Cruise a holic Posted April 26, 2023 #1 Share Posted April 26, 2023 (edited) Hi, My husband and I will be sailing out of Port Everglades in January and meeting family in Disney World. We do not want to rent a car to drive to Disney. We ideally would like a car/van service. Any suggestions that might be cost effective to travel? We will be sailing on a Celebrity cruise ship. We will bring three piecs of luggage and a carry on. Thanks. Edited April 26, 2023 by Cruise a holic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hrhdhd Posted April 26, 2023 #2 Share Posted April 26, 2023 Besides flying, the other option will be Brightline, but it won't be cost-effective. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare mahdnc Posted April 26, 2023 #3 Share Posted April 26, 2023 (edited) We have done the reverse trip by car so I have no experience beyond that. However, I know of one couple that took this bus from Ft Lauderdale to Orlando: link It's pretty cost effective, although I have not heard any feedback on this company. I believe there is Amtrak train service between the two cities as well. Edited April 26, 2023 by mahdnc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danceswithphones Posted April 26, 2023 #4 Share Posted April 26, 2023 The airline that flies the yellow planes has cheap flights from FLL to MCO. I don't want to say their name. Might be one of those Beetlejuice things. However, the price is right. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cruise a holic Posted April 26, 2023 Author #5 Share Posted April 26, 2023 tried looking at the yellow planes- but they don't fly from Ft Lauderdale to Orlando- possibly the train . Might have to drive ourselves. But wouldn't enjoy that. Thanks for your help . Uber probably outrageous, if I could even find a driver willing to go. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rothko1 Posted April 26, 2023 #6 Share Posted April 26, 2023 Are you willing to mule? Seriously, though, it's going to be expensive to hire a car service for the 3 hour drive up to Disney. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danceswithphones Posted April 26, 2023 #7 Share Posted April 26, 2023 12 minutes ago, Cruise a holic said: they don't fly from Ft Lauderdale to Orlando Just did a mock booking for November 3rd, FLL to MCO. There's a 10:25am flight for $58. January dates are not available yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Honolulu Blue Posted April 26, 2023 #8 Share Posted April 26, 2023 1 hour ago, danceswithphones said: The airline that flies the yellow planes has cheap flights from FLL to MCO. I don't want to say their name. Might be one of those Beetlejuice things. However, the price is right. As an aside, I flew on the "yellow" airline's cheaper brother from MIA to MCO. Even booking on short notice and with a bunch of fees, it only cost about $90. They have green planes, BTW. 🤑 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jalves Posted April 26, 2023 #9 Share Posted April 26, 2023 You may want to monitor developments of the Brightline train. It's supposed to start operations in just a few months so it would be an option to consider in January. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cruise a holic Posted April 26, 2023 Author #10 Share Posted April 26, 2023 1 hour ago, danceswithphones said: Just did a mock booking for November 3rd, FLL to MCO. There's a 10:25am flight for $58. January dates are not available yet. Green planes? Another hint please? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cruise a holic Posted April 26, 2023 Author #11 Share Posted April 26, 2023 9 minutes ago, jalves said: You may want to monitor developments of the Brightline train. It's supposed to start operations in just a few months so it would be an option to consider in January. Yes I am but also amtrak another option. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteerageJoe Posted April 26, 2023 #12 Share Posted April 26, 2023 (edited) Since you mentioned cost-effective and car rental is not an option, either a train or scheduled bus. There are some blue and green vans I see on 95 all the time but they travel at high speed and I just don’t trust them, but that’s me. Either way, you will have to manage the transfers from Port to Station. In Orlando the family can meet you or you have to book that transfer as well. Brightline will run by then and will be very convenient.Will take you to Terminal C at MCO. Red Coach has nice buses and their depot is just to the northwest of MCO. I was at MCO two days ago and ESCOT buses were dropping and loading large groups. Do look at them too as a long-distance option. I know they have weird schedules and routes Edited April 26, 2023 by SteerageJoe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cruise a holic Posted April 26, 2023 Author #13 Share Posted April 26, 2023 6 minutes ago, Cruise a holic said: Green planes? Another hint please? Think you mean "backtier" but times no good need to arrive by late afternoon.. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danceswithphones Posted April 26, 2023 #14 Share Posted April 26, 2023 Frontier has green planes. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cruise a holic Posted April 26, 2023 Author #15 Share Posted April 26, 2023 Just now, danceswithphones said: Frontier has green planes. Unfortunately time a problem. Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
denby Posted April 26, 2023 #16 Share Posted April 26, 2023 A few years ago we rented a car and turned it in on site at Disney and the rental agency provided a shuttle to our resort. Like you we could not find any other reasonable options. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare debenson0723 Posted April 27, 2023 #17 Share Posted April 27, 2023 As mentioned above, can't imagine a car service taking you for the 3 hour ride, much less it being cost effective. I have done this several times and always rented a car. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare BoozinCroozin Posted April 27, 2023 #18 Share Posted April 27, 2023 Define "cost effective"? In pretty much all cases you are looking at about $200. 1-way car rentals are not cheap. Van service for a 3-hour ride will be quite expensive. Flying adds the cost of shuttles. Brightline would run about $160 + shuttles. No matter how you slice it, you are going to spend at least $200 to get there. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rothko1 Posted April 27, 2023 #19 Share Posted April 27, 2023 Whatever happened to good old fashioned hitchhiking? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elaine5715 Posted May 1, 2023 #20 Share Posted May 1, 2023 On 4/26/2023 at 8:50 AM, Cruise a holic said: Hi, My husband and I will be sailing out of Port Everglades in January and meeting family in Disney World. We do not want to rent a car to drive to Disney. We ideally would like a car/van service. Any suggestions that might be cost effective to travel? We will be sailing on a Celebrity cruise ship. We will bring three piecs of luggage and a carry on. Thanks. Use the cruise line shuttle back to MCO and then Uber/Lyft to Disney. If you are staying on Disney property, you can use Mears Connect to get to Disney resorts, just walk up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cruise a holic Posted May 1, 2023 Author #21 Share Posted May 1, 2023 (edited) We are sailing on celebrity. Thought only disney has a cruise line shuttle from fll to mco? Edited May 1, 2023 by Cruise a holic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flymia Posted May 3, 2023 #22 Share Posted May 3, 2023 When are you going? Brightline is starting soon. They showe $79 tickets, which is not bad. They have a station close to FLL you get dropped off at Orlando Airport and you can take a shuttlle/taxi/rideshare from there. Your other options are rent a car. Fly from FLL Silver Airways, Southwest, and Spirit all have flights. From MIA (30min drive) American and Delta fly to MCO. Take a bus: There are bus services from around South Florida to Orlando. A car service will be ridiculously expensive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hrhdhd Posted May 3, 2023 #23 Share Posted May 3, 2023 On 5/1/2023 at 6:07 AM, Cruise a holic said: We are sailing on celebrity. Thought only disney has a cruise line shuttle from fll to mco? DCL isn't sailing from Port Everglades yet, so there's no shuttle from FLL to MCO. I also doubt that service will exist when they do sail from Port Everglades. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
North2Alaska10 Posted May 23, 2023 #24 Share Posted May 23, 2023 We sailed Celebrity this past February and rented a car through National with a drop off at Disney Car Care. Upon disembarkation there was a small airport shuttle that dropped us off by Southwest Airlines. The elevators to the car rental were right there. Walked across the bridge to National. Took us 5-10 minutes. We took the tollway which had plenty of Oasis’ for stops. We stopped at Target Hunters Creek picked up a few things and headed to the Polynesian. Unloaded at the Polynesian and went to the Car Center. They shuttled us back to the resort. We left FL at 10:30a and got to Disney 2-2:30 with 2 stops. It went much more smoothly than we expected. We would do it again. The Car Center also had Alamo and Enterprise. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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