New Express Transportation: $19/day or $29/week-SERVICE ENDING AUGUST 23RD 2017

[FCDub]

If you purchase at the resort, does the 7-day clock kick in that day or the first day you use it? I.e.-can we get it the evening of arrival or wait until the next morning?

The minute you purchase it, the countdown begins. Don't buy it until the day you're ready to start using it.

 

[shoreward]

If you purchase at the resort, does the 7-day clock kick in that day or the first day you use it? I.e.-can we get it the evening of arrival or wait until the next morning?

The clock starts ticking on the day the pass is purchased. Do not purchase it ahead of your first day of use.
The seven days are seven calendar days, and not based on time of purchase.

 

[Gehrig1B]

I think the "wait until you get there" idea is not a good one. If you have hoppers in advance you can make all your plans in advance.

We quite often start our day at one park without FP+ (morning EMH maybe), when it gets crowded mid-day we hop to our FP+ park. We usually try to get fastpasses beginning at 11:00 giving us 3 hours at the first park. We have now gotten to experience 6 or more attractions with little or no wait times possibly before 1:30.

We can also check for extra fastpasses and if we find something we like a quick 20 minute or less ride (via express bus) gets us to another park. The VIP buses are also a nice, scheduled, 20 minute air conditioned break usually i a bus with less than 20 people.

This also allows us to get ADR's wherever we want (within parks or not) as we are not tied to a single park all day. Our day often starts at one park, FP+ at a second park, and dinner at Epcot for example. All planned well in advance.

It makes a lot of sense to us to do morning EMH knowing that park is going to get really crowded mid-day (historically), then hop to another park.

I wonder if those suggesting the lost time between parks as a reason for not hopping have actually used the express bus option. Inside one park to inside another in 20 minutes or less is no different than being in a standby line for 20 minutes (other than the actual attraction itself).

 

[sharonabe]

So from reading the last few pages, it seems that express transportation does not run to a park during EMH, but how close to park closing do the buses run? Is there a 9:40 bus from HS after Fantasmic to get to AK when AK closes at 10 (but has EMH 10-12)?

From your scenario, I assume HS closes at 9:00. If so, the last bus from HS to AK will be at 9:10, not 9:40. In this case, there should be no problem going to AK since the bus will arrive before AK closes.

If HS closes at 9:30, then there MAY be a 9:40 to AK. I would check with the express bus CMs at HS on that day to see when the last bus to AK is headed over.

 

[kitkat4622]

what if you are staying longer than 7 days?

 

[Gehrig1B]

what if you are staying longer than 7 days?

I guess it depends on the days and how long you are staying. We usually stay 8-10 days. Day one is arrival day but we will go to a park at some point as we fly in and usually arrive early afternoon. No need for express transportation. Departure day doesn't count either so we will usually start express bus on day 2 and use it for 7 consecutive days. If we have another day or so in the parks we will hop using regular Disney transportation.

If you're an international traveler with one of those 14 or 21 day passes that is a whole different scenario for you.

This obviously works best for those who plan to visit a Disney park for a number of consecutive days.

 

[MinnieWebster]

what if you are staying longer than 7 days?

We will have 8 park days on our trip later this month. We have decided to use regular transportation to park hop on our first park day, so we can use the express transportation the rest of the week.

 

[Sully321]

 

[Sully321]

Ooops

How has the timing been on getting to the parks as opposed to the bus?

 

[AngiTN]

Ooops

How has the timing been on getting to the parks as opposed to the bus?

Well, if you mean the regular bus outside the parks, they take the same roads (more or less) and the distance between the parks is the same so the travel time itself is about the same
The time saved is from waiting on the bus, walking out of the park and waiting on security
I believe the time spent for each hop is cut in half all things considered, on avg. The great unknowns are how long security will take and how long you'd have to wait on a bus. Those are two things 100% out of your control and where the time variable can be so different. There may be no wait whatsoever so there is little time saved (just walking time) and there can be a long wait for a bus or a decent line for security and your looking at least 30 min saved.

If you mean getting to the parks from the resorts, the Express Bus doesn't run that route.

 

[MickeyMinnieMom]

In WDW now, bought the 7-day pass to use today, and it wasn't running because of weather. It drizzled for maybe 5min and that appeared to be enough. Took a cab instead

I know they're going off of lightning warnings because the backstage area doesn't have cover -- knew this before buying. But honestly, I think they need to fix this if this service sticks around.

It's a tad ridiculous in FL summers with daily PM thunderstorms to have this service down. I was told by the CM "usually at least two to four hours every day these days".

 

[ThistleMae]

Just got back. Didn't use the express bus just because we added some "unplanned" family and all our plans were way out of whack! But, with our hands free, no waits in security and we just got lucky when we used the monorail and the bus...like no waits, even after HEA....found the resort monorail just past the boat launch to Poly had no line...just got lucky. The best use would have been to avoid the long walks out of the park to the transportation in the heat...it was a killer.

 

[prink022]

So, I was going to read through this and find out if my question was already answered or not - but then I saw how many replies. I'm just wondering if anyone can help me with an opinion question?

So, I've basically decided that I want to get the express transportation, but do you think it's worth paying for the full time or just doing one week? We will be at Disney for 10 days - and I was considering doing it for two weeks completely and just missing out on the difference... but I don't know if it would be better to not do it, or only purchase the extra days separately? Idk anyone who has an opinion and could give me some guidance that would be great!

Sorry if I rambled or didn't make sense, lol.

 

[AngiTN]

It was a bit disjointed.
I think you are asking if it would be best to try to get
a - 2 7 day packages even though you only need 10 days
b - 1 7 day package and the additional 3 days al carte
c - 1 7 day package and not using it for the rest of the days
right?

My answer would be based on how it works best with your touring. Can you adjust your plans so you hop only 7 days straight? This is what we did on our 10 day trip

 

[prink022]

It was a bit disjointed.
I think you are asking if it would be best to try to get
a - 2 7 day packages even though you only need 10 days
b - 1 7 day package and the additional 3 days al carte
c - 1 7 day package and not using it for the rest of the days
right?

My answer would be based on how it works best with your touring. Can you adjust your plans so you hop only 7 days straight? This is what we did on our 10 day trip

Haha, yes thank you! I'm crazy and trying to balance watching my employees and posting here. We plan to hop frequently, since we purchased the option.

 

[Gehrig1B]

Will you have 10 full days in the parks? We are going for 9 days but Day 1 we arrive at lunch and will not hop and final day we fly out in the afternoon so will not hop, thus we only need 7 days for hopping.

If you plan to hop every day of the 10 I would purchase a 7 day pass on Day 1 and if you find it as valuable as most then go ahead and purchase the other 7 day pass for the other 3 days as that would be less expensive than 3 single day passes.

 

[iujen94]

Hey there - sorry as I am sure this question has been asked and answered, but it was a little confusing in the initial post. Is there currently an AP discount for the day and/or 7-day pass? If so, what is the price? Thanks!

 

[prink022]

Will you have 10 full days in the parks? We are going for 9 days but Day 1 we arrive at lunch and will not hop and final day we fly out in the afternoon so will not hop, thus we only need 7 days for hopping.

If you plan to hop every day of the 10 I would purchase a 7 day pass on Day 1 and if you find it as valuable as most then go ahead and purchase the other 7 day pass for the other 3 days as that would be less expensive than 3 single day passes.

That's what I was considering. This may sound silly but the weeks do not have to be calendar weeks right? S-Saturday (just a full seven days)

Also thanks to ALL of you for the feedback!

 

[Lesley Wake]

Hey there - sorry as I am sure this question has been asked and answered, but it was a little confusing in the initial post. Is there currently an AP discount for the day and/or 7-day pass? If so, what is the price? Thanks!

Nope. There was an AP discount for the summer, but I think it ended yesterday. So no discounts available and same cost for everyone: $19/day or $29 for 7-consecutive days

 

[shoreward]

Nope. There was an AP discount for the summer, but I think it ended yesterday. So no discounts available and same cost for everyone: $19/day or $29 for 7-consecutive days

You are correct. AP summer pass offered unlimited use between 06.05.17 and 08.10.17, for $59.