Disney buses

[momof2minnies]

We just came back after 11 wonderful days at WDW. We enjoyed hopping to various resorts to sample the many restaurants Disney has to offer. This was not very easy since we only had internal transportation. Has anyone ever heard why Disney does not offer transportation between resorts? Seems to me they would do a great business with alot less hassle for guests. Going to DTD to switch buses- all 7 of us- got old real fast!

Thanks!

 

[XStAnt]

It's a logistical nightmare. You would have to have a bus making a "resort" loop, going to each of the resorts. How many resorts does Disney have? 15? Think how long it would take to get to the 8th resort on the run. By that time you could have taken a bus to a park and transferred to that resort's bus.

If you say there should be more buses and shorter routes, then it becomes too expensive. For example, say Disney ran three resort buses runs from the All-Stars. One ran to CR, WL, FW, Poly,and GF. The second ran to Swan, Dolphin, BWI, BC, YC, and CBR. The third ran to POP, SSR, POR and POFQ. Now you have tripled your costs and reduced the number of people in each bus (since it is going to 2/3 fewer resorts than with just one bus route). Now you have buses with only 10 people on them. Plus, each resort would need three bus routes. Otherwise, a guest at the Swan would have to transfer somewhere to get to the Poly.

Now factor in the fact that most people eat at the restaurants at their resort or at the parks. While many of us love going to the different resort restaurants, in reality there probably are not enough people to justify this expense.

 

[Chip 'n Dale Express]

The cost would be astronomical, and wouldn't provide the service you would hope for.

However, one suggestion -- avoid using DTD as a transfer point. The theme parks make much more efficient transfers.

 

[mslangen]

Hi,

There is nothing wrong with the buses at WDW. In my opinion its a perfect system. They do their best to provide the best service as possible. You can compare the Disney bus system with a sort of public transportation. And you allways find transfer points if you use public transportation. Disney is no exemption.

The only mistake Disney World has made is the location of Downtown Disney. They should have build it more in the middle of the world. Now if you need to tranfer from Animal Kingdom Logdge to say Coronado Springs you need to go to downtown Disney that is located at the very other end of the world.
If Downtown Disney was located just somewhere between the Magic Kingdom and Epcot it should be much more convenient.

Gr, Marcel.

Originally posted by Chip 'n Dale Express
The cost would be astronomical, and wouldn't provide the service you would hope for.
However, one suggestion -- avoid using DTD as a transfer point. The theme parks make much more efficient transfers.

 

[DebbieB]

If Animal Kingdom was open, I would go there to transfer to CSR. Or MGM.

I think it used to be that the TTC was the transfer point for busses but there's nothing else there so it became more economical to use the parks and Downtown Disney.

 

[Chip 'n Dale Express]

The *ONLY* reason Downtown Disney is used as the published transfer point for the transportation guides is for PURE SIMPLICITY.

Downtown Disney can be used at any time of the day bus to bus from any resort.


Yes, there are always better transfer points, but there are always catches to them depending on parks and available transportation and whatnot.

 

[crisi]

One suggestion for next time. Taxis.

The Bellperson will call you a van that will seat all seven of you. Its about $15 from anywhere to anywhere at Disney (including tip). If you are talking about dining out with seven people - $2 to get back to the resort is not at all expensive.

It was seldom a hassle to get to the restaurant to eat - the parks were open and we could easily get to the resorts via a park hop....coming home was a different matter.

The other option is to do your resort dining when you rent a car.

(They apparently used to offer bus service to the BW - it being an entertainment destination - but it wasn't used enough.)

 

[sue Z]

I totally agree with TYLER!!
from both the Bus driver point of view and the bus fan point of view!!!