Bus Wait Time Monitors

[kkoe04]

Is there a list of which resorts have the new bus wait time monitors? Trying to figure things out for our upcoming trip!

 

[cedricandsophie]

We were at contemporary, grand Floridian, OKW, AK and wilderness lodge in March...some to stay st, others just visiting. All of them had them. I think all hotels so at this point.

 

[DebbieB]

They have them at Boardwalk. When I was there in December, the arrival time kept creeping back a lot of the time. One morning it said the AL bus was coming in 10 minutes, creeped another 15 minutes.

 

[sticker231]

Nothing at Saratoga

 

[zaccaglin]

Fort wilderness had them at the outpost this evening when I was there.

 

[GaSleepingBeautyFan]

Port Orleans French Quarter has one - I was just there the first week of March 2016.

 

[T00dles]

.....are the best thing ever! In regard to Disney buses of course.

 

[scrapquitler]

They had them at All Star Movies when we were there in January. Apparently not at Pop yet. I'm hoping they'll install them at the park bus stops, too.

 

[joelkfla]

I'd forgotten about SSR. I think they're the last resort not to have them.

They're installed at Pop & AoA, but not working yet (as of last week.) Also, at the multi-stop resorts, like OKW & POR, they're installed at all the stops, but some of them are also not working yet (seems to be no more than 1 or 2 not working at a resort.)

I don't think you'll be seeing them at the parks anytime soon. Estimating the departure time for each resort at a park is an entirely different algorithm. In fact, it's probably multiple algorithms for different times of the day. But maybe Disney IT will surprise us all.

 

[scrapquitler]

I'd forgotten about SSR. I think they're the last resort not to have them.

They're installed at Pop & AoA, but not working yet (as of last week.) Also, at the multi-stop resorts, like OKW & POR, they're installed at all the stops, but some of them are also not working yet (seems to be no more than 1 or 2 not working at a resort.)

I don't think you'll be seeing them at the parks anytime soon. Estimating the departure time for each resort at a park is an entirely different algorithm. In fact, it's probably multiple algorithms for different times of the day. But maybe Disney IT will surprise us all.

Thank you for the update about them being installed at Pop! I hope they are up and running in two weeks when I arrive.

 

[Hopefully]

I'd forgotten about SSR. I think they're the last resort not to have them.

They're installed at Pop & AoA, but not working yet (as of last week.) Also, at the multi-stop resorts, like OKW & POR, they're installed at all the stops, but some of them are also not working yet (seems to be no more than 1 or 2 not working at a resort.)

I don't think you'll be seeing them at the parks anytime soon. Estimating the departure time for each resort at a park is an entirely different algorithm. In fact, it's probably multiple algorithms for different times of the day. But maybe Disney IT will surprise us all.

Are they at the YC/BC yet?

 

[kkoe04]

Thank you all for sharing your information!

 

[mkla2015]

Are they at the YC/BC yet?

We were at BC 3/9-3/12... We only used the bus one day but I don't remember seeing the screens there.

 

[AngiTN]

CSR has them

They have them at Boardwalk. When I was there in December, the arrival time kept creeping back a lot of the time. One morning it said the AL bus was coming in 10 minutes, creeped another 15 minutes.

FYI - this is normal. The data comes real time from the GPS on the bus. As it stops, hits traffic, etc, the time will lengthen. When it's going at normal speed it will shorten.

 

[joelkfla]

Good news: installation is underway at SSR.

Bad news: the monitors at Pop were still dark today.

More bad news: it looked like the entire system was down today. At all the resorts I visited, the monitors that were working all had blank arrival times.

 

[EdmondD]

CSR has them

FYI - this is normal. The data comes real time from the GPS on the bus. As it stops, hits traffic, etc, the time will lengthen. When it's going at normal speed it will shorten.

But I don't think that would impact the accuracy, though, right? The GPS system should be coded to know that the average time spent at stop lights is X and factor that in and it should further be able to anticipate traffic waits. Given the thousands and thousands of trips that are feeding information, this should be pretty accurate. I would think that the only time there would be a change from the estimated time of more than, say, 20 percent, is if there is something happening significantly outside the norm, like a fender bender that backs things up.

Further, given that it's a closed system and Disney owns it all, they could use traffic cameras (and I'm guessing they already have them) to not just guess at the level of traffic, but also know in actuality. Just as Waze, for example, has accurate information because it's gathering user-generated data in real-time, the Disney bus arrival system should be able to do the same thing.

 

[AngiTN]

But I don't think that would impact the accuracy, though, right? The GPS system should be coded to know that the average time spent at stop lights is X and factor that in and it should further be able to anticipate traffic waits. Given the thousands and thousands of trips that are feeding information, this should be pretty accurate. I would think that the only time there would be a change from the estimated time of more than, say, 20 percent, is if there is something happening significantly outside the norm, like a fender bender that backs things up.

Further, given that it's a closed system and Disney owns it all, they could use traffic cameras (and I'm guessing they already have them) to not just guess at the level of traffic, but also know in actuality. Just as Waze, for example, has accurate information because it's gathering user-generated data in real-time, the Disney bus arrival system should be able to do the same thing.

Maybe possible that it could work that way but it doesn't actually work that way. The arrival times change based on the speed, or lack there of, of the bus. That is why they change constantly while you are sitting there waiting.

 

[EdmondD]

Maybe possible that it could work that way but it doesn't actually work that way. The arrival times change based on the speed, or lack there of, of the bus. That is why they change constantly while you are sitting there waiting.

Maybe they can build an upgrade of the system into the alleged approaching "resort fee."

 

[uramr]

They had them at Coronado Springs last week!!

 

[PerfessorZ]

I thought the monitors a great addition during our last visit to WDW. It definitely helped manage our expectations as to how long it would be for the next bus.

The predictive ability of said monitors, however, was definitely subject to the whims of traffic and possibly passenger boarding speeds. Often, the projected arrival time would go up and down like a stock market ticker.