Does anyone know the order of bus stops at the theme parks?

[TooBoyz4us]

We haven't been to WDW since 2009, so I am wondering if anything has changed.
I am wondering what order the resort bus stops are at each theme park.
After a long day, when your particular resort is waaaaaaaaay down at the end of the bus stop line, it kinda stinks ;-(

 

[Jestocost]

We haven't been to WDW since 2009, so I am wondering if anything has changed.
I am wondering what order the resort bus stops are at each theme park.
After a long day, when your particular resort is waaaaaaaaay down at the end of the bus stop line, it kinda stinks ;-(

It varies from park to park. It changes from time to time. You may be told that the deluxe resorts get the closer loading zones and the values the furthest, but that's not true.

 

[OKW Lover]

Agree with the PP. The bus stops change regularly and there does not appear to be any "preference" to the more costly resorts.

 

[TaraPA]

I've seen bus pick up spots change in the course of a trip!

 

[goofy4tink]

Never, ever choose a resort based on where you 'think' the bus stop is at the parks. The stops can change with little warning. And the level resort doesn't always put the stops in the same spot at the parks. A value resort could have a somewhat closer spot at one park, but be the last one at another park. Same for the deluxe resorts.
Choose your resort based on the resort, not the bus stops at the parks.

 

[Jestocost]

I've seen bus pick up spots change in the course of a trip!

I've seen them change over the course of a day!

 

[PanamaMike]

I've seen bus pick up spots change in the course of a trip!

Anytime they change, it would be during somebody's trip.

 

[TooBoyz4us]

Thanks everyone.

Guess we will just deal with how it happens to be during our trip

 

[sharadoc]

That's why the bus stop boards are not permanent, but have resort name that slide in and out. It did seem apparent though that the values were the furthest at DHS. OKW was always the first one on the left when we were there. As a matter of fact, it seemed like OKW was always close.

 

[NotUrsula]

It varies from park to park. It changes from time to time. You may be told that the deluxe resorts get the closer loading zones and the values the furthest, but that's not true.

While it isn't a universal rule, a few years back, several Deluxe category resorts had so many complaints from guests about being unable to actually reach their designated bus stops at MK that a shuffle was done to that effect.

I remember the frustration well. The problem was that the stops for the All-Stars (then the only value resort properties) were nearest the park on the loading islands. At park closing, the size of the overflow crowd waiting for those buses almost totally blocked access to any of the stops beyond for up to an hour after closing time. Buses would pull into the load zones further down the island and leave nearly empty because so few people could manage to break through the All-Star crowds to access the stops.

At the time, the explanation that I was given was that due to the access-only-from-the-end structure of the MK's loading islands, they were being reorganized to put the stops for the resorts with the largest number of rooms further out on the islands, while smaller resorts got the ones closest in, so that the lines would not block pedestrian access to the further-out loading zones. The capacity of the various Disney properties being what it is, that strategy will normally put deluxe resorts a bit closer to the park, because (with the exception of POFQ) they have the fewest rooms per property.

I don't recall that the other parks have quite the physical limitations on access to the stops that the MK has, so I surmise that this strategy may not have been needed at the other parks.