Direct Water Park bus service from resorts is back!

[rteetz]

Disney to Provide Direct Transportation Between Resorts and Water Parks

Its about time!

 

[tjmw2727]

This is great news! My kids like to take my niece and nephew as we still have several non expiring water park days left but none of the adults really enjoy the water parks anymore. They are all plenty old enough to but alone but when they added the transfers it just took too long.

 

[Cinderumbrella]

Please tell me they aren’t going back to sharing with Dis Springs and AK again.

 

[dansdad]

Please tell me they aren’t going back to sharing with Dis Springs and AK again.

Actually the exact opposite. No more transferring, direct from resort to each water park.

 

[Cinderumbrella]

Actually the exact opposite. No more transferring, direct from resort to each water park.

Just making sure. This is a welcome change.

 

[rteetz]

Please tell me they aren’t going back to sharing with Dis Springs and AK again.

That’s how it is currently and they are getting rid of that.

 

[Skippyboo]

I wonder if they saw a big drop in attendance at the water parks since they got rid of the direct bus service? I would think the Volcano Bay sucked up a lot of the locals. So maybe Disney is trying to bring the on-site guests back to the water parks by restoring direct routes

 

[Cinderumbrella]

That’s how it is currently and they are getting rid of that.

I thought it was bus to those then transfer?
I was talking about the old way where every DS bus went to TL and every AK bus went BB. That was awful.

 

[dansdad]

I wonder if they saw a big drop in attendance at the water parks since they got rid of the direct bus service?

Yes. They saw a drop in attendance and a large number of complaints on surveys of guests having to use Uber, Lyft or Taxi to the water parks.

 

[rteetz]

I thought it was bus to those then transfer?
I was talking about the old way where every DS bus went to TL and every AK bus went BB. That was awful.

The current way is you have to take a bus to Disney Springs or AK and then transfer to another bus there. I find that way worse than making two stops.

 

[Cinderumbrella]

The current way is you have to take a bus to Disney Springs or AK and then transfer to another bus there. I find that way worse than making two stops.

Unless you were just trying to go to DS or AK. The extra stop at a water park for the majority of the bus riders was brutal.

 

[rteetz]

Unless you were just trying to go to DS or AK. The extra stop at a water park for the majority of the bus riders was brutal.

To each their own. It didn't bother me much at all.

 

[PrincessArlena'sDad]

Unless you were just trying to go to DS or AK. The extra stop at a water park for the majority of the bus riders was brutal.

I remember a particularly painful DS (or, rather DTD as the time) to POR bus. They are so close together, it should be a short bus ride. But, the stop at TL added an extra half hour to the trip because of traffic trying to turn into TL, and then trying to make a left out of TL.

3/4 of the reason why we chose not to add the plus option to our military salute tickets was no direct bus service. We might reconsider.

Anyone know if military salute tickets can be upgraded after the fact to include the water parks?

 

[Cinderumbrella]

I remember a particularly painful DS (or, rather DTD as the time) to POR bus. They are so close together, it should be a short bus ride. But, the stop at TL added an extra half hour to the trip because of traffic trying to turn into TL, and then trying to make a left out of TL.

3/4 of the reason why we chose not to add the plus option to our military salute tickets was no direct bus service. We might reconsider.

Anyone know if military salute tickets can be upgraded after the fact to include the water parks?

We are considering H2O Glow night in June. This news will probably confirm that we do it. I was planning on Uber but hesitant if we are still damp at the end of the night.

 

[BridgetBordeaux]

This is great news. Thanks for posting.

 

[WEDWDW]

Will the All-Star Resort continue to have its direct Blizzard Beach bus or will that route now combine with DAK?

 

[dansdad]

Will the All-Star Resort continue to have its direct Blizzard Beach bus or will that route now combine with DAK?

It will stay direct.

 

[DisLiss]

Good news!

 

[disny_luvr]

Awesome! So happy to hear this. It’s about time.

 

[WEDWDW]

HUGE improvement,but there will be some bus sharing and the buses will only service one Bus Stop in OKW and SSR and only one in each Moderate(with POFQ looking like they will have to "hoof" it on up to Riverside).

https://www.wdwinfo.com/news-stories/new-bus-routes-for-walt-disney-world-water-parks-2/


Some resort’s buses will stop at multiple locations picking up guests along the way. Below are the resorts that are bundled together in their transit to the water parks:

• Disney’s Contemporary Resort, Disney’s Polynesian Village Resort, and Disney’s Grand Floridian Resort
• Walt Disney World Swan and Dolphin Resorts, Disney’s Yacht Club, Disney’s Beach Club, and Disney’s BoardWalk Resort
• Disney’s Animal Kingdom Resort – Jambo House and Kidani Village
• Disney’s All-Star Sports Resort, Disney’s All-Star Music Resort, and Disney’s All-Star Movies
• Disney’s Pop Century Resort and Disney’s Art of Animation Resort
• Disney’s Fort Wilderness Campground and Disney’s Wilderness Lodge Resort

Select resorts will have specific bus stops that service the waterparks:

• Disney’s Caribbean Beach Resort – Old Port Royale Stop
• Disney’s Coronado Springs Resort – El Centro/Stop #1
• Disney’s Old Key West Resort – Hospitality House Stop
• Disney’s Port Orleans Resort – South Bus Depot
• Disney’s Saratoga Springs Resort (including Treehouse Villas) – The Springs Bus Stop