Eliminating Magical Express

[azcavalier]

I'll also be interested to see if Mears keeps their bus transport service. I'm assuming they will. Again, depended on which one gets you to WDW may be the deciding factor.

I read an article where a Mears spokesperson stated that they will still be offering bus service to the various Walt Disney World resorts after DME ends its service. Of course, what he didn't say was that there would be a charge for it. But if they sell some kind of roundtrip package to get you back to the airport, and it's around $10/person, that's not terrible at all.

[PopPhan]

I read an article where a Mears spokesperson stated that they will still be offering bus service to the various Walt Disney World resorts after DME ends its service. Of course, what he didn't say was that there would be a charge for it. But if they sell some kind of roundtrip package to get you back to the airport, and it's around $10/person, that's not terrible at all.

If I remember correctly, the Mears transportation, prior to the implementation of DME, was around $80 round trip. I'll have to go back through my old reservations to be sure.....

[azcavalier]

If I remember correctly, the Mears transportation, prior to the implementation of DME, was around $80 round trip. I'll have to go back through my old reservations to be sure.....

Yeah, I just made up the $10/person number off the top of my head. Even $20/person wouldn't be terrible. $80/person? Seems like price gouging. Holy cow.

[PopPhan]

Yeah, I just made up the $10/person number off the top of my head. Even $20/person wouldn't be terrible. $80/person? Seems like price gouging. Holy cow.

I may have been over-pricing it. That price may have been for two people -- I was married at the time. But, even so, $40/person seems a bit steep....

[baldburke]

I may have been over-pricing it. That price may have been for two people -- I was married at the time. But, even so, $40/person seems a bit steep....

Not when they charge you $4-$6 for bottled drinks in the park...

$40 may be "cheap" to get into Disney. Heck, you can take the train from Philly to AC for like $10 per trip, but that's because they want to get you there to gamble. Disney expects to make their money and the locals can get the "extras."

[Cinderelley]

I may have been over-pricing it. That price may have been for two people -- I was married at the time. But, even so, $40/person seems a bit steep....

I would pay it if my luggage magically appeared in my room. It's a bit much if I'm the one dragging it around.

[baldburke]

I would pay it if my luggage magically appeared in my room. It's a bit much if I'm the one dragging it around.

Totes!

[baldburke]

I read an article where a Mears spokesperson stated that they will still be offering bus service to the various Walt Disney World resorts after DME ends its service. Of course, what he didn't say was that there would be a charge for it. But if they sell some kind of roundtrip package to get you back to the airport, and it's around $10/person, that's not terrible at all.

$10 per person isn't bad. Even if its only one way. The down side to the rail service is that it drops you at DS vs. your resort which will likely add time to getting your vacation started. The may give Mears a leg up on the train.

[John]

I can't see them charging only $10 a head...