Busch Gardens - Shuttle Express & Guided Adventure Tour

[rehmanmohamed]

I'm taking my mum to Orlando in late April/ early May this year. It's her first ever overseas trip.

We've got 5-park Flexitickets and we're planning on going to Busch Gardens. We'll be getting the shuttle express since neither of us can drive.

We're staying at the Hilton Garden Inn at Seaworld, meaning that the Seaworld pick-up at 9 a.m. would be most convenient.

We want to go on the Guided Adventure Tour at Busch. This starts at 10.30 a.m.

But having had a look around various forums on the internet, it seems like the shuttle bus takes approx 90 minutes to get to Busch Gardens. So it looks like getting the shuttle from Seaworld is not an option since we may get there too late for the start of the tour.

The list of the Shuttle service is as follows:-

Departure Times & Departure Locations
8:30am Universal Bus Parking
8:45am Mercado Shopping Village
9:00am SeaWorld Bus Parking
9:15am *Old Town Shopping Village
9:15am SeaWorld Bus Parking
9:30am Orlando Premium Outlets®
9:30am AmeriHost Maingate Resort
9:40am Best Western Lakeside

We aren't sure - is this one big long route, or are these individual routes?

If they are a series of smaller routes, would getting the bus from Universal at 8.30 a.m. be feasible in terms of getting us to Bush Gardens early enough to go on the Guided Adventure Tour? How long would this route take?

thanks for any advice

 

[wilma-bride]

When we got the bus the year before last, we caught it at the Mercado and we were the only pick-up (the bus was full from people waiting at the Mercado). If I remember rightly, we got to Busch shortly after 10am.

If I were you and you really want to do the tour, I would book the bus to pick you up from the Mercado and catch the I-ride up from Sea World.

 

[Miffy2003]

Hi rehmanmohamed and welcome to the Dis

 

[lgp1]

Welcome to the Dis.
Hope you have a good trip
Lyndon.