Anyone named on the reservation at a WDW owned-and-operated resort is entitled to DME. I don't know where you heard you needed to have booked a package, but happily you are incorrect. Room-only or package, 1 night or 15 nights, value or deluxe ... none of that matters.I am booking ROOM ONLY at Coronado Springs and it doesnt include DME. Can I still call and reserve DME? Will there be a cost because it doesn't include with my room reservation? If so, how much will be it?
While you can't just show up and hop on the bus, you can still use it for your return to the airport. You will need to let them know you will be using the bus, so make a reservation when you get to your resort. The front desk can tell you who you need to speak to.We are renting a car for our upcoming stay, but I may have to return to MCO before the rest of the family.
Can I use ME to take me back to MCO on my own?
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Do I need a reservation or just hop on the bus with my luggage?
Does it help to go "carry on"?
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Thoughts (inside info)?
Thanks!
I have a question...I will be staying at BWV under points that I have rented from an owner. I have the confirmation number so can I still use DME service?
In numerous phone calls to DME, I learned the official word from Disney is that as long as one person from the reservation number rides the DME bus then all luggage associated with that reservation number will be transported by DME.Hi everyone. I have what will probably be a silly question! I'm just a bit paranoid with all the changes that have gone on with my reservation
We have a room reserved under my husband's name (he is the lead guest on the resv). I know that all of our tags, etc. will come with his name. The question is what if he never takes ME? He is going to rent the car and use that back and forth to WDW. Will that affect the rest of us on the reservation?
Thanks for all the great info.
Will do, thanks again. So, you don't think we'll have a problem if the lead guest is a big no show? Or should I call DME directly and let them know he isn't using the service? I would hate to think someone else needed the seat, but couldn't find room.
Hi.
We will be utilizing DME next May for our stay at the AKL, and I was curious as to how many other resort stops are on the DME AKL bus (and to which resorts)? And from what I've been reading about the service on these forums, it usually takes around 90 minutes from when you touch down at MCO to when you arrive at your resort, but I was just reading in the current UG that on the busiest days (Saturdays and Sundays between 9:30 and 5:00, right when we'll be arriving at MCO) it can take, at times, upwards of three hours to get to your resort. I'm sure this is more the exception than the norm, right?
AKL is 'usually' on the same route as POP...one I've taken 3 times now. One time, AKL was the first stop, and it took me almost 90 mins to get to POP. But, a lot of that time was people needing to get all their luggage pulled from under the bus, which adds about 5+ mins to each stop. But, the other two times, the bus went to POP directly, putting AKL at the end of the route.
As for average times, I've used DME 5 times now....the average has been 70 mins, with the shortest time being 55 mins, and 90 being the longest. I have yet to hear of anyone (personally) taking 3 hrs to get to their resort.
Now the luggage is a different story. That takes up to 3 hrs from resort checkin to get to your resort room.
You ask about the busy times of day at MCO. I have to think that those times it actually takes less time to get to the resort because they have more buses running and there are more people manning the checkin counter at the airport.