Disney Resort Bus Information

[BebopBaloo]

Perhaps bus situations are about to change again. For now though, with the information that we have, I'd like to make a list of resorts that share buses and the number of stops at each resort. So chime in and help me out. I need folks to double check what I've come up with below. I'll update this post with the right information. I especially need help with the WL DVC & Fort Wilderness section.

~Many thanks to all of the bus drivers who have shuttled us across the 'world' at all hours and seasons. ~


All Star Resorts:

Movies, Music, and Sports each have one stop per resort. They do not usually share in the morning, or in the evening. They do sometimes share during slower hours of the day.

The buses go to all four Theme Parks, Water Parks, and Disney Springs.

Pop Century:

One bus stop. Buses only go to Magic Kingdom, Animal Kingdom, Water Parks, and Disney Springs. The Skyliner is used for Hollywood Studios and Epcot during most hours. The Skyliner is available for Hollywood Studios and Epcot during most of the day. During Skyliner operating hours the buses for those parks run once an hour. There are buses for park opening at both Hollywood Studios and Epcot.

Art of Animation:

One bus stop. Buses only go to Magic Kingdom, Animal Kingdom, Water Parks, and Disney Springs. The Skyliner is used for Hollywood Studios and Epcot during most hours. The Skyliner is available for Hollywood Studios and Epcot during most of the day. During Skyliner operating hours the buses for those parks run once an hour. There are buses for park opening at both Hollywood Studios and Epcot.

Coronado Springs:

Four bus stops starting in Casitas and ending at the Tower. Buses go to all four Theme Parks, Water Parks, and Disney Springs.

Caribbean Beach:

Six bus stop starting in Martinique and ending in Aruba. EXCEPT for morning hours when Jamaica and Aruba have a shared bus that only stops at those two stops before heading out. The buses go to Magic Kingdom, Animal Kingdom, Water Parks, and Disney Springs during the full hours. The Skyliner is available for Hollywood Studios and Epcot during most of the day. During Skyliner operating hours the buses for those parks run once an hour. There are buses for park opening at both Hollywood Studios and Epcot.

Port Orleans Riverside:

Four bus stops starting at the West Depot and ending at the South Depot. There are times when the French Quarter bus will share with Riverside. French Quarter becomes the first stop and the South Depot at Riverside remains the last stop. The buses go to all four Theme Parks, Water Parks, and Disney Springs. There is also a boat for Disney Springs, which may stop at French Quarter, but most frequently does not. If the boat is running to Disney Springs, the bus probably will not be.

Port Orleans French Quarter:

One bus stop. There are times when the French Quarter bus will share with Riverside. French Quarter becomes the first stop and the South Depot at Riverside remains the last stop. The buses go to all four Theme Parks, Water Parks, and Disney Springs. There is also a boat for Disney Springs, which may stop at Riverside, but most frequently does not share. If the boat is running to Disney Springs, the bus probably will not be.

Riviera:

One bus stop for all four Theme Parks, Water Parks, and Disney Springs. The Skyliner is used for Hollywood Studios and Epcot during most hours. The Skyliner is available for Hollywood Studios and Epcot during most of the day. During Skyliner operating hours the buses for those parks run once an hour. There are buses for park opening at both Hollywood Studios and Epcot.

Old Key West:

Five bus stops for all four Theme Parks, Water Parks, and Disney Springs. The order of stops for Theme Parks and Water Parks is Peninsular Road, South Point, Turtle Pond, Millers Road, Hospitality House. The order of stops for Disney Springs is Hospitality House, Millers Road, Peninsular Road, South Point, Turtle Pond, and back to Hospitality House before going on to Disney Springs. The Disney Springs bus is the internal bus route. There is also a boat for Disney Springs.

Saratoga Springs:

Five bus stops for all four Theme Parks, Water Parks, and Disney Springs. The bus route order for Theme Parks and Water Parks is Grandstand, Carousel, The Paddock, Congress Park, and The Springs. For Disney Springs the order is The Springs, Grandstand, Carousel, The Paddock, Congress Park. You can also walk to Disney Springs or take the boat.

The Boardwalk and Boardwalk Villas:

One bus stop for Magic Kingdom, Animal Kingdom, Water Parks and Disney Springs. There is a water taxi to Epcot and Hollywood Studios. Both of those parks are also within walking distance, especially Epcot.

*It is possible in off peak times to share a bus with all other Epcot Deluxe Resorts and Villas.

Beach Club and Beach Club Villas:

One bus stop, shares a bus with Yacht Club. Yacht Club is picked up first. The buses go to Magic Kingdom, Animal Kingdom, Water Parks, and Disney Springs. There is a water taxi to Epcot and Hollywood Studios. Both of those parks are also within walking distance, especially Epcot.

*It is possible in off peak times to share a bus with all other Epcot Deluxe Resorts and Villas.

Yacht Club:

One bus stop, shares a bus with Beach Club. Yacht Club is picked up first. The buses go to Magic Kingdom, Animal Kingdom, Water Parks, and Disney Springs. There is a water taxi to Epcot and Hollywood Studios. Both of those parks are also within walking distance.

*It is possible in off peak times to share a bus with all other Epcot Deluxe Resorts and Villas.

Animal Kingdom Lodge Jambo House and Villas:

One bus stop for all four Theme Parks, Water Parks, and Disney Springs. Shares a bus with Animal Kingdom Lodge Kidani. Kidani is picked up first.

Animal Kingdom Lodge Kidani:

One bus stop for all four Theme Parks, Water Parks, and Disney Springs. Shares a bus with Animal Kingdom Lodge Jambo House. Kidani is picked up first.

Wilderness Lodge:

One bus stop for all four Theme Parks, Water Parks, and Disney Springs. There are boats that also run to Fort Wilderness, The Contemporary, and Magic Kingdom.

*It is possible in off peak times to share a bus with The Contemporary.

Fort Wilderness Campground:

Bus stops throughout the campground take guests to a main depot to transfer to their desired bus. Buses at the main depot run to all four Theme parks, Water Parks, and Disney Springs. There are boats that run to Wilderness Lodge, The Contemporary, and Magic Kingdom.

The Contemporary and Bay Lake Tower:

One bus stop for Hollywood Studios, Animal Kingdom, Water Parks, and Disney Springs. The monorail is available for the Magic Kingdom, Epcot, and the Ticket and Transportation Center, as well as visiting The Grand Floridian, or Polynesian. There are boats that also run to Fort Wilderness, Wilderness Lodge, and Magic Kingdom. The Magic Kingdom is within walking distance.

*It is possible in off peak times to share a bus with Wilderness Lodge.

The Grand Floridian:

One bus stop for Hollywood Studios, Animal Kingdom, Water Parks, and Disney Springs. The monorail is available for the Magic Kingdom, Epcot, and the Ticket and Transportation Center, as well as visiting The Contemporary, or Polynesian. There is a boat the runs to Magic Kingdom.

The Polynesian:

One bus stop for Hollywood Studios, Animal Kingdom, Water Parks, and Disney Springs. The monorail is available for the Magic Kingdom, Epcot, and the Ticket and Transportation Center, as well as visiting The Contemporary, or The Grand Floridian There is a boat the runs to Magic Kingdom.

 

[dansdad]

Caribbean Beach has 6 stops now. And for more detail, the buses for HS and Epcot run once an hour while the Skyliner is operating.

 

[BebopBaloo]

Caribbean Beach has 6 stops now. And for more detail, the buses for HS and Epcot run once an hour while the Skyliner is operating.

Fixed, thank you! Is that true for all of the Skyliner resorts?

 

[dansdad]

Fixed, thank you! Is that true for all of the Skyliner resorts?

You're welcome. Yes it is.

 

[eeyoresbestfriend]

Saratoga Springs bus stop order is : Grandstand, Carousel, The Paddock, Congress Park, and The Springs. Also, the Disney Springs bus runs in a slighlty different order, stopping at the Springs first, followed by the grandstand, carousel, paddock and ending at Congress Park before leaving the resort.

 

[BebopBaloo]

Thanks eeyoresbestfriend!

 

[Deb & Bill]

OKW - first stop, Peninsular Road, next, South Point, next Turtle Pond, then Millers Road, finally Hospitality House.
The route for Disney Springs used to be HH, MR, PR, SP, TP, HH, but they may have changed it recently. The DS route is also called the Internal Bus.

 

[MomOTwins]

Note that in off-peak times Beach Club and Yacht Club will share buses with Boardwalk, and sometimes even Swan & Dolphin. Had a very looooooong ride to Disney Springs from Yacht Club on our last trip.

 

[Kaadk]

Port Orleans Riverside:

Four bus stops starting at the West Depot and ending at the South Depot. There are times when the French Quarter bus will share with Riverside. French Quarter becomes the first stop and the South Depot at Riverside remains the last stop. The buses go to all four Theme Parks, Water Parks, and Disney Springs. There is also a boat for Disney Springs, which also stops at French Quarter along the way.

Port Orleans French Quarter:

One bus stop. There are times when the French Quarter bus will share with Riverside. French Quarter becomes the first stop and the South Depot at Riverside remains the last stop. The buses go to all four Theme Parks, Water Parks, and Disney Springs. There is also a boat for Disney Springs, which also stops at Riverside.

A couple of notes on the boats/Disney Springs.
1) Typically, if the boats are running, then the busses aren't for DS.
2) The boats might, but don't always share. Normally there are different boats for POFQ and POR. See this note from here https://www.portorleans.org/ferryboats.php:

Guests travelling to or from Port Orleans French Quarter should use ferries which sport a purple identifying flag, while Port Orleans Riverside guests should use boats with yellow flags. After 8:30pm, the boats will generally call at both resorts, which is signified by a dual yellow/purple flag.

 

[BebopBaloo]

Thanks all, I will update!

 

[MomOTwins]

Also, forgot to mention that Contemporary and WL sometimes share buses at off times.

There may be other shared rides that happen on an ad hoc basis, I just mentioned the ones I've personally experienced. I think it is more common for Deluxe resorts to share since they have fewer total guests than mods and values, though that is kind of counter-intuitive given the cost of Deluxes.

 

[BebopBaloo]

OKW - first stop, Peninsular Road, next, South Point, next Turtle Pond, then Millers Road, finally Hospitality House.
The route for Disney Springs used to be HH, MR, PR, SP, TP, HH, but they may have changed it recently. The DS route is also called the Internal Bus.

I'm confused about the bus route for Disney Springs. Did it stop at HH twice before going to Disney Springs? Thanks for your help!

 

[Deb & Bill]

I'm confused about the bus route for Disney Springs. Did it stop at HH twice before going to Disney Springs? Thanks for your help!

Yes, because it was also the Internal Bus.

 

[Aardvark747]

For the water parks, the buses at the following resorts only stop at certain stops from my knowledge;
Disney’s Caribbean Beach Resort - Old Port Royale Stop
Disney’s Coronado Springs Resort - Gran Destino Tower Stop
Disney’s Old Key West Resort - Hospitality House Stop
Disney’s Port Orleans Resort - South Bus Depot
Disney’s Saratoga Springs Resort - The Springs Bus Stop