Free shuttle to Busch Gardens

[floridacrazy]

Hi everyone. Our vacation is planned and we're getting ready to go. We will be staying at Cypress Pointe Resort in a 3-bedroom for 3 weeks. It will be 2 adults and 2 kids.

Since we don't drive, we will have to rely on cabs. I don't think with a 4-year old that we will deal with the Lynx bus. I was thinking about taking it to SeaWorld.

We plan on going to the Disney parks, Disney water parks, SeaWorld and Busch Gardens. We will probably only go to BG once. There is the free shuttle bus to BG. I can pick it up at Publix on Vineland or at SeaWorld. If I got to SW to get it we have to get it at 9:15 or at Publix at 9:30.

I used the Mears cab estimator and it wil cost $9 to Publix and about $11 to SeaWorld. Which is better to get - less crowded. I'm thinking the earlier the pickup the less crowded the shuttle will be.

Which route would have less traffic - going to Publix or SeaWorld?

Thanks for any info.

 

[NinaBella]

Hi everyone. Our vacation is planned and we're getting ready to go. We will be staying at Cypress Pointe Resort in a 3-bedroom for 3 weeks. It will be 2 adults and 2 kids.

Since we don't drive, we will have to rely on cabs. I don't think with a 4-year old that we will deal with the Lynx bus. I was thinking about taking it to SeaWorld.

We plan on going to the Disney parks, Disney water parks, SeaWorld and Busch Gardens. We will probably only go to BG once. There is the free shuttle bus to BG. I can pick it up at Publix on Vineland or at SeaWorld. If I got to SW to get it we have to get it at 9:15 or at Publix at 9:30.

I used the Mears cab estimator and it wil cost $9 to Publix and about $11 to SeaWorld. Which is better to get - less crowded. I'm thinking the earlier the pickup the less crowded the shuttle will be.

Which route would have less traffic - going to Publix or SeaWorld?

Thanks for any info.

I don't think a 15 minute time difference makes a difference at all. And since you are not parking a car, no issue with which parking lot is easier to park at. Is this the same bus that goes to both locations? If so, then the first stop you may get your choice of seats. If you get on at the second stop you will have to take whatever seats are left (unless you can reserve by seat number?).

 

[DOOM1001]

The Publix and Sea World are like a 5 minute drive time from each other and are separated by a stretch of International Drive that's not as heavily congested as the northern end so traffic shouldn't really affect that decision.Logically I would suggest taking the earlier Sea World bus so you would get your choice of seats instead of getting on an already crowded bus.I've taken the shuttle to Busch Gardens twice but from the Maingate Lakeside resort on 192 which is the last stop and picks up at 9:40am,I am however not 100% sure if this is the same bus that also picks up at Sea World.I say that because the first time I took it it picked us up at Maingate Lakeside on a bus that was about 1/3 full.We then drove to a gas station at Champions Gate just off I-4 and were switched into another bus that came,so only one nearly full bus went.The next time I went it picked us and the bus was full,basically just room for us since we were picked up last.The trip there and back is pretty enjoyable,the first trip they put on a movie on the trip there and finished the movie on the way back.On the second one they didn't play anything going there until they played a Busch Gardens video guide about a mile from the park,on the way back the bus caught traffic and they played a movie which amazingly we finished with all the traffic on I-4.The normal 60-70 minute trip took almost 2 hours and we were glad that we were the first stop on the way back,last to get picked up first to be dropped off.On that trip I do know that the last stop did go to Sea World.