robhammer
Earning My Ears
- Joined
- Apr 2, 2012
I was in WDW with my son at the end of May and we took the 111 to the Florida Mall on a Sunday, this was a good day to go as the bus was quite empty both ways and the Mall whilst busy was easy to get around. However make sure you are fully aware of where to pick up the bus at DTD, we stayed at OKW and took the boat transfer to DTD, I assumed the bus stop was in the same area as the Disney Transportation stops but the 111 goes from the bus stops at the West Side of DTD past La Nouba which is not shown on any of the DTD maps, one of the Disney bus drivers told me to pick up the 111 at the Hilton stop just past The Marketplace area of DTD. We set off in this direction but the Hilton sign on the hotel is not visible from the DTD side so we walked too far round before I asked for directions again before finding the stop. All this cost me about an hour before getting the 111. I messed up on the way back as I should have got off at the Hilton stop but stayed on until the DTD Westside stop this took about 15 minutes as the bus got stuck at the lights before turning right to get to the stop and then we had to trek back through DTD to get the boat to OKW
If taking children be aware that they may be charged the full two dollar fare, my son is 8 and was charged $1 on the way out but $2 on the way back, for the sake of a dollar I could not be bothered to argue but just make sure you have enough spare dollar bills for the way back. Also allow yourself 10 minutes to get to the stop before the arrival time of the 111 on the way back as it can get there early and they don't wait
Florida Mall has a lot of medium range shops rather than high end so it might be worth looking at their website to check they have the stores you want, if looking for toys or have kids with you there is a ToysRUs across the road from the bus stop
Buses leave DTD at 23 and 53 past the hour and Florida Mall at 19 and 49 past the hour on the way back although as I said above aim to get to the stop 10 minutes early
Sorry if post a bit long but just want to help with avoiding the problem we had
If taking children be aware that they may be charged the full two dollar fare, my son is 8 and was charged $1 on the way out but $2 on the way back, for the sake of a dollar I could not be bothered to argue but just make sure you have enough spare dollar bills for the way back. Also allow yourself 10 minutes to get to the stop before the arrival time of the 111 on the way back as it can get there early and they don't wait
Florida Mall has a lot of medium range shops rather than high end so it might be worth looking at their website to check they have the stores you want, if looking for toys or have kids with you there is a ToysRUs across the road from the bus stop
Buses leave DTD at 23 and 53 past the hour and Florida Mall at 19 and 49 past the hour on the way back although as I said above aim to get to the stop 10 minutes early
Sorry if post a bit long but just want to help with avoiding the problem we had
But it we have bought loads then maybe, just maybe we'll go for a taxi! It hurts me paying a cab fare plus tip both ways when I can do it for $4! The lynx 111 is just so quick and easy to the Florida Mall and the lynx 50 with a transfer to 42 or 8 is relatively quick. 
