I have to disagree with most of this. Currently, Google maps has 26 minutes from MCO to the Poly...31 minutes if you avoid toll roads.
Last December we rented a car (needed one regardless of our Disney trip), drove from MCO to the CR, during rush hour, and avoiding toll roads. Even at rush hour that trip took us ˜35 minutes.
I also took an UBER last December from the airport and the trip was ˜35 minutes including the wait for the car to arrive.
This is travel time, not overall time from the plane to the resort. Seventy to ninety minutes via DME is the complete timeline. Unless one is jumping into the private vehicle directly from the plane, ghe comparison is invalid.
Your comment is correct. However, I didn’t say nor imply that it was anything but a discussion of travel time. Specifically, it was a reply to your previous post where you stated that Bing shows a travel time of 31 minutes but you thought it would likely be “
longer around then hour. Sixty to 75 minutes. Plus tolls.” The point of my reply was to disagree with your stated driving times. I would respectfully request you include the complete quote of my post (which I have done above) rather than take me out of context.
It’s not very likely that the trip would take 60-75 min with traffic and tolls. However, if it is a 60 minute drive DME isn’t magically going get there any faster. Traffic and tolls affect all modes of transportation equally so it’s actually irrelevant.
Nor slower.
You are absolutely right. But, I never said nor implied it would be so I’m not sure what you’re trying to say here.
Again, I would much appreciate it if you would have included the whole portion of my post. It would have been easy to see I was discussing your assertion that the driving time would be “Sixty to 75 minutes.”
Traffic and tolls affect all modes of transportation equally so it’s actually irrelevant.
Not the time to get through the tolls. The additional cost of said tolls.
The toll costs don't have anything to do with driving times but, IIUC, the tolls are likely to be different for each of the modes of transportation; which is already included in the cost of the rideshare and the use of DME. I believe the larger shuttle bus used by DME will have a higher toll than the average rideshare vehicle. All of which is actually irrelevant to the topic.
What is relevant is how long the wait is load all the families on the DME; how many resorts it stops at before it gets to mine, and how long I have to wait for my luggage to arrive. So, if we start from the time I check-in at DME and compare that to starting from when I call the UBER/LYFT, it is very likely that the UBER/LYFT will be half the time of DME to arrive at my resort...and I will already have my luggage.
The overwhelming majority of the time, paid transportation will be faster than DME even allowing for the time to wait for my luggage at the carousel. That is a fact. The only thing that matters is whether someone believes it’s worth the cost.
You will not have contacted the rideshare until you were at the pickup point with your luggage. Additional twenty-ish minutes. Forty minutes vs sixty.
Once again, it would be greatly appreciated if you would have included the whole portion of my post. Had you done so you would have seen I specifically factored waiting for my luggage into the total travel time. Although, I'm not sure what you mean by "
Forty minutes vs sixty. Are you talking about rideshare vs DME or just total time with and without waiting for luggage?
However, I should have been clearer in my original post. Sorry about that. I should have included that I would have called UBER/LYFT while I was waiting for my luggage which would shorten the overall time...IOW, once I have my luggage it’s very likely I will immediately get into my ride share which will pick up on level 2 right outside of baggage claim. So, your statement that I would wait to contact the rideshare until I was "
at the pickup point with [my] luggage" is a poor assumption on your part.
Additionally, the original poster specifically said they were picking up their own luggage so that added time is irrelevant to the current topic.
Look, don't use Magical Express if you don't want. It's not mandatory. But please don't misdirect.
I never said not to use DME. My reply to you was based solely on your assertions of "
Sixty to 75 minutes". I apologize if I wasn’t clear about that. Further, I’m not sure I understand what you mean by misdirect. I endeavor to be as accurate as I can in my posts. Please help me out here. What in my post was incorrect and what does "
misdirect" mean in this context?
Mike