According
to Disney and guest feedback I have heard, Disney’s Magical Express, a service that picks up resort guests at the airport and transports them and their
luggage separately to their hotel rooms, has been a success. Too big a success
if you ask the shuttle drivers and taxi cab owners who are having their
customers sucked away by this new service.
I don’t
think the shuttle and taxi companies have much to complain about. The Orange
County Convention Bureau says there are 111,705 rooms in inventory in the
the Disney property, or about 25%. Even if Disney managed to fully utilize the
DME, which they don’t claim to, that still leaves more than 80,000 rooms to be
serviced by the shuttle and taxi folks. The city of
light rail/subway system that runs from the airport to downtown.
The shuttle
and taxi drivers will have to adjust to the new reality. If they wanted to make
a real difference in their bottom line, they would join the Convention Bureau
and attempt to attract more convention business to the area. That’s their real
bread and butter now.
Now the
airport is making the argument that they made more money when more guests were
renting cars will also have to adjust to the new reality. A mass transit system
is a need. If Disney is choosing to operate it on their dime, why is that a bad
thing?
So, I hope Disney’s
Magical Express continues. It decreases traffic on the roads, demands on the
airports infrastructure, stress for the guest, and therefore is really a public
service that Disney is doing for the community. They should be getting awards
for it, not flack.
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Shame on Disney for taking away business from the taxi drivers. And shame on the taxi drivers for taking away business from the rental car companies. And shame on the rental car companies for taking away business from rail and mass transit operators. And shame on mass transit for taking away business from bicycle manufacturers. And shame on bicycle manufacturers for taking away business from health clubs. And shame on health clubs for taking away business from lyposuction doctors. And shame on lyposuction doctors for taking away business from plus-size garment manufacturers. When will all this crazy free-market competition end??????
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The Disney Blog has an interesting article about a new shuttle service that is offered by Disney.
According to Disney and guest feedback I have heard, Disneys Magical Express, a service that picks up resort guests at the airport and tran…
If they really want to compete with Disney -hire drivers who don’t fall asleep on the job! The last 2 Orlando services I used … I had to keep the drivers awake (and this was during the day). Disney is too pro for the amateur drivers “working” the Orlando area.
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