Disney Cruise Line buses.....

[jvas]

Hi friends!

Does anyone know what time the Cruise line buses show up
at the resorts to start transporting guests to the ship?
We will be staying at the Port Orleans resort.

 

[InsanelyMickey]

I'm not sure if it's the same for Port Orleans, but DH and I stayed at the Polynesian in December for our land/sea and I think (if I remember correctly) the buses picked us up around noon.

 

[LibertyBelle]

Each resort has a different pick up time for the buses, check with the cruise line help desk in the lobby, or if you are planning ahead (and no one has the answer for you here) call the cruise line direct and ask, they have a list of the times for each resort

 

[gswfan]

We stayed at CBR. They'll let you know what time you'll get picked up. It's usually around noon. Also, they give you an option to get picked up at one of the parks. We were picked up at Animal Kingdom. Gave us time to go around the park one more time before getting picked up at noon.

 

[musicgirl]

When we did the land/sea from the POR, the pick up was around 12:15. The first bus filled up partially and then went over to pick people up at the AK. We boarded around 12:30 and arrived around 1:15-1:30.

If I were to do it again, I would arrange for a car service for an earlier pick up. There were a lot of people waiting and after 4 days in the parks in line, I felt like we were all trying to get a good spot all morning. The bus was very convenient and I enjoyed the video on the way over.

If you are not worried about signing up for anything, you should be fine. When we did just the cruise (3 night), we were checked in by around 12:00-12:15 and then we went on in. It was a big difference time wise, because we didn't feel like we had to rush.

Another nice thing about the bus is that you are already checked in and can walk right on board if you have the package. I don't know if you can do this if you take a car service. We turned all of our paperwork over to the girl on the bus on the way over to port. I'm not sure what you would do with the paperwork if you had a car service.

 

[jvas]

Thank you!
I want to set up the Cabana massage for my wife and 2
girls....getting to the ship at 1.30 seems like I would be
cutting it close...also want to do parasailing.....in your opinion
do you think I will be fine getting to the ship at that time?