How much does baby gear really add to your luggage?
Roughly a whole extra passenger's worth, which is why this booking went out as a Yukon. Two adults and a one and a half year old sounds like a small party. Then you add the pack and play, the stroller, the diaper bag that is somehow the size of a carry on, and the suitcase that is half toddler clothes because a one year old gets through outfits at a rate that has to be seen to be believed. The guest put it perfectly, that the Yukon easily fit all of their luggage and baby gear. That sizing was deliberate rather than lucky. When a booking mentions a child under two we assume gear, not just a seat, and the Genie Comfort GMC Yukon XL takes up to five large suitcases with the third row in play. If you want to see how the classes compare before you book private transportation from MCO, our fleet and service levels page lists the real numbers.
Pack and plays are the item people forget to mention at booking. They are not heavy but they are long, and a folded one across the back of a smaller vehicle costs you a suitcase slot you were counting on.
Why does the car seat need to be in before you arrive?
Because installing one properly takes about ten minutes and a loading zone gives you none. This guest noted the seat was already in place, and that sequence is the whole point. A chauffeur fitting a convertible seat while a family stands beside the vehicle in August heat with a tired toddler is a bad start to a holiday even when it is done well. So we do it before, in the staging area, unhurried, with the belt path tightened and the recline angle set for the age we were told about. Then the family walks up to a car that is simply ready. The seats are Graco convertibles and they come at no extra cost with the transfer. For a family flying in with a child under two, that is one heavy, awkward item that never has to be gate checked. It is the single most common reason parents pick private Disney World transportation over a shuttle.
Tell us the age. A rear facing infant seat and a forward facing toddler seat take up different amounts of room and sit at different angles, and the difference decides whether an adult can sit beside them comfortably or not.
Is a transfer worth booking if you only need two rides?
That is exactly the case it is designed for. This couple were flying in, going to Disney property, and coming back, and they said so plainly. No park hopping, no day trips, no car sitting in a resort lot at twenty five dollars a night doing nothing. Two rides. Renting a car for that pattern means paying for six days of parking to use a vehicle twice, plus the counter queue on arrival and the fuel stop on the way back. A round trip transfer removes all of it. They also got a vehicle that was nice and cool when they got in, which sounds minor until you have stood on an Orlando curb in July holding a toddler. The guest finished by saying they would do it again next time they need a transfer. Our transportation rates page shows how the round trip is priced, and The Genie Transportation Services handles the scheduling in one booking.
The other quiet saving is the car seat you did not have to check. Airlines lose them, gate agents scuff them, and replacing one on arrival in an unfamiliar city is an expensive afternoon nobody budgets for.
What Our Guests Say
"We were fying in and really only needed a ride to Disney property and back to the airport so decided to book the transfer. It was my husband and I along with our one and a half year-old. The car seat was already in place and the car was nice and cool. It was a Yukon, so easily fit all of our luggage and baby gear! What do again if needing a transfer in the future."