Is there an early morning bus from Pop to the TTC?

[2Pirates2Princesses]

We are considering staying at Pop for our entire trip but may spend a day at Sea World. I know the Lynx #50 runs every 30 minutes from the TTC to Sea World, but I'm trying to figure out the best way to get there from Pop in order for us to catch the 8:03 a.m. or 8:33 a.m. pickup. Our backup plan is to get the resort bus to DTD and catch the Lynx #50 to Sea World from there but I don't think the resort buses to DTD start running that early, am I correct? Thanks for any feedback.

 

[Alesia]

There are no buses from resorts to the TTC at all. You can take a bus to MK and then take the resort monorail to the TTC. I'd be at the bus stop at 6:30.

You can't get to Disney Springs early enough to take the bus from there.

 

[goofy4tink]

I've done exactly what you want to do. Be out at the MK bus stop no later than 6:45. These buss run less frequently than the regular buses do....if you just miss one, it could well be 20+ min wait until the next one arrives. When you get to MK, just hop on the monorail to the TTC. If the big ferry is here, or coming in, you can take that..
You need to go all the way around to the left, past the gift shop/info bldg, to get to the Lynx stop. Be sure to tell the driver you want to get off at SW! We forgot, and it was a fair hike back to the parking lot !

 

[2Pirates2Princesses]

Thank you for your replies. From the research I've done, it seems like this is a popular option for getting to/from Sea World from WDW property. I also like that this same bus stops at Disney Springs, so on our way back from Sea World we can get off there and eat dinner and visit a few shops then take a resort bus back to Pop. Getting to the TTC from Pop in the morning may take us awhile, but the bus ride to Sea World is listed as around 20 minutes and the bus fare for our family of 7 would be a total of $20 round trip! Plus we wouldn't have to worry about having a car seat for our 2 year old

 

[Alesia]

but the bus ride to Sea World is listed as around 20 minutes

If you drive or take a taxi, yes, but the bus will take approximately 43 minutes: https://www.google.com/maps/dir/WDW...4617047!2d28.4114555!2m2!7e2!8j1453104000!3e3

 

[goofy4tink]

If you drive or take a taxi, yes, but the bus will take approximately 43 minutes: https://www.google.com/maps/dir/WDW+Transportation+&+Ticket+Ctr,+Bay+Lake,+FL/SeaWorld+Orlando,+Sea+World+Drive,+Orlando,+FL/@28.3895088,-81.5586815,13z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m17!4m16!1m5!1m1!1s0x88dd7e23b59fc349:0x33cc5c21a1386ca!2m2!1d-81.578662!2d28.405104!1m5!1m1!1s0x88e77e288cd6237f:0x997f9e39a3d62bd5!2m2!1d-81.4617047!2d28.4114555!2m2!7e2!8j1453104000!3e3

Our bus trip took just about 30 mins.

 

[Alesia]

Our bus trip took just about 30 mins.

Did that include the walking portion?

 

[joelkfla]

Travel time on the actual schedule is 35 minutes from TTC, 20 minutes from DS.

Construction at DS is preventing the #50 from making its usual left turns into and out of the DS bus depot. It has to circle all the way around DS to approach the depot from the east, and then turn right exiting and circle around the block to get headed towards Sea World. I don't know whether the schedule on the Lynx site and Google include that extra time. The intersection is expected to be back to normal around the end of February.

 

[2Pirates2Princesses]

Travel time on the actual schedule is 35 minutes from TTC, 20 minutes from DS.

Construction at DS is preventing the #50 from making its usual left turns into and out of the DS bus depot. It has to circle all the way around DS to approach the depot from the east, and then turn right exiting and circle around the block to get headed towards Sea World. I don't know whether the schedule on the Lynx site and Google include that extra time. The intersection is expected to be back to normal around the end of February.

I forgot about how the Disney Springs construction would affect that bus route. Our trip isn't until mid May so hopefully things will be in a better state by then. At this point we may not do Sea World if we can't get a good deal on tickets as I just learned that they aren't offering the lower weekday visit price anymore. So now we are looking into just doing a Disney water park day instead since that would cost significantly less $ and time, especially since we can get the water park tickets at a lower "seasonal" price since our trip is before the summer season. All this info has been helpful though in the event we are able to land a good deal on Sea World tickets and decide to use the Lynx bus.