 - Off Property 2001 - Boardwalk Villas 2004 - Boardwalk Villas 2006 - Boardwalk Villas

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fun4bru Mouseketeer Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Pittsburgh PA Posts: 67	Re: Rental Car or Mears Shuttle?? Can you use the magical express if you are staying off site though? __________________

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Franco54 Mouse Meister Join Date: May 2003 Location: Quincy ma Posts: 1,231	Re: Rental Car or Mears Shuttle?? I am sorry now that I read your question again no is the answer to using ME. I beg your pardon __________________ My Disney Countdown Counting down to: Disney Trip 31 days 8 hours 10 minutes

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Cincy Moderator Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Cincynatti.... where else! Posts: 1,467	Re: Rental Car or Mears Shuttle?? $109 for the week. Jump on it and get the car. If not, call Quicksilver. __________________ droopydog If you need a shoulder to cry on..... pull over.

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Boss Mouse Gearing Up Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Coolsville Posts: 4,339	Re: Rental Car or Mears Shuttle?? Again, the down side is picking it up and droppig it off afterwards. I like the towncar service - quick easy, they know to where they are going ..... __________________ 1979 - Wilderness Campground 1980 - Off site - I don't remember where. It was the 80's. 1999 - AllStar 2001 - Beach Club 2004 - Saratoga Springs 2005 - Beach Club 2006 - Saratoga Springs 2007 - Boardwalk 2008 - OKW 2009 - A Tree House! ___________________________________________ The Jungle VIP. "We did not inherit the world from our ancestors; We are borrowing it from our children." My Disney Countdown Counting down to: Monkeying around in a tree house Swinging w/the king

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Kippage Keeping it real since '83 Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Pensacola, FL Posts: 2,100	Re: Rental Car or Mears Shuttle?? $109 with unlimited miles? Wow! But if you're going to spend most of your time onsite, I'd pass. Just a service for Petty. That said, I drive from the other end of FL, so I always have a car. __________________ Victoria Twitter Myspace Flickr Good Reads "...perfection is unattainable. Perfection is a conceit. Perfection actually lies in fully loving the defect. I think that's perfection. It's like what the guy says in Hellboy, he says, "We like people for their qualities; we love them for their defects." It's true in life. It's the same." - Guillermo del Toro

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boo's_parents Senior Mouseketeer Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Wethersfield, CT Posts: 304	Re: Rental Car or Mears Shuttle?? It's never $109 though...Florida throws their taxes on it, insurance, etc. and before you know it, it's not nearly the deal that it looks like up front. __________________ 2008 - Cheatin' on the Mouse - Portofino Bay 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004 - BCV 2003 - Contemporary (1st Disney Vacation with the kids!) 1997 - Caribbean Beach Resort (1st Disney Vacation together!) 1977 - boo's Dad's first Disney trip (thanks always, Mom and Dad)

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fun4bru Mouseketeer Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Pittsburgh PA Posts: 67	Re: Rental Car or Mears Shuttle?? Boo you are exactly right when I really started looking into it, It is about 145.00 for the week. Still a deal but something that I am not sure that we are going to need... We are not going to land in Orlando until 10 pm so I am hoping that there are not any other Mears travelers with us, even if there what does it matter because the nest day when we wake up WE ARE GOING TO DISNEY WORLD!!!!! __________________

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Franco54 Mouse Meister Join Date: May 2003 Location: Quincy ma Posts: 1,231	Re: Rental Car or Mears Shuttle?? Although WDW bus service is just fine count me out thank you. Our first two trips we used the buses and they were ok, but not all had the Disney rainbow above them. Not all the princesses and Toystory boys and even the adults were sprinkily pixie-dust. Not all were on time with a smile and a good amount of the boys and girls must have left thier manners at home. I admit to not being the most patient person but there is not always Disney music playing as you drive into one of the parks on thier buses. I also see no problems with picking up or dropping off a rental, we have never had to wait long at all before we were on our way. Everyone is different but I will drive myself thank you very much. __________________ My Disney Countdown Counting down to: Disney Trip 31 days 8 hours 10 minutes

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ddoll Singing In My Head Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: RI Posts: 5,257	Re: Rental Car or Mears Shuttle?? Why would you choose to take a shuttle to the parks if you have your own rental car? Wouldn't you prefer to have the flexibility to come and go when you want to, rather than waiting for the shuttle? We always get a rental car, whether we stay onsite or offsite. There's so much freedoom there. Plus, being offsite, you can eat at some very good, inexpensive places offsite rather than pay exhorbitant park food prices. __________________ Moderator of DVC, Disney Company • 3/96 Offsite • 9/98 Villa • 10/98 Dixie Landings • 8/00 Villa • 6/01 Disneyland, CA • 5/02 Villa • 6/03 Villa • 11/03 Wilderness Lodge • 8/04 PopCentury, Swan & Royal Pacific • 12/04 Swan • 8/05 Swan & Hard Rock Hotel • 11/05 Swan • 1/06 Swan • 9/06 Disneyland, CA• 12/06 Swan & HRH • 1/07 Swan • 10/07 Hard Rock Hotel • 12/07 Hard Rock & Swan • 1/08 Boardwalk• 10/08 Villa• 1/09 Swan • 8/09 Condo • 1/10 Swan & PBR My Disney Countdown Counting down to: Viva Las Vegas! 18 days 8 hours 10 minutes

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Franco54 Mouse Meister Join Date: May 2003 Location: Quincy ma Posts: 1,231	Re: Rental Car or Mears Shuttle?? I am with you DDoll!!! __________________ My Disney Countdown Counting down to: Disney Trip 31 days 8 hours 10 minutes