callnamegrumpy
Earning My Ears
- Joined
- Nov 10, 2003
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- 24
During a recent vist to SSR DW and I had two incedents with WDW busses that made me think about using current resort id on WDW buses. First incedent, while waiting at Typhoon Lagoon to return to SSR a woman and her daughter walks up to the bus stop and says "The other bus driver said to take this bus to DTD" I said to her "What resort are you staying at?" her reply was " They were not staying at Disney, but at ---- hotel on International drive, and while her husband and son were at Typhoon she was going shopping, now i know there is nothing illegal about using the bus, and before i could tell her the better choice would be the bus going to Pop Century, another person at the stop said "yes this is the bus, but it will go through SSR first" then her response was "how long will that take? Now the second incedent, two days later while taking the early am bus to MGM the bus pulls up to the stop inside SSR close to DTD, a group of 16 teen aged girls with 4 adult woman get on the bus, one of the woman were seated near me, so i said " you folks have a pretty big group. are you staying in a couple of grand villas" her reply suprised me she said "Oh we aren"t staying here, we just walked over from ----- on Buena Vista Blvd. and take these busses. Now my point is back in 1994 when the family stayed at the original Vacation Club (now OKW) I seem to remember the WDW bus drivers asked to see our resort id to board. I think with todays security concerns, if Disney were to post signage notice that currrent resort id required to board WDW transportation busses traveling to or from WDW resorts. I am certian Disney is already spending a ton of $$ printing those resort id that i seem to take every where any way since its my room key anyway. When we pull up to security gate at any resort we have to have a valid reason to enter, but anyone can get on a WDW bus (let's say at DTD at 1 AM) and go to any resort. I for one would not feel any imposition being asked to show current resort id to use WDW transportion busses traveling to or from WDW resorts.