bus info

[scottsod]

hi
were going for a week end of april
last year we drove so we never used the buses

this yea we will
we have a 7to son with cp uses a wheelchair and walker chair in parks
and a 4 month old in a stoller/baby bjorn carrier

were staying at port orleans french qtr
going to parks directly i know we can do a bus

but from parks to other hotels for dinner can we take a direct bus or is it to the tt 1st

for example water park in am then back to hotel then to wispering canyon for dinner then epcot is all that direct or are we gona transfer alot

also when we go to sea world i read u can take cab from the TT
is there any van cabs ?

scott

[Tissa]

hi

for example water park in am then back to hotel then to wispering canyon for dinner then epcot is all that direct or are we gona transfer alot

also when we go to sea world i read u can take cab from the TT
is there any van cabs ?

scott

I know I took a cab from POP to the Poly and we had a van cab so I'm sure they have them.

Which hotel are you staying at?
If you are not staying at a MK resort you would have to take the bus from your hotel to the MK then take the boat to the Wilderness Lodge for WC. Then take a bus to Epcot or the monorail from the T&TC

[Cheshire Figment]

You can get from any park (including water parks) to/from any hotel by direct bus.

You can get from a major park to another major park by direct bus (except MK/EC where it is monorail)

You cannot get between a major park and a water park directly. You will have to change at a hotel.

Basically you cannot get from one hotel to another by direct bus.

There are always exceptions, but rare. For example you can get a bus at Typhoon Lagoon that goes to Polynesian and Grand Floridian, but once Typhoon closes that bus doesn't run any more.

[SueM in MN]

There are van cabs. We have never taken one, but other people have posted that they took a Yellow Cab wheelchair van. Here is a picture of the Yellow Cab wheelchair van that Andrew Bichard posted:
http://www.wdwinfo.com/photopost/showphoto.php?photo=14018&sort=1&cat=504&page=1

We have also never ridden the bus, but the Lynx (https://www.golynx.com/routes.cfm) is the local Orlando area bus company (this is a link to the Lynx schedule page. They have a stop at the TTC. People have posted that they used the Lynx wheelchair accessible bus to get from the TTC to places like Sea World and Universal.

[joanchris]

You cannot get between a major park and a water park directly. You will have to change at a hotel.

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Except you can get from AK to Typhoon Lagoon (it does stop at AKL first). Unless this has changed since Oct.

From your hotel to Whispering Canyon you can take the bus from your hotel to MK I believe, then take the boat from MK to Wilderness Lodge. From there you can get a bus to Epcot.

[Ambassador]

One night or two you may take the boat to Downtown Disney directly. Also, Boatwrights at POR is pretty good, accessible by boat. During DS park hours, you may bus to DS, then boat to Boardwalk.

[SyracuseWolvrine]

AK to any resort, Epcot, and Studios: Direct Bus
AK to MK: Bus to TTC, monorail or ferryboat to MK

MK to any resort (with exception of Monorail resorts, and WL): Direct Bus
MK to monorail resorts: Monorail
MK to WL: Boat
MK to Epcot: Monorail/Ferryboat to TTC, Monorail to Epcot
MK to Studios: Monorail/Ferryboat to TTC, bus to Studios

MGM to any resort (with exception of S/D, Y/B and BW), AK, Epcot: Direct bus
MGM to MK: Bus to TTC, monorail or ferryboat to MK
MGM to S/D, Y/B and BW (and Epcot): Boat or walk

Epcot to any resort (with exception of S/D, Y/B and BW), AK, MGM: Direct Bus
Epcot to S/D, Y/B and BW (and Studios): Boat or walk
Epcot to MK: Monorail to TTC, Monorail or ferryboat to MK

DTD to any resort: Direct Bus
DTD to any park: Bus to resort, bus to park

Resort to Resort: Bus to any OPEN park, or DTD and then bus to resort

AK sometimes shares a bus with Blizzard Beach, DTD sometimes shares a bus with TL

[scottsod]

so the way from port orleans to wl
is bus to mk tt
then boat to wl
and does the boat run late enuff to get back to tt and bus to po at like 9 or so pm

and is the boat wheelchair ok??

how big a boat?

scott

ps thanks for all the info

[SyracuseWolvrine]

Might be easier to Bus to DTD and then Bus to WL. That way you don't have to worry about how late the boats run.

[SueM in MN]

and does the boat run late enuff to get back to tt and bus to po at like 9 or so pm
the boat is WL's main transportation to MK, so it would be running at least until a few hours after MK closes (same situation for the bus from MK to PO).
and is the boat wheelchair ok??

how big a boat?
It's a big boat (sort of similar to the boat that goes between MK and TTC.
It is occasionally not wheelchair accessible because of changing water levels. if the boat is floating too high or too low compared to the dock, then a wheelchair can't be rolled right on (even with a portable ramp). That makes the boat not accessible for ECVs or power wheelchairs. If that is the case and your child can get out of his wheelchair, you can lift or have him step onto the boat and then lift the wheelchair on. (A power wheelchair may be too heavy, although 2 big guys have lifted my DD's power wheelchair up 2 steps once). When we stayed at WL, and ran into that problem, DH and I just each lifted a side of DD's manual wheelchair and lifted her onto the boat (she was about 12 or 13 years old, but is not that heavy).

[SueM in MN]

Might be easier to Bus to DTD and then Bus to WL. That way you don't have to worry about how late the boats run.
That's a good idea - those DTD buses run really late compared to the park transportation.