Does anyone know how long the bus takes to get you to work and to other places around town? I am trying to decide if I want to take the bus or bring a car!
Let me give you a break down of the time it takes to get from Chatham to MK. Of course it may take a lil longer for that specific park, which you will find as I explain. And this breakdown is if you have your own car. And let me add to this is if you are smart and take this tip: Make sure you have your costumes and not wait for the last minute to get it before your shift and run the chances of having every other person in the park with the same plan...cuz then you have to play the waiting game then.
First I always like to give myself a cushion time of half an hour to get from apt to work. Things to factor in would first include that Disney is on 46 square miles, correct me someone if I am wrong though. So, even if we are on property, the drive without traffic will still take at least 15 min on the roads after leaving your apartment before reaching any park. Then include having to get through the gates all the guests are going through (although they dedicate a couple lanes for CMs). There is a back way to take for MK, I am not too familiar with the other parks tho. The difference in travel time is only a lil, although you do avoid the tourists.
Then you have to find a parking spot. And I am sure that is a normal obstacle when one works in any kind of large company...even when goin to school it is a struggle.
At MK you then have to hop on a bus that takes you from parking to the tunnels. Depending on your start (and end) time there will be other CMs trying to make the trip. Plus the bus loads that come from housing for CPS
once you get on that it is only 5 or so minutes.
If you are not yet in costume you will have to get to the locker room, change and walk to your area. Of course you do get walk time at MK, but that is pretty much most of what you have to get thru when going to work.
Sure, that sounds like a lot, but once you get in the grove of it all, having a car has it's good sides. Especially when remembering the buses not so good sides. Once I heard one of the buses caught on fire. Many times I just try to stay out of their way, especially after being on one that was speeding past a WDW bus to cut it off too close to be able to merge onto the interstate...a scary moment you had to have been in I suppose.
And really, it is not too bad really. But when dealing with the bus you have to factor in a few other things. The one bonus is you put yourself in potential networking situations. And networking is a big thing as a CP. Of course there are times tho that you just want a little quiet time. Then I would suggest to make sure you have head phones to listen to some kind of musical device.
