Just got back; rode Disney buses 20 times!

[HappyMommy2]

Hi!

I just wanted to report our satisfaction with the Disney bus transportation from All Star Sports. We stayed at Sports 7/13-7/19 and rode the buses a total of 20 times with no major problems (and this with DH, myself, a preschooler, a baby, and a huge double stroller). We took the bus to and from every park and DTD at various times of day (first thing in the morning, late afternoon, etc.). Our very first ride was to DTD in the evening and the bus was PACKED; we had to stand and that was not fun with squirmy kids and all our gear. However, we had plenty of space nearly every other time we rode, and we never waited more than 15 minutes for a bus.

Staying at Sports versus the other All Stars seemed to give us a slight advantage at times, since the buses picked up and dropped off at Sports before Music and Movies. Sometimes the bus would fill up at Sports and Music and there'd be little room by the time we picked up at Movies. It was nice to be dropped off first, too! Often this wasn't really an issue, though, since many times each All Star would get its own bus.

We didn't try resort-to-resort or park-to-park bus transportation, so I can't report on that, but we were very happy with what we did experience, and the kids thought the bus ride was just another fun WDW attraction!

 

[Chip 'n Dale Express]

Glad to hear everything went well.

The All-Stars are a large capacity resort, so there will be times when one must stand, unfortunetly.

In the morning time when you have literally THOUSANDS of people wanting to go to the parks all at once, buses often times won't be able to go to all three. You are right when you say that often times they get thier own buses. But if one bus can handle two or three, then we'll do it to maximize efficiency. That way, it releases another bus to handle a potentially heavy area.