We didn't rent from MCO but from RSW (Ft Myers) in April.
DH forgot to put in the skip the counter for the 7 seater van so we both went and they offered us an 8 seater for $100 more. Well I was happy-we were in sunny FL and no school/work for 10 days. We looked at each other and said sure. There would be a few days when we had 8 anyways.
So we go back to the kiosk and they couldn't find an 8 seater. Then they said they were going to upgrade us to an 8 seater SUV, I asked if it was the one with the big back/trunk and the lady said yes.
Out comes a Ford Expidition (I think I know it was Ford). It had 8 seats, I put my carry on up front, went to open the back since there were 6 of us and I needed to put out 6 pieces of luggage in there and I said "NO". My DH came and looked and realized why I said that. There was barely enough room to put in 2 suitcases. We got upgraded to a traverse a few years ago and this SUV had as much luggage space as that. I knew our beach loading was going to suck as there was no way to get 7 chairs and a cooler in that (we were headed to my sisters house and she was going with is all week) plus boogie boards, fishing rods, etc...
The lady at the counter said "you can put the seats down". Um, no, what's the point of the 8 seater (BIL was going to come with us some days too...with the 7 seater we would of taken 2 cars) if we can't fit 8 people and all our beach gear.
So they looked again, it took a good 5-10 min. DH was ready to say forget it we will go back to the 7 seater van when 'cue the music' , holy mother of god....the big one came out. The Yukon XL....
Guess what we reserved for next April, yep the XL. Can't go back to van with all of us-DH, me, our 3 kids, my mother, my sister and occasionally my BIL. It was the most comfortable ride ever, we took it to the keys and back, up tonshark tooth Beach (englewood area) twice. Went out a few times with all 8 of us and I sat in the back and was comfy!