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Wow I’ve used Gold Mobility many times and I’ve never known them to charge extra if you need to change your delivery time and I’ve had to text them several times when my plane was delayed or luggage took an extra long time to get to baggage area and they were always happy to work with me to reschedule delivery.
People can't really think Gold is magically able to deliver and pick up all scooters exactly on the hour.
Yes they do say +/- 30 minutes, but DH an I have never had to wait on Gold, but Gold has had to wait on us due to delayed flights before. But the answer is they will generally meet you at the time you specify.
A day or two in advance I'm given a choice of times, about 30 minutes apart, within the window. The times I've arrived early I contacted the driver and didn't have to wait very long.
Gold scooters are typically good for 2 days. Typically the battery level only goes down a bar or 2 after one day. I once "charged" a scooter in a switch controlled outlet. It lasted 2.5 days.
That hasn't been my experience, we have seen quicker battery usage as we both use scooters and don't need to go at walking speed. (I'm not saying we are unsafe, but there are times when no one is in front of us so we can zoom right along, like on the pathway from Hollywood Studios to Cresent Lake resorts, or from bus to park entrance).
Scooters should be charged overnight. I didn't deliberately go a second day without charging.
& the fact that you don’t need to worry about covering up the console if it rains. I gave her the choice for upcoming trip of whether she wanted to go with the Gold Victory model or Walker, and she said she was happy with the Walker one, so to rent that (and she has chosen Pink again) (at least I won’t need to lift it this time! We are staying in property)
Yes, I used to rent the Go-Go Sport, but last time they really emphasized to me how the battery wouldn't last as long as the next model up (forget the name). Since then, I've rented the Go-Go just once, when we needed to break it down and transport it a lot, and while it lasted just fine for me, I'll admit that it was a low key trip with less running around than usual.
They main issue they had was getting them for the GoGo Sport model, which may still be the case, although it isn't the batteries that are the issue, it was getting enough of the high capacity battery boxes. This is likely why they are overemphasizing that the batteries won't last as long in this model.
For my GoGo Sport, DH changed the batteries out to Lifepo4 batteries using the high capacity battery box it came with and I get about a 20 mile range now. We bought my scooter used and it needed new batteries anyway, found some inexpensive Lithium Ion batteries on Amazon and they work great. But yeah, if they aren't Lithium Ion, they will not last as long as the Victory 10 or the one from Walker, even if they are the extended batteries generally.For Gold, we did have the Go-Go Sport, so I’m sure that is why the batteries did not last as long as the Walker. We had to rent those as we had two people needing scooters and we’re staying off-property so had to be able to load them into a minivan …along with 7 passengers. So certainly if you are looking for something easier to load into a vehicle, I would go with that one. No concerns at all with the company. In fact, my moms husband bought his own Go-Go sport after that trip because he liked it so much and how convenient it was to load.
Walker can be loaded into a vehicle, but takes up more space and is much heavier. My mom likes the Pink scooters that Walker has as they stand out
We will be traveling with 7 and rented a van. One person will be getting an EVC and we are also wondering if we will be able to take the van, or if they will have to use disney transportation. Hopefully someone will have the answer for us.
DH and I have both tried sunshades and found they don't really help and just get in the way. It is better to buy a stroller UV umbrella off of Amazon and clamp it to the handle bar (or elsewhere) of the scooter when needed. It does more to beat the heat when needed and can be removed when not needed. They aren't that expensive and you can use it at home too.
