All-Star Resort Bus Question?

[DisneyWanderer]

I know theres 3 Different All-Star Resorts. Do the Busses Go to All 3 Resorts At the same time . or are there 3 Seperate Busses ??

 

[wifeof35]

The busses serve all 3 resorts. I have stayed at all 3 of these resorts. Sometimes the bus is full by the time it gets to the last one (Movies) I believe. But another is usually right behind.

 

[msb578]

The busses serve all 3 resorts. I have stayed at all 3 of these resorts. Sometimes the bus is full by the time it gets to the last one (Movies) I believe. But another is usually right behind.

This is not always the case.

During peak times, each All-Star has its own dedicated bus. They do their best to predict peak vs off-peak, but it's not always perfect. Sometimes they're sharing when they shouldn't be, and vice-versa.

 

[wifeof35]

This is not always the case.

During peak times, each All-Star has its own dedicated bus. They do their best to predict peak vs off-peak, but it's not always perfect. Sometimes they're sharing when they shouldn't be, and vice-versa.

Sorry about that, I don't travel during peak times. I should have made that more clear. Thanks for the correction

 

[maxiesmom]

More times than not each All Star has a bus. I stayed at the Sports last year, and during a 7 day trip in which we took breaks back to the resort every day, we shared buses twice.

 

[WEDWDW]

I kept a "log" during one of my trips to Sports.

You may find this info helpful as to how often the All-Stars "share" buses.

It takes the Buses about 2 minutes to travel from Sports to Music and about 2 minutes from Music to Movies

I also did some Park Hopping:
Monorail from TTC to Epcot----9 minutes.
Monorail from Epcot to TTC----7 minutes.
Express Monorail----4 minutes
Friendship between Epcot and DHD----20-30 minutes(We actually did make it in 20 minutes one day!)

Saturday April 18----Sports to Epcot----8:23AM to 8:33AM----10 minutes----Direct
Epcot to Sports----4:46PM to 4:58PM----12 minutes----Share

Sunday April 19----Sports to DAK(EMH)----7:44AM to 7:52AM----8 minutes----Direct
DAK to Sports----12:51PM to 12:57PM----6 minutes----Share
Sports to DHS----5:37PM to 5:57PM----20 minutes----Share
MK to Music----10:31PM to 10:52PM----21 minutes----Direct
(Hopped on a waiting Music Bus and then walked back to Sports.)

Monday April 20----Sports to MK----6:49AM to 7:04AM----15 minutes----Direct
(BOG Breakfast!)
Epcot to Sports----12:31PM to 12:42PM----11 minutes----Share
Sports to Epcot----2:44PM to 3:04PM----20 minutes----Share
Epcot to Sports----7:00PM to 7:12PM----12 minutes----Share

Tuesday April 21----Sports to DHS----7:58AM to 8:10AM----12 minutes----Direct
DHS to Sports----11:01AM to 11:15AM----14 minutes----Direct
Sports to DTD----2:23PM to 2:50PM----27 minutes----Share
DHS to Sports----9:57PM to 10:09PM----12 minutes----Share

Wednesday April 22----Sports to DAK----7:33AM to 7:44AM(EMH)----11 minutes----Direct
DAK to Sports----12:29PM to 12:37PM----8 minutes----Share
Sports to DHS----1:30PM to 1:49PM----19 minutes----Share
MK to Music----9:25PM to 9:40PM----15 minutes----Direct

Thursday April 23----Sports to Epcot----11:10AM to 11:19AM----9 minutes----Share
DTD to Sports----5:18PM to 5:37PM-----19 minutes----Share

Friday April 24----Sports to Epcot----8:06AM to 8:17AM-----11 minutes----Direct
Epcot to Sports----10:27AM to 10:43AM----16 minutes----Share
Sports to Epcot----12:23PM to 12:43PM----20 minutes----Share
Epcot to Sports----9:14PM to 9:30PM----16 minutes----Direct

Saturday April 25----Sports to DHS(EMH)----7:20AM to 7:30AM-----10 minutes----Direct
Epcot to Sports-----4:16PM to 4:30PM----14 minutes----Share

Sunday April 26----Sports to MK----9:15AM to 9:30AM----15 minutes----Direct
Epcot to Sports----12:20PM to 12:32PM-----12 minutes-----Share
Time to board THE SAD BUS!!!!BOOOOOOOO!!!!

 

[Robo]

Sorry about that, I don't travel during peak times.

I have to state again that it is definitely not just during peak times that the All Stars will get separate buses.
And, time-of-day can figure into how the buses are routed.

 

[Mikie]

My experiences have been a lot like WEWDW outlined. A mix on the same trip, I didn't find much pattern - maybe we got our own buses during peak ,owning and evening time and shared during off times of day mostly. Definitely during shared bus times, we'd get frustrated that a nearly full bus arrived to pick us up, but almost always another (empty or nearly) bus was literally right behind. I have stayed there in March and Sept-Oct.

 

[gem21]

When I stayed at Sports about 5 years ago (end of January so off-peak time) we rarely shared buses, maybe 5 times in total, and never during morning or evening, it was always in the middle of the day when the buses were near empty anyhow. The first day we got there we took the bus to MK about 2:30 and there was a total of 5 people getting on at Sports - and we proceeded directly to the MK!

 

[msb578]

Sorry for not being clear. My reference to peak vs off-peak meant the time of day, not the time of year. So I agree with the last few posts- that has been my experience as well.

 

[luvmy2babies]

In the times we have gone, we've stayed at All-Star Movies 3 times. First time it was Thanksgiving week and there was no sharing; but we did not ride midday. In the summers we have gone I have only experienced sharing at midday, never when we left for rope drop or when we came back in the evenings after 4pm.

 

[Stinky_Pete]

IMO the whole "All Stars share buses" thing is blown way out of proportion on here. During my stay, the only times it happened was during the middle of the day.

When I was there for ten nights end of Oct-early Nov, each resort had its own dedicated buses going to the theme parks for park opening, as well as going back to the resorts when the parks were closing.

Even when they do share, as WEDWDW says, it's like two minutes to stop at one resort, a few people get off, a few get on, then you're at the next resort.

Might you have to stand? Yes. But that can happen anywhere. People here often say they prefer POP because they worry they might have to stand if they're at All Stars and they share buses. Well, when I stayed at POP I stood on the bus many times. When you show up at the bus stop and there's a huge long line like there often is at POP, you either stand or wait for the next bus.

 

[Carnator]

Just got back today from staying 6 days at the Music. Not one time for pickup from resort did we share a bus. I use an ECV and never had to wait for another bus because of guest from other All Stars being on board. Shared bus twice the whole time when going back to the resort and that was from AK and Studios but that was late afternoon before the parks closed.

 

[disnut8]

From the answers here and from my experiences, I would say to the OP that sometimes the All Stars share buses and sometimes they don't. Sometimes you have to wait for another bus if you are at the tail end of the All Star line and sometimes you don't. Sometimes you will have to stand either coming or going and sometimes you don't. I have stayed at Music, walked to Sports to get on the bus, then stopped at Music and then stopped at Movies and the bus was full. I have stayed at Sports and been driven right to a park after boarding. I have stayed at Movies with the same experience. And we are not rope droppers nor late night stayers.

 

[dancin Disney style]

I agree that the All Star bus thing has been blown out of proportion. We have stayed at all the values and all but one of the mods. The All Star buses are no better or worse than any other resort. The mods have multiple stops as do the deluxe resorts. Funny that no one ever complains about that. POP is so much larger than the All Stars that you are very likely to have to wait for a second or even third bus.

After several stays at the All Stars(and we are generally there 10-14 days) I can say with certainty that rarely do you share a bus with one of the other All Stars.
If it makes any difference to you, when the buses are shared (normally) the stops are sports, music then movies.