Club Cooloholic
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That's classified.Were you guys on a mission for the CIA or something?
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insiders ONLY... is there a possibility that the Magical Express comes back..
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Sirwalterraleigh
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networkpro
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- In the Parks
- Yes
Did you ask one of the Bus Drivers?
JusticeDisney
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Until somebody points me to a service where I donāt have to touch my luggage from the time I leave it at my home airport until the time that it appears in my resort room, there are no meaningful comparisons between the former ME and what exists now.
Bingo. We used it twice, once it worked fine... the other time is took hours from out trip. Nothing more annoying than standing in a line for 3 hours just to get to the resort where you'll be standing in line every hour you are there for something.
Goofyernmost
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Pretty much how it was done for the first 34 years of the existence of WDW. It seemed to do well over those years.
graphite1326
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I really hope they bring back the airport check in at the resort. I really hate going to the airport and standing in that long line. They could still do this even though they don't bring back ME.
graphite1326
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Actually kangaroos can be very aggressive when cornered and maybe it is possible to be killed by one.
Gringrinngghost
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What I am saying is that is astronomically small.Actually kangaroos can be very aggressive when cornered and maybe it is possible to be killed by one.
jloucks
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MCO car rentals can be a hot mess if you arrive late at night.
Our one and only trip we made where we did Uni first, we felt the pain of no DME. We arrived super late (like midnightish) and we were going to rent a car, but the line, I shoot you not, was well over an hour long. We were so tired and just wanted to get to our room.
After standing in line for about 10 minutes and seeing how slow it was moving, I ducked out the door and asked a Mears black suv how much to Uni. Only ~$50! ...this was a few years ago and I have written about it before.
And with that, the odds of me ever renting a car in Orlando just plummeted.
With the demise of DME, the odds of me ever going to Orlando again just plummeted.
One a side note, I don't agree that DME is a free ride as life has taught me nothing is free. Obviously the cost is built into the visit.
We are all going to pay one way or another to get from MCO to WDW. Why can't Disney just build it in and get the money? Now the money goes to Mears directly. More importantly, it makes the whole experience feel shoddy.
That is why I have been mostly cruising as of late. If you love Disney, but are tired of the parks, you should try the DCL. Now THAT was amazing.
Our one and only trip we made where we did Uni first, we felt the pain of no DME. We arrived super late (like midnightish) and we were going to rent a car, but the line, I shoot you not, was well over an hour long. We were so tired and just wanted to get to our room.
After standing in line for about 10 minutes and seeing how slow it was moving, I ducked out the door and asked a Mears black suv how much to Uni. Only ~$50! ...this was a few years ago and I have written about it before.
And with that, the odds of me ever renting a car in Orlando just plummeted.
With the demise of DME, the odds of me ever going to Orlando again just plummeted.
One a side note, I don't agree that DME is a free ride as life has taught me nothing is free. Obviously the cost is built into the visit.
We are all going to pay one way or another to get from MCO to WDW. Why can't Disney just build it in and get the money? Now the money goes to Mears directly. More importantly, it makes the whole experience feel shoddy.
That is why I have been mostly cruising as of late. If you love Disney, but are tired of the parks, you should try the DCL. Now THAT was amazing.
I guess my point may be similar. If you begin to offer something that was for the most part very well received, then yank it away years later, donāt be surprised if thereās major blowback. Even though as I wrote, I never used it, but if it were available when I flew down, darn right I would have used it. Prices change, I get that, perks change, get that too. And while weāre here debating these things, guess what? The crowds keep coming and spending $$$$$$.
Itās called āAmerican Airlinesā
Although I wouldnāt count on the āappears in my resort roomā part. Your bags will be in Geneva.
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graphite1326
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Now now that is not what you said. Are you in politics by any chance?
SteveAZee
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So there isn't a transportation company that does exactly what DME did, but for a price? I guess I wonder if more people are moaning about having to pay for transportation now or is it the simplicity of home airport to hotel room without hassle? If it's the latter, I'm a little surprised neither Mears nor Sunshine have that option as an add-on (yes, I know it's probably a combination of the two).
It was the fact you could land and go to a park without having to deal with luggage. You could land at 6am, take the express, go to the bus stop, go to a park, close the park, and get back to your room with luggage waiting.
SteveAZee
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It sounds great and people seem to have liked that, so... any thoughts as to why Mears or Sunshine wouldn't offer it as an option? It it waiting for some plucky entrepreneur to step into the space, or is there something we don't know about the complexity of moving people's bags from A to B? Liability? Just wondering. Nature abhors a vacuum, as does capitalism, so I'm just curious as to why companies aren't responding to this need/want.
Its Disney I assume not wanting to get luggage from bus to room.
JoeCamel
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Bags Inc did the airport to hotel transfer but Disney put it in the rooms. Dis no longer wants to do that - tell Bob
Exactly
Disney cast put bags in room - cast gets hurt pulls their back - workers compensation is not cheap. Money to pay for injuries and rehab comes out of the Mouse profits.
