Hello Sarah and thank you for coming to me with such a super question about your upcoming
wild & wonderful stay this coming July at Disney's Animal Kingdom Lodge, it's my pleasure to assist you!
Just like you, my own family almost always uses a rental car when we visit Walt Disney World Resort and in fact for my dear husband the experience of driving in the USA is a big part of his jolly holiday. My family usually prefers to arrive at Orlando International Airport (MCO) and board
Disney's Magical Express which whisks us away with a
bibbidi bobbidi boo to our Disney Resort hotel and then the next day we visit Disney's own
Car Care Centre via the included complimentary transportation where Guests can at present arrange
Car Rentals from Alamo Rent-A-Car and National Car Rental. By utilising the services of Disney's Magical Express we arrive at Walt Disney World Resort totally stress-free and can collect our hire car the next morning after a good nights restful sleep before heading out to a local supermarket to shop for groceries.
Having said that I've used with success the services of
GardenGrocer.com several times over the yEars for grocery deliveries direct to my Disney Resort hotel and can recommend this as a great and certainly less tiring after a 9 hour flight alternative to heading straight to the shops on your way to Disney from the airport.
It may also be helpful to know that for Guest convenience Disney's Animal Kingdom benefits from 2
Shops which carry grocery and sundry items.
~ Jane