An independent guide to Orlando
Getting around Orlando, without guessing
Fifty-seven million passengers a year pass through Orlando International, and almost all of them meet the same problem on arrival: the thing they booked is twenty miles from where they landed. This site publishes the numbers nobody else will.
Downtown Orlando across Lake Eola · by Miosotis Jade, CC BY-SA 4.0
AirportGetting out of Orlando airport without losing an hour
Six ways out of MCO compared on real cost and real time, plus the terminal detail that decides half of it before you take a step.
46 routesEvery route from Orlando airport, priced
One page per destination, each opening with a recommendation rather than a list. Disney resorts, Universal hotels, the coast, the cruise port.
DrivingRental car or rideshare? The honest math
Toll transponder fees, the free Visitor Toll Pass and $35-a-day park parking, worked through as a seven-day comparison.
Best ofThe best private transportation in Orlando
Six chauffeured operators ranked, and the five questions that separate a real operator from a broker with a good website.
Best ofThe best Orlando theme parks for small kids
Ranked for the under-six crowd on rides they can actually ride, and on how hard each park is to get into with a stroller.
Best ofThe best restaurants in Orlando
A two-star MICHELIN room, five one-stars and fourteen Bib Gourmands, none of them anywhere near the theme parks.
I-DriveThe I-Ride Trolley, explained properly
Two dollars a ride the length of International Drive, ten dollars for three days, and a clear list of where it will not take you.
The transfers people actually book
All 46 routes
RouteOrlando airport to Port Canaveral
The most schedule-critical transfer in Central Florida, because the ship does not wait. Allow 90 minutes, not the 55 a map suggests.
RouteOrlando airport to Epic Universe
Twenty minutes and about $35 by rideshare, or a flat quote if you are landing with a group and want to be met inside.
RouteOrlando airport to Walt Disney World
Every way in, priced: rideshare, Mears Connect, a private car, and the free Disney buses waiting at the other end.
Why this site exists
Search for "Orlando airport transportation" and you will get forty pages that are all the same page: a list of options, no numbers, and a booking button. The numbers are the whole point. A $2 bus and a $180 car are both correct answers depending on who is travelling, and nobody tells you where the line is.
We publish fares, times and the date we last checked them. We say plainly when an option is bad for your situation. And we disclose our own commercial interest rather than hoping you do not notice it.