We are not renting a car, we will be driving down from CT. So we will have our own car. Just really didnt want to drive my own car around if, transportation is aval. I assume that once I check in getting a schedule or anything on how the transportation works shouldnt be an issue.
There's no schedule, but the transportation is fairly simple:
Buses run from the resort to each theme park starting around 6:30 each morning, until each park closes (including Extra Magic Hours, or EMH.) Buses run from each park back to the resort until every guest has left the park after it's closed. Buses generally run every 20 minutes, and usually more often around park opening & closing.
There are 5 bus stops in the SSR. Travel time between the resort and the parks will generally range between 10 & 25 minutes. Altogether, you should allow 1 hour to travel to a park, including wait time, stops within the resort, and actual travel time.
To travel from SSR to another resort, it's usually easiest to take the bus to the theme park nearest your destination, and then get transportation from that park. The exceptions are the Epcot area resorts: you would need to take a bus to DHS, not Epcot. You should allow 90 minutes to travel between resorts.
DTD is just across a lake from SSR. There is a walking path around the lake, and it can be as little as a 10 minute walk to DTD from some areas of the resort. There is also a boat to DTD that runs from 10 a.m. to 11 p.m., and a bus stopping at all 5 SSR stops that runs from about 8:30 a.m. to 2 a.m.
If you'll be visiting a water park, the DTD bus also stops at TL, and the AK bus stops at BB. They start serving the water parks about 1 hour before they open.
The Carriage House is the location of food, shopping, the feature pool, the spa, and the boat dock at SSR. It's within walking distance of pretty much the entire resort, or you can ride any
theme park bus there. If it looks like the bus may be crowded, let the driver know you are going to another stop within the resort, or the stop may be skipped if the bus fills up. You can ride the
DTD bus
from the Carriage House to the other stops in the resort.
If you have specific questions about transportation while at the resort, you're best source of information is a transportation cast member, or phone (407) WDW-RIDE.
