FallsChurchDad
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- Aug 13, 2014
Anyone actually take the bus/shuttle from Portofino Bay to and from Volcano Bay? Is it a bus or a shuttle? Can you fit a double stroller on it pretty easily?
There is not much info online except that, whatever it is, it comes every 20 minutes.
We are trying to decide between two options: (1) 5 nights at Portofino vs. (2) 5 nights in a family suite at Cabana Bay, with one throwaway night at Royal Pacific in the middle, to get 2 days of EP.
Option #1 is about $280 more expensive than option #2. Kids are 8, 5 and 1, and the trip is in August. There doesn't seem to be much for the one-year-old at Volcano Bay, but the older two love waterparks, so it would be good to maybe make a couple of half-day trips over there. The real driver of this trip is that I've read the first three books of Harry Potter with our older two sons, and they both loved them and are super into everything Harry Potter now, but August is the only time we can go, so I am somewhat dreading the actual park experience with the crowds, heat and humidity.
For Volcano Bay, it would be a lot easier to just walk from Cabana Bay, but if the bus from Portofino is not too painful, then it would be nice to stick with Portofino so we'll have the express pass for all 5 days in the main parks (we know EP doesn't help us in VB).
Any experience/advice/thoughts are much appreciated!
There is not much info online except that, whatever it is, it comes every 20 minutes.
We are trying to decide between two options: (1) 5 nights at Portofino vs. (2) 5 nights in a family suite at Cabana Bay, with one throwaway night at Royal Pacific in the middle, to get 2 days of EP.
Option #1 is about $280 more expensive than option #2. Kids are 8, 5 and 1, and the trip is in August. There doesn't seem to be much for the one-year-old at Volcano Bay, but the older two love waterparks, so it would be good to maybe make a couple of half-day trips over there. The real driver of this trip is that I've read the first three books of Harry Potter with our older two sons, and they both loved them and are super into everything Harry Potter now, but August is the only time we can go, so I am somewhat dreading the actual park experience with the crowds, heat and humidity.
For Volcano Bay, it would be a lot easier to just walk from Cabana Bay, but if the bus from Portofino is not too painful, then it would be nice to stick with Portofino so we'll have the express pass for all 5 days in the main parks (we know EP doesn't help us in VB).
Any experience/advice/thoughts are much appreciated!