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Has anyone put a scooter in the back of a minivan?

Tasscrapper

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So, I need a scooter to do Disney. We were planning on renting a mini van and putting a portable one in the back and after seeing a youtube video by Gold Mobility I doubt one would actually fit. We have 6 people to transport so we will not be able to put seats down. Does anyone have first hand experience of a scooter fitting in a mini van?
 
Most of the 3rd rows are 60/40 split. Could the 2 in the back get cozy and you put the smaller side down? Otherwise, unless the scooter can be broken in to pieces I don’t think it would fit without damaging the scooter or van interior.
 
Yes they could get cozy. :) We are getting there a day early so I think I might want to go to the location and check if it will actually fit and if so rent one. If not I'll have to get to the parks early to try and get one there. Maybe with faith, hope, and pixie dust it will all work out.
 
We only had a party of 3, but fit two victory 10.2s in the back of a mini van by folding down the back row entirely, just get one tall enough to not need to remove the seat and it will be easier. Just fold the seat and lower the tiller and remove the basket. You will have to fold part of the back row down though. If you can't fold anything down, then you would need to take apart the victory 10.2 (doable, but difficult) to fit it in.
 
We only had a party of 3, but fit two victory 10.2s in the back of a mini van by folding down the back row entirely, just get one tall enough to not need to remove the seat and it will be easier. Just fold the seat and lower the tiller and remove the basket. You will have to fold part of the back row down though. If you can't fold anything down, then you would need to take apart the victory 10.2 (doable, but difficult) to fit it in.
Thank you for telling me this. It gives hope that I might be able to fit it. Where did you rent from?
 
We have placed a Pride Go-Go Sport in the back of a mini van. It will need to be broken down completely and some pieces stacked if you cannot fold down any seats.
We have done it in our own van and also recently done it in a taxi van without the seats folded down.
 
Thank you for telling me this. It gives hope that I might be able to fit it. Where did you rent from?
Gold Mobility for the scooter, the MiniVan from Dollar, just whatever rental company you use, get whatever option they have that allows you to skip the rental desk and go straight to picking up the car.
 


Well after ignoring this problem for almost a month because it was stressing me out so much I finally bit the bullet and ordered a scooter from Gold Mobility. Now I'm just praying it will fit in the rental van.
 
We were able to fit a scooter in the back of a Toyota sienna years ago when my grandfather went with us. We were a party of 6 and everything fit just fine. A few years ago we put my mom’s scooter in the back of a suburban and we had five people that year. Good luck!
 
I thought after all the helpful replies that I got I would return and report with how we did with the scooter. I ended up ordering the scooter from Walker Mobility because they would deliver and pick up at my hotel and Gold Mobility wouldn’t. It was waiting for me when I got there and they picked it up the morning we left. The scooter itself seemed bulkier than the GoGo Prides that I saw in the parks but it did fit in the trunk of our Pacifica minivan. the basket came off, both batteries came off, the seat came off, the back wheels separated from the front section and the handle layer down flat. My hubby said the seat itself seemed as heavy as the batteries. If I had to do it again I would probably try and find a GoGo Pride just because they looked a bit smaller and probably easier to deal with. It was pretty comfortable, the pink color was easy to find and I got compliments on it, and most importantly the batteries lasted really well. Most days I was in the parks 8-10 hours I think and it normally only went down two light squares on the power. The only day it got to half power was an Epcot day when it hadn’t gotten plugged in the night before and only got about 3 hours charge. At no point was I ever stressed about it running out of power. I will say that the battery lids didn’t stay snug when the batteries were being moved but honestly it didn’t really cause problems. I would be willing to rent from Walker’s again.
 

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Yes, that definitely is much larger than my Pride Go Go Sport. Glad you could still make it work. 😁
 

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