For those of you comparing transportation at WL to that at the All-Stars... let's put things in perspective here.
Wilderness Lodge has 728 rooms, and 181 DVC units.
The All-Stars has nearly 6,000 rooms.
Wilderness Lodge occupancy rate fluctuates up and down. All-Stars remains very high year round. Often times 97-99%.
So, of COURSE the All-Stars are going to get more buses, they have 6x the amount of people! Are the All-Star buses any less crowded than WL buses? Heck no. In fact, in my experience, WL buses are typically much, MUCH less crowded than the All-Stars. WL also has better transportation options. So, all things being equal, WL has better transportation than the All-Stars.
A few other things to keep in mind:
Wilderness Lodge does *NOT* have the demand to warrant it's own bus.
Contrary to popular belief, Fort Wilderness is on the way to Downtown Disney.
In response to WL being "out of the way, and not a priority" that statement is simply not true. Wilderness Lodge has the same priority as any other resort.
WL is on the far corner of property. So, yes, when travelling to an opposite corner of property (ie AK) yes, it's going to take 15 minutes to get there regardless of Bus or Car.
If you travel during peak times, to expect light crowds is unrealistic. After park closes, parades, fireworks, Fantasmic, or during the morning rush, it WILL get crowded. Everywhere. Our demand-based dispatching system works with the crowds. You may not see it, but it does.
There are literally HUNDREDS of buses that go in and out of the WL on a daily basis. As a guest (even a frequent one) you barely see the tip of the iceberg of what goes through WL. Just because your bus might have arrived later than you wished, or was crowded doesn't mean all the rest are like that.
I've had a bunch of Zone 2 shifts lately, and I haven't heard of any issues with the buses at WL. In fact, I can't even remember the last time I heard a bus go 72. (Full) Every time I went in there, I never even had anyone stand, even after I went to the 2nd stop.
In regards to complaints... it's really hard to base anything off of what other people say. Something that's fine to one, might be awful to another. For example, a common complaint I hear is that our bus service is awful because WL shares with one other resort. To someone else, it's no big deal, because WL is the first stop, and it only adds 5 minutes tops to the trip. Another common complaint is wait time. The majority (but admittedly not all) of these complaints are because the 15-20 minutes FELT like 30-40 minutes. There's a big difference between actual and what it felt like. Often times these get mixed up.
I'm not saying WL Transportation is perfect. Nothing is. You'll find glitches anywhere, that's life. However, WL transportation is not as bad as some people make it out to be.
I was gonna use that money for dinners. That means I take the Mears..Never did that either.
Im totally confused.
