Transportation questions

[jaberwock]

Next April (yes I am a crazy early planner!) we are taking a cruise on the Magic followed by 6 days at the Wilderness. We will be a group of 8 and usually get a rental car when we are at WDW. My question is what will be the most economic way to do this? It seems like a little bit of a waste of time to get a transfer back to MCO to pick up a rental car and it looks expensive to pick up in one place and drop off in another. Anyone else have experience with this? I am figuring we would need two small cars or one 8 passenger minivan.

 

[MommaPeel]

there are several rental car locations on WDW property. one at the swan/dolphin, one at the hyatt i think in DTD and one at the hess station. I think they are Avis or Hertz and hte one at the Hyatt is Dollar.

 

[jdb in AZ]

How are you getting from MCO to the port and back? DCL bus transfers are $35 per person each way, or $560 round trip for the eight of you. It would be much cheaper to rent a car, even if you have to pay to park it at the port. Or do two one-way rentals, whichever is cheaper.

Are you flying in the day before your cruise? Some Port Canaveral hotels offer a park and cruise deal where you can leave your car at the hotel and catch the hotel shuttle.

 

[jaberwock]

Thanks guys, yes we are planning on flying in the day before the cruise. It seems like the best bet is to rent a car and park it.

 

[dad4dis]

Costco will have some really great deals from time to time if you're a member. You need to keep checking their website up until you leave. We changed reservations probably a half dozen times. Every time a cheaper quote would appear we would drop the previous res and grab the new on.

 

[MouseMomx2]

Thanks guys, yes we are planning on flying in the day before the cruise. It seems like the best bet is to rent a car and park it.

I would price out two one-way car rentals. One for the day you need it pre-cruise, and one for the longer stay post-cruise. There are many rental agencies in the Port Canaveral area and they have shuttles to/from the cruise terminal.

I think doing it that way would be cheaper than renting it for the entire time and paying to park it while you are on the cruise. Since you are a group of 8 you might want to look into the price for two sedans, rather than one large van.