My DAunt is coming with us in July. She doesn’t use a scooter under normal circumstances, but due to ankle injuries she is currently wearing a boot on each foot. She is expected to heal in 6-8 weeks, but I think Disney walking will still be too much in July. I’ve never dealt with scooters before. I know you can rent them from on or off site, but I don’t know which is better. If we rent one at the parks each day is there a chance they run out before we get there? How long does the process take? I assume it means no shot at RDing any rides. If we rent one from off site can we transport it in our rental car/van? With 4 small kids we prefer not to use Disney busses.
We were in a similar situation in November. My DD21 broke her ankle in October and was in a walking boot. We decided to rent a scooter (too much walking at Disney). We rented from scootorlando.com. They delivered it to our Disney hotel. We rented the Amaze scooter and it was much faster and easier to maneuver than the Disney scooters (we actually had to rent a Disney scooter in July when the same DD dislocated her knee while we were at HS). So it was cheaper to rent offsite and it was a better scooter. And we had it at the hotel which was key for us because we had a car. The one we had folded down so we could easily transport it in our car.
We met them when they dropped off the scooter (which was good to go through using it and how to fold it so we could put it in the car). They can leave them at bell services, but apparently there is a charge. They did allow us to leave the scooter outside our hotel room when we left and they just picked it up at some point. They just told us not to tell the hotel.
It was. Since she doesn’t normally use a scooter, we really weren’t familiar with how to do that. The drop off didn’t take long at all (maybe 10 minutes at most) and they were on time. You might be able to RD depending on what time the park opens that day.
I meant to mention that when we rented Disney scooters in July there was never a problem with availability. The rental process at the parks is pretty easy and takes maybe 10-15 minutes (but it does slow you down a bit if you are RDing).