POR transportation

[Sorsha]

I know this has probably been covered a million times, but a quick search didn't turn up the info I am looking for.... SO.....

Has anyone stayed at Riverside lately, and used the bus service?
If so, can you please give me approximate travel times (I know there can be a large variance, depending on time of day and season) to different locations?
How long did it take you, on the bus, to get to:
POR to MK?
POR to Epcot?
POR to AK?
POR to MGM?
Magic Kingdom to Animal Kingdom Lodge (I know, not POR, but still wondering... we have a dinner ADR for Boma on a MK day)?

How about getting to the parks for breakfast ADR's before park opening? How early did you catch a bus?

Thanks!

 

[Anthony1971]

Although this will not answer your question as the exact times well...
I can tell you I think POR is in a great location and is close enough to all... To me it did not seem as any park was a long ride and the bus service was great. I would alow 15-20 minutes BUS time to any park please note this does not include the time to walk to the bus stop or wait for the bus...
15-20 minutes will most likely be les but it depends on how many stops the bus must make in the resort and more important how many people board and thier circumsatnces (whell chairs/scooters)
In general I would allow one hour to get anywhere if you have a reservation asn most likely you will have plenty of time to sit and look at ?????

 

[mkycrzy1971]

I know this has probably been covered a million times, but a quick search didn't turn up the info I am looking for.... SO.....

Has anyone stayed at Riverside lately, and used the bus service?
If so, can you please give me approximate travel times (I know there can be a large variance, depending on time of day and season) to different locations?
How long did it take you, on the bus, to get to:
POR to MK?
POR to Epcot?
POR to AK?
POR to MGM?
Magic Kingdom to Animal Kingdom Lodge (I know, not POR, but still wondering... we have a dinner ADR for Boma on a MK day)
How about getting to the parks for breakfast ADR's before park opening? How early did you catch a bus?

Thanks!

We stayed at POR in May....the bus service to the parks & DTD was pretty quick...BUT the bus service from was terrible (especially for such a slow time of year). While at the parks & DTD, we stood and waited for a PO bus while watching at least 2 buses from every other resort come and go before our first showed up!! However, I know from past experience at POR that this is not the norm...I am not sure what is up??? NORMALLY, I would guess that MK & Epcot take about 15 minutes each once you leave the bus stop....AK & MGM buses hit the waterparks too...I would say 20-25 minutes for those. MK to AK Lodge...about 15 minutes at the most...for your breakfast ADR, the buses usually start running about an hour prior to park opening...I would say check with the front desk or concierge desk to be safe...you may need to catch at taxi depending on your ADR time. For your sake, I hope that POR has straightened out their bus problems...we noticed a lot of CMs recording bus arrival departure times on their clipboards....maybe they were re-doing their routes or something??? HAVE FUN no matter what!!!