Even first thing in the morning?
I don’t rope drop but do try to get out early. I don’t remember there ever being a separate bus. Because I use a scooter, boarding is more complicated with passengers already on board and I’m also concerned the handicapped spaces will already be full. Haven’t had any issues but it is a worry.
We stayed at GF in summer of 2024 and we always rope drop and we always shared a bus. The bus had always already stopped at Poly, so getting seats was not always a guarantee even if we were first at our stop.
Darn! Since I use an ECV, I don't like being at the second stop. Frankly, I wish I'd chosen to stay at the Poly now.
I'm sure it'll work out fine and it wasn't terrible, but was definitely a negative to us for staying at GF. Glad we tried it once, but don't think we'll be back.
There is a sidewalk path between the Poly and GF. You could take that to the Poly stop or do the monorail loop over
Honestly, I don’t think it’s worth burning your battery scooting over to the Poly on the chance you might have bus issues at GF. I actually have stayed at GF fairly frequently since I own at GFV and the bus drivers seem to make it work… even with the ECV.
It is very common at opening time to have the first stop load 2 ECV’s and the second stop have to wait multiple times.
This is one of the reasons we chose Poly over Grand Floridian for our April trip. I hate it when I have to load or unload with an already crowded bus. We were are Coronado in the tower February. Its the last of 4 bus stops. We walked /scooted across the resort every morning to get on at the first stop. Many times the bus didn't even stop at the tower because it was full. Coming back in the evenings was fine as we were last except a couple of times when they reversed the order and stopped at the tower first. I hated that they made everyone standing get off to unload me.
