Has anyone picked up a car at the
- car care center...Pros/ cons?
Yes on Car Care Center.
Pros: Gives you the ability to use Magic Express one or both directions, if you wish.
Gives you the options of renting a vehicle for just part of your trip
Provide transportation from your resort to the Car Care Center before you pick up your car
Provide transportation to your resort (or anywhere on property) from Car Care Center after you return the car
The ability to pick up at MCO and return to CCC or vice versa without penalty
On rare occasions, may be less expensive than renting at MCO for the same time period
If you require going to counter, may be less waiting time than MCO
Cons:
Usually more expensive than renting at MCO, for the same time period
More limited vehicle selection
Online checkin direct to car not available (I don't think)
May take some time out of your park day to get or drop the car off
How it works:
You make your reservation online, like you would with any other Alamo reservation, but of course use the CCC as your pickup and/or dropoff location. The day before you are going to pick up the car, call the local Alamo CCC phone number (not the reservations number) and let them know when you want to be picked up and at what resort. I would have them pick you up about a half hour before your scheduled reservation time. When you drop the car off at CCC, the shuttle runs fairly frequently and will take you pretty much anywhere on Disney property. No need to call for that.