{"id":211835,"date":"2026-03-30T16:21:08","date_gmt":"2026-03-30T16:21:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/211835\/"},"modified":"2026-03-30T16:21:08","modified_gmt":"2026-03-30T16:21:08","slug":"travel-from-orlando-airport-to-disney-costs-more-as-mears-adds-3-fuel-surcharge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/211835\/","title":{"rendered":"Travel from Orlando Airport to Disney Costs More as MEARS Adds 3% Fuel Surcharge"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A notice on the MEARS website indicates that a 3% fuel surcharge will be added to all reservations until further notice.<\/p>\n<p>MEARS Fuel Surcharge<a data-fslightbox=\"1\" data-type=\"image\" aria-label=\"Open fullscreen lightbox with current image\" href=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/mears-connect-1-8787920-1200x900.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/mears-connect-1-8787920-1200x900.jpg\" alt=\"Mears Connect Orlando airport and resort transportation motorcoach\" class=\"wp-image-579202\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The notice on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mearstransportation.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" aria-describedby=\"external-link-warning\">website<\/a> reads:<\/p>\n<p>Please Be Advised: A 3% Fuel Surcharge Will Be Added to All Reservations Until Further Notice \u2013 Thank You<\/p>\n<p>Though the reasoning is not specified, it\u2019s likely due to the conflict in Iran and interruptions in the Strait of Hormuz have limited oil supply, thus fueling higher gas prices in the United States.<\/p>\n<p>Companies like Lyft and Uber are implementing driver relief programs to combat rising gas prices, rather than a direct rider surcharge.<\/p>\n<p>Orlando Airport Shuttle to Disney World\u00a0is offered through the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mearsconnect.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" aria-describedby=\"external-link-warning\">Mears Connect<\/a>\u00a0service. Mears Connect is a 24\/7, Florida-themed, shuttle transportation service operating between Orlando International Airport (MCO), Walt Disney World Resorts, Disney Springs Resorts, and other Disney area Resort Hotels.<\/p>\n<p>Do you take MEARS transportation when you visit Disney World? Let us know on social media.<\/p>\n<p>For the latest Disney Parks news and info, follow <a href=\"https:\/\/wdwnt.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" aria-describedby=\"external-link-warning\">WDW News Today<\/a> on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/wdwnt\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" aria-describedby=\"external-link-warning\">Twitter<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/WDWNewsToday\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" aria-describedby=\"external-link-warning\">Facebook<\/a>, and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/wdwnt\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" aria-describedby=\"external-link-warning\">Instagram<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t<script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A notice on the MEARS website indicates that a 3% fuel surcharge will be added to all reservations&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":211836,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[96944,96945,92111,96946,96947,96948,139,141,140],"class_list":["post-211835","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-orlando","tag-disney-mears","tag-gas-price-increase","tag-iran-conflict","tag-mears","tag-mears-connect","tag-mears-fuel-surcharge","tag-orlando","tag-orlando-headlines","tag-orlando-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/211835","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=211835"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/211835\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/211836"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=211835"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=211835"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=211835"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}