[murray607]

Originally Posted by mixsonci

I am coming to TV for only a week in December and will be renting a car, I will travel from the airport to TV, then to Disney World and also to Merritt Island to visit my brother. I do not own my own car right now, however the rental company charges $8 a day for the transponder, which I hate to pay for. Do you all think I can get away without it for that week?

I just avoid toll roads. It adds a bit to the trip, not too much of an inconvenience for us.

As I mentioned in my previous post, it will about 15-20 minutes extra to get to Disney from TV on 27 then 192

If you have GPS, just program to avoid tolls.

[jpharmat]

We don't have a Sunpass and had zero issues when going to Disney.

[tommy steam]

Originally Posted by buggyone

The decal type of Sunpass cost $4.99 and has $5 of tolls built into it. If you have one car, this is the best. Keep money on it automatically by linking it to a bank account. When you get rid of the car, scrape it off the window and it becomes void. You are mailed the amount left on the pass.

Portable transponder is perfect when you have more than one car.

I bought the 4.99 in publix . It's very small and you don't even notice it. I called them on the phone and it took a couple of minutes to set it up.

[ilovetv]

Originally Posted by mixsonci

I am coming to TV for only a week in December and will be renting a car, I will travel from the airport to TV, then to Disney World and also to Merritt Island to visit my brother. I do not own my own car right now, however the rental company charges $8 a day for the transponder, which I hate to pay for. Do you all think I can get away without it for that week?

What some of the rental cars have done recently is to charge the daily rate for the transponder only on the days that you use it. Even with the transponder in place, you always have the option to just pay at each booth.

I would just buy the $5 transponder for myself and put it on credit card feed on the website (feeds increments of money you indicate.....I have mine feed $25 when needed).

The tolls are reduced price by using the transponder (your own, not rental car company's).

It all can be done here: https://www.sunpass.com

[justjim]

Originally Posted by mixsonci

I am coming to TV for only a week in December and will be renting a car, I will travel from the airport to TV, then to Disney World and also to Merritt Island to visit my brother. I do not own my own car right now, however the rental company charges $8 a day for the transponder, which I hate to pay for. Do you all think I can get away without it for that week?

If I was you I would take the Sunpass---it will make life easier for you that week.

[tainsley]

We went to Disney this week got a couple days. Turnpike to Exit 267 (rte 429s) takes you into back of Disney. No traffic. You don't have to have Sunpass.

[mixsonci]

Can I buy just the $5.00 sticker and not the $40 transponder? Will that suffice? I can't order online because they ask for your license plate number and I don't have one. I may just have to pay the rental company, but it just kills me to pay $8 a day plus the tolls. Can anyone confirm or know how I could find out if they still have cash lines?

[getdul981]

We have the $5.00 stick on type. Recently we had the windows tinted and I forgot about the transponder. When we picked our car up, we found out that they had scraped the transponder off and attached it to the back of the mirror. I asked if it would still work and was told that it would. We've been to Orlando and WDW several times and so far so good.

You do not need a Florida license to register the transponder. If you own a car anywhere, you can use that tag number. We had a transponder when we had a VA license plate on the previous car we had. You can use your home state tag number and then use the transponder in the rental car. Just make sure you don't permanently attach it to the rental.

[YouNeverKnow]

Originally Posted by tommy steam

I bought the 4.99 in publix . It's very small and you don't even notice it. I called them on the phone and it took a couple of minutes to set it up.

Is the 4.99 one you buy at Publix enough to cover the tolls from The Villages to Disneyworld? What if you run out of money on it and don't know it and go through the Sun Pass booth?

[NoMoSno]

Originally Posted by Former Michiganders

Is the 4.99 one you buy at Publix enough to cover the tolls from The Villages to Disneyworld? What if you run out of money on it and don't know it and go through the Sun Pass booth?

This site will give the info:
https://www.sunpass.com/index

[jpharmat]

With all the world wide visitors who go to Disney, I find it hard to believe that everyone has a Sunpass. I am sure that you can get to Disney w/o one. I went to Disney from TV last year w/o one.

[ilovetv]

Disney is the expense to be concerned about.

[getdul981]

Originally Posted by Former Michiganders

Is the 4.99 one you buy at Publix enough to cover the tolls from The Villages to Disneyworld? What if you run out of money on it and don't know it and go through the Sun Pass booth?

You link the Sunpass to a credit card. If you run out of money there, the Sunpass is the least of your worries.

[getdul981]

Originally Posted by ilovetv

Disney is the expense to be concerned about.

Exactly. And it's not the expense of the Sunpass. That's minor. The main reason to have the Sunpass is the convenience. You can certainly get to WDW without going down the Turnpike, but it'll take you about twice as long.

[KathyW]

There are unmanned toll booths on the way to Disney. You take the Turnpike South and go to Exit 267A to route 429-south. Exit 8 puts you on Disney property -- right near the Coronado Springs resort (Western Way). There will be an unmanned toll booth at Exit 8 and I believe one on RT-429 right after the Turnpike.
This toll road was created with Disney's financial help -- it puts people right on the property (thru the west end), and you don't have to deal with I-4 and the Orlando congestion.