Is there a good (ideally pictorial) link for Disney bus routes?

[xenole]

I can't seem to find anything clear and consise that tells me how to get a bus from one Disney location to another.
Surely there must be a map such as the New York subway that has coloured lines indicating which buses run between various resorts and parks.

Have figured out that to get to the Contemporary from Pop requires a bus to the MK and then a short walk along the walkway (or a slower monorail ride).

Need to find out how to get from Epcot to World Wide Sports, World Wide Sports to either Pop or any park etc. No real idea which parks I'll be going to and in which order but a bus route guide on my person would be a great help.

 

[Dan Murphy]

These might be helpful..........


http://themouseforless.com/tripplanning/images/resortmaps/Transportation-1.pdf


http://www.willcad.org/maps/wdw/misc/2008-05/wdw-monorail_2008-05.jpg

 

[helenk]

I can't seem to find anything clear and consise that tells me how to get a bus from one Disney location to another.
Surely there must be a map such as the New York subway that has coloured lines indicating which buses run between various resorts and parks.

Have figured out that to get to the Contemporary from Pop requires a bus to the MK and then a short walk along the walkway (or a slower monorail ride).

Need to find out how to get from Epcot to World Wide Sports, World Wide Sports to either Pop or any park etc. No real idea which parks I'll be going to and in which order but a bus route guide on my person would be a great help.

There are no bus schedules or guides. Basically the buses go from the resorts to a park, and there are buses at most of the parks to get to another park. The only exception is getting to the MK from another park or another park from the MK.
To get to the MK from another park you need to take a bus to the TTC and from there take the monorail or ferry over to the TTC. To get to another park from the MK, take the monorail or ferry to the TTC and take the bus to the AK or DHS and the Epcot monorail to Epcot. Or you can use the Contemporary to get to and from the MK, walk from the MK to the CR and take a park bus from there, in the parks take the bus to the CR and then walk to the MK.
As far as I know the only bus that goes to the World Wide of Sports is from DHS. So you would want to take a bus from Epcot, or take the boat or walk over to DHS to get the bus tp WWOS.

 

[kaytieeldr]

Need to find out how to get from Epcot to World Wide Sports, World Wide Sports to either Pop or any park etc. No real idea which parks I'll be going to and in which order but a bus route guide on my person would be a great help.

Really, there's signage all over - at the parks directing Guests to buses to the right destinations, on the buses themselves, at the resorts directing Guests to the parks...

Buses aren't as rigidly-routed as subway trains, so it wouldn't be effective to create 'maps' or guides resembling those used for subway routes, for buses.

Epcot to Wide World of Sports: bus to Disney's Hollywood Studios, then bus to WWos (alternatively, exit through Epcot's International Gateway then walk or take a Friendship Boat to DHS, then bus to WWoS).

Wide World of Sports to Pop: bus from WWoS to DHS, then bus to Pop (alternatively, taxi).

Wide World of Sports to DHS: direct bus
Wide World of Sports to Epcot: bus to DHS, then bus or Friendship Boat or walk to Epcot
Wide World of Sports to Animal Kingdom: bus to DHS then bus to AK
Wide World of Sports to Magic Kingdom: bus to DHS then bus to TTC and monorail or ferry to MK (alternatively bus from DHS to Contemporary then walk to MK)

As may be evident by now, the only Disney-provided transportation to Wide World of Sports is between there and Disney's Hollywood Studios.

But really, all this is indicated on signs - plus you can ask any purple-pantsed Cast Member in the transportation areas.

 

[MAH4546]

Buses aren't as rigidly-routed as subway trains, so it wouldn't be effective to create 'maps' or guides resembling those used for subway routes, for buses.

The transit authorities of just about every single U.S. city would surely disagree, because all transit authorities publish bus route maps and time schedules, because buses do run on "rigid" routes and on set time schedules (or at least they are supposed to run on time).

That being said, Disney's buses aren't like urban bus routes with multiple stops and do not run on set schedules like urban busses, so your point is correct, there is no need for Disney itself to publish bus route maps or schedules. It's extremely simple and straight forward.

 

[xenole]

Thanks.
Always nice to know in advance how and where to get around. Makes it easier to plan a few things rather than finding out when I get there.

Wasn't even aware of the boats until I came to these forums.

Didn't realise the TTC was that far away from various places. Used the monorail and buses to park and hotel hop last time I was there but can't really remember how I got from one place to another.

 

[kaytieeldr]

The transit authorities of just about every single U.S. city would surely disagree, because all transit authorities publish bus route maps and time schedules, because buses do run on "rigid" routes and on set time schedules (or at least they are supposed to run on time).

Nobody publishes bus route maps with the same detail or expected strict adherence as is required by subway tracks. Example: if a road is flooded, the bus can use an alternate route - maybe miss some stops, but drop passengers as close as possible to their intended destination. Ongoing closure allows authorities to inform passengers in advance, via the media or signage or live people. When the subway station floods (not "if" - this actually happened in Boston several years ago), the rigidly-tracked and -mapped subway routes were, in some cases, useless.

 

[TDC Nala]

Remember that you cannot transfer from a resort to MK by going to TTC. The monorail resorts have their own monorail line, but use TTC to transfer to Epcot. The buses from resorts stop at the MK bus stops, and not at TTC. The buses from the theme parks and water parks go to TTC. There is no bus between TTC and Downtown Disney. There is also no direct bus between any theme park and Downtown Disney. You must go to a resort to get there.

WDW has no set transportation schedule.

 

[greg126]

Remember ... The buses from resorts stop at the MK bus stops, and not at TTC. The buses from the theme parks and water parks go to TTC.

I should have.....wanted to go from Contemporary to HS, went to bus stop, no bus but recalled it would likely go to Poly and GF before it went HS so didn't want to wait for that adventure. Ah ha, I say lets take the short walk to buses at MK and catch a direct bus to HS....wrong.....wound up getting monorail with various fits and starts (which of course went back through Contemporary where we started from 20 minutes ago) then the bus (which at least had seats)

 

[cranbiz]

The buses from the theme parks and water parks go to TTC.

Um, no. The buses from the theme parks (DAK, Studios) go to the TTC, the buses from the water parks go to resorts. Typhoon Lagoon is always combined with the DTD bus. Blizzard Beach is either the DAK bus to/from the resorts, the Studios-AKL bus or the EPCOT-CSR bus. The only resort that gets own bus to BB is the All Stars.

 

[TDC Nala]

I did not realize the water parks no longer have a stop at TTC. They used to have their own stops there.