It depends on what your priorities are. There are limousine or van services that are direct, but can be more pricey. Mears bus service will tend to stop at 3 or 4 resorts and it depends on how lucky you are with their routing. It tends to do the more expensive resorts before the value resorts. I...
We drive down often from central NY with a travel trailer. We stop once of twice on the way down and camp for a couple days. We are retired and have no need to rush. We camp at Fort Wilderness when we get to Disney. If we fly down we often stay in one of the cabins.
Been at Pop many times and is one of my preferred as I like the food court and shop proximity. The rooms are comfy and while I have stayed at Port Orleans I still prefer Pop.
I used Mears before Magical Express and afterward. It does the job nicely and is convenient to book and they make your pickup times to return to MCO as expected or very close. It's an economical way to make it your resort.
We used Mears and while we did not get Disney cartoons we did get decent service at a good price. Our return driver was particularly punctual and nice.
I am not a big fan of Starbucks. If I do buy there it's the light blend, Pike is too bitter for me. Regardless I am wired for a couple hours. I do not mind Joffrey's. Disney switched because Nestle was decoupling itself from Disney and most people hated the Nescafe syrup that was used...
Remember several factors weighed on this decision. One buffets are not yet deemed safe by a good section of the public. Two Disney is still short staffed. Three what can be prepared with the current staffing. Does this mean fried chicken is gone forever? Time will tell. Personally I don't care...
I weighed in that neighborhood and the worse I had to do was ask for an extender. Seat belt lengths vary from seat to seat and airline to airline so you may need it or get away without it. I never had to pay for a second seat.