I will!
The first time I actually considered taking DME.... I got to the ground floor, and saw a MASSIVE crowd... and figured it was DME.... you bet, I've NEVER seen so many people in a line, one huge clusterf#*@. I booked it to the Dollar counter and rented a car, and I will never attempt DME ever again!
its not worth it, I rent a car, and I'm in WDW in 20-30 mins
DME is the TOP reason why Orlando needs a light speed rail system...
but if you're ever in the situation where you're contemplating renting or DME... RENT! or take another shuttle
The problem is, you don't have all the facts, but that hasn't stopped you from shouting an uninformed opinion.
I was once in one of those huge, massive DME lines. I went from end of the line to done with the line in 5 minutes. Yes, there was a huge amount of people, but there were 14 (yes, fourteen) cast members behind the counter plus a couple of supervisors floating around. The transaction at the counter, if there are no problems, takes literally less than one minute even when the place is empty (I've done it both ways), let alone when they're trying to get people through a huge line. So using this math, there could be up to 14 people served per minute, so if I waited 5 minutes, there could have been 70 people in line in front of me.
Also, sometimes the line isn't as big as it seems. Sometimes people don't follow the directions that only one person from each party should be in line. Sometimes, that line of 100 people could be 25 uninformed parties of 4.
Therefore, a huge line that you see doesn't necessary equal a huge delay. Your assumption of a clusterf#*@ was perhaps a very poor assumption. I could have assumed the same thing, but I would have been wrong wrong wrong.
My 3 DME experiences have been speedy. From airplane exit to resort drop-off, it's taken me 63 minutes, 56 minutes and 57 minutes.
I'm curious ... you say you were going to use DME but then saw the line and got a rental car. WHAT ABOUT YOUR LUGGAGE? Did you have DME tags on your bags, or did you claim your own luggage? People who claim their own luggage and take it to the DME bus substantially slow themselves down. One of the best things about DME is the automatic baggage transfer. What you fail to realize is that a DME guest who uses DME as designed waits at the DME counter and then again for the bus to leave. A customer getting a rental car waits at baggage claim and then at the rental counter. ANd believe me, in my travels I've had speedy rental experiences, and rental experiences where I waited almost forever just to get through the line.
I challenge anyone to tell me that they claimed their bags from baggage claim, went to a rental car counter, and got to their resort substantially faster than the about 1 hour average it's taken me using DME.
And by the way, there is no such thing as "another shuttle" to WDW resorts from MCO. If you go up to the Mears counter to buy a ride to your WDW resort, they'll charge you the fee, give you a ticket, and send you to a DME bus.
