All star resort buses?

[5xdisneyfans]

I am trying to decide if I want to try one of the all stars. Are all the buses shared for the three resorts? If so does it stop at one and then go to the next one to pick up more people? I am worried you will be waiting a long time and it will be full when it does come? Never been to these three resorts before. Thinking of staying at one. Which one do you think is the best one to stay at? It will just be my 15 yr old DS and I.

 

[BigAlsGal]

I am trying to decide if I want to try one of the all stars. Are all the buses shared for the three resorts? If so does it stop at one and then go to the next one to pick up more people? I am worried you will be waiting a long time and it will be full when it does come? Never been to these three resorts before. Thinking of staying at one. Which one do you think is the best one to stay at? It will just be my 15 yr old DS and I.

No each resort has its own bus. I believe they may share Disney Springs buses.

 

[jaceraden]

They share in off peak times, yes. But each resort gets their own bus during busy times in the day.

 

[scrapquitler]

I've stayed at the All Stars twice, and most of the time the buses were separate, but sometimes they were shared.

 

[disney world dreamer]

i stayed at all star sports in december.
the 3 all star resorts do share buses when its not super busy.
all star sports is generally the first resort to be picked up when sharing.
i was only there from friday morning to sunday morning (december 4-6) so it may not be a good enough representation but i can tell you that we shared a bus when we went to disney springs, MK, and HS.
we did not share a bus on the way back from those places though.

overall it was a good experience and the buses were not over crowsded.

if you're worried that buses will be passing you by due to being full then i'd suggest staying at all star sports.

 

[pens4821]

Very little sharing during our February trip, and when we did there was no impact. Only once did we have an excessively long wait- Disney springs.

 

[BigAlsGal]

Sorry I answered based on my experience not first hand knowledge. I've stayed at Music and Movies before and both times we seemed to have our own bus.

 

[mjdis17]

In the event that the busses do share, the order of pick up/drop off is Sports, Music, Movies. I have stayed at each All Star Resort multiple times during various times of the year and have only had to share buses a handful of times both going to and from parks. Usually it involved Magic Kingdom and almost always had to do with Disney Springs. I agree with a poster above that Sports is your best bet because it is picked up and dropped off first, though it is not a "make or break your trip" type of thing- more for convenience sake.

 

[WEDWDW]

I kept a "log" during one of my trips to All-Star 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!!!!

 

[joannamet]

Last Nov the buses were shared only a couple of times during our trip and it really wasn't a big deal. Stopping at the other 2 AS resorts was faster than going all the way around POR and stopping at the 4 bus stops there plus French Quarter.

 

[Pmlocke]

I just got back from AS Music. There is no sharing most of the time unless it is the middle if the afternoon when you may only have a few poaple waiting for buses. I should point out that I saw continuosly the Copntemporary and Wilderness lodge sharing, as well as many of the other moderates. As for the resorts, I have always stayed at Music but the other two are just as fine. I have found Music to be more suited to adults while Sports and Movies have more motifs that are attractive to the younger set.

 

[siskaren]

I should point out that I saw continuously the Contemporary and Wilderness lodge sharing, as well as many of the other moderates.

The Contemporary and Wilderness Lodge are deluxes.

 

[Pembo]

We just got back from our Easter trip. Epcot bus was shared with all 3 both to and from the park all day. But we had our own bus at the end of the night. MK buses were always dedicated. Disney Springs was shared.