My DD and I have stayed at all 3 of the AS's and Music is the second on the bus stop. You have 3 stops Sports, Music and Movies so that means you are spending a lot of time on the bus waiting on the other stops when POP only needs 1. ....
During our stay a couple of weeks ago (September 12-19) All Star Music only shared a bus when returning from AK and DTD.
All of the buses going to the parks went directly to parks after pick up even when the bus was less than half full.
My friend and I decided in the early afternoon of one of our Disney MGM Studio days to head back to ASMu for a dip in the pool. We were the only ones on the bus that trip!
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Pop has 2880 rooms.
All Star Music has 1864 rooms (including the 192 Family Suites )
So the bus lines are usually quite a bit shorter at ASMu
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All Star Music also has just completed a refurbishment of all of their rooms.'
THey have a privacy curtain between the vanity and the sleeping area (just like the mods) so it can be closed off thusmaking a small dressing area.
Here is a website with photos of the newly refurbished rooms at All Star Music.
Look at the Jazz Inn section with new posted:
http://allearsnet.com/acc/g_asmu.htm
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BUSES:
Bus rides are quite short from the ALL Stars according to PassPorter.com
All Star Buses-CBR buses---POPbuses--PO buses--- Contemporary
MK 20 min---- 20 min-----25 min------10 min---20 min(mono)
Epcot 10 min-- 15 min-----20 min------10 min---15 min
MGM 10 min----12 min-----15 min------15 min---20min
AK 10 min------20min-------15 min----15 min---20 min
DTD 15 min----20 min------20 min-----15 min---35 min
It only takes 10 minutes to get to Epcot, MGM and AK from All Stars.
MK is 20 min away. That's the same amount of time it takes on the monorail from the Contemporary.
A WORD ABOUT BUS SHARING
To me Bus Sharing at the All Stars is really a non issue.
In the mornings during Park opening hours each All Star usually has a dedicated bus.
During mid day it is usually just our stop and maybe one more on the way to the parks.
On the way back sometimes it is all 3 but often Sports and Movies share and Music has it's own bus back. Each of the All Stars usually has it's own dedicated bus back from the MK.
That is a big plus.
It seems like the Music bus stop usually has the shortest of the three All Star bus lines.
I guess some people who stay at POP see all 3 All Star names on the return sign of our bus stop when they head to the POP bus stop and think All Stars also has 3 stops on the way to the park.
(Even when we stop at another AS resort to load up it has not taken more than 5 minutes and we are on our way!)
Have fun at Disney wherever you choose to stay!
we will be there in january in fact jan 9-11 do you think pop will be overran with kids that time of year ?
We visited AllStarsMus and thought it was a pretty nice hotel too (just walked around and went to the shop so can't say much more).
is the way to go!!!
