News Disney's Magical Express to end after 2021

[larryz]

Agreed. Ride shares made it to cheap and easy to get out of the bubble. Made DME useless as a tool to keep you there.

 

[larryz]

Now a thought?

MOST of us tended to fly into MCO, rather than SFO.... because MDE did not service Sanford.
This was probably the major reason for NOT using Allegiant.

Now - no MDE. Has the equation changed?

SFO is San Francisco.

Sanford is SFB.

 

[JoeCamel]

UberXL is currently 108.27 from MCO to GF

Surge pricing will happen but I just checked and its $35 for UberX and $53 for UberXL.

MCO to Pop.

I wonder if the price is adjusted based on the destination class? GF vs Pop.....

 

[tanc]

You don't think people in 2004 weren't calling for taxis to go else where?

 

[lewisc]

I wonder if the price is adjusted based on the destination class? GF vs Pop.....

No. The prices were all about the same. I checked a few resorts WL was a couple of dollars higher.n GF is one of the longest rides from MCO, it's always a few dollars more.
Almost 2 hours between the posts. High dynamic prices don't normally last long.

 

[JoeCamel]

No. The prices were all about the same. I checked a few resorts WL was a couple of dollars higher.n GF is one of the longest rides from MCO, it's always a few dollars more.
Almost 2 hours between the posts. High dynamic prices don't normally last long.

They are missing a bet then

 

[TheGuyThatMakesSwords]

SFO is San Francisco.

Sanford is SFB.

Original post corrected.

 

[DCBaker]

Sunshine Flyer officially begins service today -








Video tour -

 

[Jcf8037]

Sunshine Flyer officially begins service today -








Video tour -

Only a matter of time before Mickey is the engineer of these trains

 

[tanc]

Hard to believe it's been a month since the magical express pretty much ended operations. I do have some hope that it is brought back in some way by Disney. I can't imagine them sitting back when you have now a themed ride to and from your park. It's not a generic coach bus, so it may actually pull in some good revenue.

 

[mattpeto]

Hard to believe it's been a month since the magical express pretty much ended operations. I do have some hope that it is brought back in some way by Disney. I can't imagine them sitting back when you have now a themed ride to and from your park. It's not a generic coach bus, so it may actually pull in some good revenue.

They have added shuttle services onto to packages. The whole thing is annoying and remains my #1 grievance that they did in the last few years.

 

[tanc]

How have the alternative services been? Has been a while since ME ended.

 

[DisneyDreamer08]

I used Mears last January. No issues, very similar to DME. It did make stops at several Disney resorts and of course, my stop was towards the end.

 

[Sirwalterraleigh]

I used Mears last January. No issues, very similar to DME. It did make stops at several Disney resorts and of course, my stop was towards the end.

More expensive by a factor of infinity though…

 

[RememberWhen]

My sister had trouble with Mears Connect not showing up to take her family to the airport. I don’t know if they did eventually show, because we drove them. Luckily her kids and mine are about the same size so they fit in our car seats. My mom had no problems with sunshine flyer.

 

[DisneyDreamer08]

More expensive by a factor of infinity though…

I was traveling solo so $32 was not a big deal.

 

[Sirwalterraleigh]

I was traveling solo so $32 was not a big deal.

Yeah but still.

No reasons given and higher rates charged

 

[Djsfantasi]

I used Mears Connect both ways and chose the non-stop option. More like an Uber/Lyft than ME. It was perfect. No wait upon arrival and quickly snd directly to resort when we got off plane. Expensive, yes. But worth it to me.

Update: Mears Express was $74 for two people direct to resort. Vehicle was limousine quality.

 

[ToTBellHop]

Early reviews of Sunshine Flyer weren’t great so we canceled. We will just get a shared ride.

 

[Crunchie9]

I was traveling solo so $32 was not a big deal.

Could have Ubered for that price. Direct to destination too.