Disney Transfers from AKL to DCL

[roscodog]

We are doing the land/sea and will be staying at the Animal Kingdom Lodge. I have read that the Disney bus to the cruise ship leaves around 12:30 pm and arrives at the port around 2 pm. Is this the only time that busses are scheduled or are there earlier busses that leave from that location? I would love to arrive a little earlier to the ship but am already committed to using the Disney bus.

Thanks

 

[Jestocost]

We've never used the DCL transfers from a resort, but it is my understanding that they have one scheduled pick up and that it's usually relatively late. Sounds like that matches the info you've received so far. You can add and subtract transfers after booking in most instances, however, although not with some kind of all-in package or corporate trip, I would guess. If it's a scenario like the latter that has you committed to the DCL transfers, I guess you're stuck with them (or at least with paying for them AND another form of transport, if you choose to use it). If your comment about being committed just means you've reserved it already, you should be able to delete the transfers from your reservation.

 

[tinkerbellmagic]

We are in the same boat. I have DCL transfers reserved for our cruise, but because of that "late" arrival time to the ship, I am considering cancelling the DCL bus trip from the resort to the ship, but keeping the DCL trip from the ship back to the airport.

I keep thinking the bus would be nice, even with the late arrival, because I thought my grandson would think the video on the bus would be fun to watch, but we are using the DCL bus back to the airport and I think they show cartoons at that time, so maybe that will be enough fun on the bus.

Tink

 

[roscodog]

Tinkerbellmagic

We did the 7-day a couple of years back and the used the Disney transfer. The kids ( 4 & 6) loved the bus and they felt ( in fact we all felt) that the cruise had started once we entered the bus. They've got the video timed perfectly with the travel time and there's such an air of excitement with everybody on the bus.

 

[tinkerbellmagic]

Hi roscodog, I was really torn between the DCL bus and the town car because of that dern video.

We have seen it before when we cruised, but my DGS has not. I do agree with you that the video is fun to watch and the anticipation builds with each mile. However, I ended up cancelling the DCL transfers because my desire to get to the ship earlier was greater than how much fun it would be for my DGS to see the video.

That said, Disney is losing a lot of ground transfer business because of the late arrival time from resort to port.