Could have rented a car for one day which more than likely would have been cheaper than a taxi.
There is Alamo onsite or many of the hotels across from DTD have rental agency's. Hilton has Avis, Wyndham has Dollar. We have done one or two day rentals from both locations and the rentals are even cheaper than an airport rental because you are not paying the added airport fees. Usually we have paid around $30 for the car.
Although you already solved the problem through the time and expense of using a taxi, here's what I would have recommended to you if you hadn't:
I agree with seashoreCM.
You rode on DME and are entitled to free DME bag delivery to your room.
Unclaimed bags are locked up by the airline. Airlines work with DME to release unclaimed bags (including those without yellow tags) to DME so that DME can deliver the bags to the correct guests' rooms, based on DME's passenger records and the airline's baggage claim tags.
You probably told the DME desk at the airport that you had no bags for delivery, so DME was not looking for bags to deliver to your room. Call Disney's Magical Express Guest Services at 866-599-0951. Tell them you made an error and have a bag after all. Ask DME to deliver it to your room.
Go out and have fun. The bag should be in your room when you return.
Airlines at MCO routinely release bags to Disney's Magical Express, including bags that do not have yellow DME tags.And this may not work.
At this point the bag is the airlines. They generally want some ID to release it and won't randomly release it.
Airlines at MCO routinely release bags to Disney's Magical Express, including bags that do not have yellow DME tags.
That's wild that they took your bag. How did they know?
I found this out the hard way. In April, I was scheduled on a 6 a.m. flight. It was delayed several times, then eventually cancelled. The airline could not get me on a flight until early evening, but my suitcase was sent ahead. When I arrived in MCO at 9 p.m., no one knew where my bag was. After spending an hour looking and talking to Customer Service, someone thought to check with Disney. My bag had been taken to my hotel, even though there was no yellow tag.
I was glad to have found it, but not so happy that they picked it up without a DME tag.