Pop or POR - Transportation questions

[NortheastDisneyMom]

We have stayed at POP numerous times. We are thinking of trying POR in a Royal Room, however, I'm not thrilled with the internal buses. We stayed at SSR once and I felt like it took FOREVER with all the internal bus stops. Our trip is a short one, Friday to Tuesday, and we spend most of our time at Epcot and the MK. Which would you choose based on transportation alone? I know POP is pretty much at the end of the bus stalls at the MK, where is POR? Also does POR ever share with POFQ?

I would have liked to rent a car, but the rates right now are atrocious.

Any advice is appreciated!

 

[tmrose03]

Didn't seem that POR made as many stops as SSR. But it does seem as if EVERYONE stays at POR the buses are always full, and a long line at the end of the day (Mostly at MK). Loved POR though, beautiful hotel. You could stay at POFQ those buses pick-up and drop-off before POR. HTH!

 

[KonaKaiTom]

You could do what we did a couple of times -- when the POR line was long leaving MK and the POFQ line was short -- we took the POFQ bus and walked back to POR -- it is less than 1/2 mile walk.

Tom

 

[NortheastDisneyMom]

Didn't seem that POR made as many stops as SSR. But it does seem as if EVERYONE stays at POR the buses are always full, and a long line at the end of the day (Mostly at MK). Loved POR though, beautiful hotel. You could stay at POFQ those buses pick-up and drop-off before POR. HTH!

But then wouldn't they go from POFQ to POR, thus making it just as long of a bus ride? Or do they not share buses? Some stuff I've read say they do, other stuff says they don't. Unfortunately POFQ doesn't offer a discount though, which stinks!

 

[tmrose03]

If I remember correctly the buses only made 1 stop at POFQ. From some parks they share buses from MK they have separate buses.

 

[Missytara]

POR and POFQ share buses at very busy times. At non-busy times, they do not. But as stated before, you can always take the bus to POFQ and then walk back.

I have stayed numerous times at POR and once at SSR and I thought there was lots more stops and they were further apart than the four stops at POR.

The added advantage you have is if you end your evening at a resort, you can take the DTD bus to the hub and then walk over to the Marketplace dock. After 4 pm, the water taxis run every ten minutes, so you are never waiting long for a ride back to the resort.