bus transfer times

[matsterrocks]

Is there a website that list aprox bus travel times from resorts to parks?

 

[dudspizza]

Is there a website that list aprox bus travel times from resorts to parks?

Try this.

http://www.ourlaughingplace.com/asp/twiz.aspx

Duds

 

[matsterrocks]

Is there a Bus from GF to Epcot? Got this info from this website but dose not sound right to me anyone know?
http://www.ourlaughingplace.com/asp/twiz.aspx

Disney's Grand Floridian Resort & Spa -to- Epcot®

* Add 5-10 minutes at each segment wait time for transportation.

BUS:
Disney's Grand Floridian Resort & Spa Epcot® : 17 mins.

MonoRail:
Disney's Grand Floridian Resort & Spa Transportation & Ticket Center Epcot® : 42 mins.

 

[kaytieeldr]

Yes, there is a bus from Grand Floridian to Epcot - it's right there in your post. Do you mean the times don't seem right? Well, the monorail goes from GF to MK to CR, then to the TTC where you have to exit that train and board the one going to Epcot.

 

[CleveRocks]

Is there a Bus from GF to Epcot? Got this info from this website but dose not sound right to me anyone know?
http://www.ourlaughingplace.com/asp/twiz.aspx

Disney's Grand Floridian Resort & Spa -to- Epcot®

* Add 5-10 minutes at each segment wait time for transportation.

BUS:
Disney's Grand Floridian Resort & Spa Epcot® : 17 mins.

MonoRail:
Disney's Grand Floridian Resort & Spa Transportation & Ticket Center Epcot® : 42 mins.

These times sound right. The bus time seems very realistic.

The reason the monorail takes so long is the various waiting times. You will wait for the monorail to arrive. And then at each stop where you don't get off, the monorail sits at the station for several minutes -- monorails wait a few minutes, unlike a subway or commuter train that gets in and out of a station as quickly as possible. So after you get on at GF, you will pause for a little while at the MK station, then again at the Contemporary station. Then when you get to the TTC, you'll need to get off the monorail, go over to another platform and then wait for the Epcot monorail before riding to Epcot. I can easily see how that could take 42 minutes.

 

[matsterrocks]

These times sound right. The bus time seems very realistic.

The reason the monorail takes so long is the various waiting times. You will wait for the monorail to arrive. And then at each stop where you don't get off, the monorail sits at the station for several minutes -- monorails wait a few minutes, unlike a subway or commuter train that gets in and out of a station as quickly as possible. So after you get on at GF, you will pause for a little while at the MK station, then again at the Contemporary station. Then when you get to the TTC, you'll need to get off the monorail, go over to another platform and then wait for the Epcot monorail before riding to Epcot. I can easily see how that could take 42 minutes.

Is there a bus from GF to Epcot?

 

[CleveRocks]

Is there a bus from GF to Epcot?

Yes, but it is shared with the other 2 monorail resorts.

 

[CR Resort Fan 4 Life]

Yes, but it is shared with the other 2 monorail resorts.

Actually after the Grand Floridian the Resort Monorail would go to the Magic Kingdom, Contemporary and then TTC which is where you would get off to catch the Epcot Monorail. While you are correct that the Grand Floridian does share with the Contemporary and Polynesian, in the case of going to Epcot from the Grand Floridian your only going threw one Resort and the Magic Kingdom.

 

[matsterrocks]

Yes, but it is shared with the other 2 monorail resorts.

Which two resorts? I would think GF is the first pick-up and last drop off right

 

[CleveRocks]

Actually after the Grand Floridian the Resort Monorail would go to the Magic Kingdom, Contemporary and then TTC which is where you would get off to catch the Epcot Monorail. While you are correct that the Grand Floridian does share with the Contemporary and Polynesian, in the case of going to Epcot from the Grand Floridian your only going threw one Resort and the Magic Kingdom.

matsterrocks asked if there was a BUS from GF to Epcot, and I said that there was, and that the bus is shared with the other monorail resorts. But for some reason, you chose to try to correct me by talking about the MONORAIL route. The poster was not asking about the monorail. I used the term "monorail resorts" to refer collectively to the 3 resorts on the monorail, which are GF, Contemporary and Polynesian. So please re-read, CR ... I said "monorail resorts," not "resort monorail."

To partially answer YOUR question, matsterrocks, the monorail resorts are GF, Contemporary and Poly. GF shares its buses with Contemporary and Poly. I have no clue about the order or pick-up and drop-off.

 

[CR Resort Fan 4 Life]

Which two resorts? I would think GF is the first pick-up and last drop off right

In my families experiences when the Contemporary, Polynesian and Grand Floridian shares a bus the Contemporary is the 1st stop, Polynesian is the 2nd and Grand Floridian is the last. If you think about it that way makes the most sense and here is why. If a bus from coming back from MGM or Animal Kingdom, the Contemporary is the farthest Resort to drive to. After that the Polynesian is the next closest Resort and then the Grand Floridian is next. Plus once it leaves the Grand Floridian it has a direct route back to MGM or the Animal Kingdom.