How long for magical express?

[beebles]

Just wondering, once the plane lands, how long does it take to travel back to poly via magical express coach?

 

[SqueakyMouse]

It depends on how long you have to wait for your bus and how many stops are ahead of you. Some folks have posted relatively short waits at airport. Dh and I, on the other hand, waited nearly 1 1/2 hours!!! (Late at night with NO crowds -- not very many buses running) We also went to all All Stars and AKL before arriving at POP. Altogether, it took us nearly 3 hours from touchdown to arrival at our resort. Returning to MCO, we were the only ones on our bus; so it took about 30 minutes.

 

[tjmw2727]

We used ME for arrival on 10/4 and Departure on 10/10. For us it was a long time from MCO to AKL. We arrived at MCO about 10pm and waited over an hour for a bus. Then we stopped at POP where the majority of the guests got off the bus. Our experience was just over 3 hours from MCO to AKL.

The return trip was better, ME was on time and it was just under 2 hours from AKL to terminal A. We stopped at POP and then at terminal B before arriving at terminal A. Our driver made sure to tell us how "lucky" we were not to have to stop at 3-4 more resorts.

I would rate ME as fair at best and will do a detail post on the transportation board. I will have to strongly consider whether or not I will use ME in the future if it remains free. If/when they begin charging I will not pay for this service.

TJ

 

[dizkidz2]

We used ME in August. Our plane was supposed to land at 10 p.m. and didn't land until after 11 p.m. We knew the the ME Rep would greet you if our plane landed earlier but really weren't sure what we had to do if no one was there. We went outside where the busses and cabs are and had to ask around for the ME. We then had to go back in to find the ME counter. From there we had to wait about a 1/2 hour before we we loaded onto a bus. We made a couple of stops and before you knew it we were at the CSR. I don't remember it taking that long at all, maybe and hour to and hour and 15 min. total from the time we landed.

 

[KristineN]

We arrived on 9-26. at about 1:00 p.m. We were very fortunate...from the time we got off the plane until we left on the bus was only 15-20 mins!

 

[momtobrynncess]

We were very apprehensive about using ME, but VERRRRRY, pleasantly surprised about how smoothly it ran, and how quick it was. We just got back a few weeks ago, stayed at WL, and were very pleased!! When you land, right near the exit from the tram, there's a very obvious Disney person with a big white mickey glove, showing you which way to go to the Magical Express desk. We waited maybe 5-10 minutes for a bus to WL, and had only one other stop before it. Very efficient. But here's the clincher!!! I forgot to tell my sister-in-law traveling with us that she had to put her luggage tags on before she checked her bags at our airport, and they were still able to find her luggage, and make it magically appear in her room!!! And this service is FREE????!!!!! I cant say enough good things about our experience with ME.

 

[milmore104]

We used ME on 9/30 and 10/10 and it was wonderful. We landed at MCO @1:03 pm we met the ME rep at gate she told us where to go we headed down to level one checked right in no waiting and hopped right on a bus and took off. We had more of a wait last time when we used a town car service. The return was fine although they do pick you up 3 hours before your flight leaves and seeing ours left at 5AM it ws a bit early for us. But everything was good. Will definatley use ME again!

 

[llrain]

they really dont waste time getting you on and off the bus at destinations....
so if u are the last stop.....its really not that much longer than being the first or middle stop
I was very impressed with the swiftness of this service.

got off plane and within 10-15 minutes were on the road....