CBR pick-up/drop off loop order

[mickeysaver]

When we stayed at CSR last year, the order of the numbers of the bus stops varied from the reality of the order that the buses actually serviced them.

So, my question is what is the order of the stops?
Does the bus stop at the lobby area bus stop first and then go around the loop clockwise?
Does the bus stop at the lobby area bus stop first and then go around the loop counter-clockwise?
Does the bus stop in a clockwise order going around the loop.....ending at the lobby stop and exiting from there back out on the road?
Does the bus stop in a counter-clockwise order going around the loop.....ending at the lobby stop and exiting from there back out on the road?
Just curious. Maggie

 

[clkelley]

Unfortunately, with CBR it depends. The buses will enter CBR from a different point depending on where they are coming from. They don't always start at the front. So hypothetically, they could start at bus stop 4, then work their way around, or they could come in the main entrance and work their way around, or come in at bus stop 2 and work their way around. (I don't know for sure where any of the entrances are. I've only been to CBR a couple of times).

That's one of the reasons I won't stay at CBR, too many internal bus stops.

Also, the Epcot resort bus stops infuriate me. They never run the same. I often leave Epcot by the International Gateway, to have dinner, then go to Pleasure Island. For awhile there, if I went to Yacht Club, I was pretty sure of a direct ride to PI, but now there seems to be no rhyme or reason as to the order they stop at.

 

[CleveRocks]

Here's a link to a map of CBR, so you can "see" what I'm talking about:

http://www.wdwinfo.com/resortmaps/cbrmap.htm

First off, CBR does not share buses with other resorts, so once you leave CBR you're going directly to the destination on the display on the front and side of the bus.

For purposes of clarification .... CBR's lobby area is the Custom House, and the park buses do not stop at the Custom House. The only buses that stop at the Custom House are the CBR internal shuttles. The only reasons to go to the Custom House are any procedures requiring the Front Desk, Guest Services or Bell Services. A totally separate complex across the resort is Old Port Royale (OPR), the site of the food court, table-service restaurant, main pool, watercraft and bike rentals, outdoor bar, shops, arcade, etc.

Buses, on a seemingly random basis, start EITHER at Jamaica or Martinique, and from their starting point ALWAYS go clockwise. I was really paying attention, and there was no pattern of which buses started where, in other words it's not like all MK buses start at a specific stop, and so on. So there's no way to plan for sure which stop to be at in order to maximize your chances of getting a good seat or a seat at all.

A bus starting at Jamaica will then stop at Aruba, Barbados, Martinique, OPR, Trinidad North and finally Trinidad South, and then go directly to its destination.

A bus starting at Martinique will then stop at OPR, Trinidad North, Trinidad South, Aruba, Jamaica and finally Barbados, and then go directly to its destination.

 

[cruiserkaren]

Thanks CleveRocks that is great info.

 

[Kanikazi]

Ditto!