Standing on Buses??

[ThunderMTexpert]

After a LOOONG day, is it worth it to squeeze onto one bus and stand, or wait a little longer for the next one??

(Wait in the Sun, Stand on the bus- EITHER WAY, ya' gotta stand..)

 

[Jenn Lynn]

I will probably be waiting for a seat because I will have an infant. Usually DH will stand and I will sit with the kids.

 

[STEAMBOAT209]

Sit or stand really makes no difference to me; I just make sure DW has a seat, she's not good standing while vehicle is moving.

 

[bicker]

It depends on the day. If we are tired, we'll wait for the next bus so we can sit. If we're still pretty energetic, we'll get on this bus and stand. However, if we're with the kids, or with my elderly mother, we wil always wait for the next bus so they can sit. It simply isn't safe for young children or my mother, who walks with a cane, to stand on a moving bus, and I would never expect anyone to give up their seat for the members of our party who need to sit.

 

[wdwgoofeeee]

The best idea is NOT to try to exit any park right at closing. Last June we watched Wishes and then sat on a bench across from the castle as the throngs poured down Main Street. After 15-20 minutes we slowly walked to the exit and the bus area was completely empty and quiet. Just take your time and sit, shop, stroll around, anything EXCEPT go right to the bus station at the closing of any park.

 

[NoodlesTheRabbit]

I was actually tossing this around as we are traveling with my mom who is claustrophobic for the first time. I think we'd rather just wait for the next bus to come. We'll wander out of the parks sloooooowly!

 

[love2swim]

What we normally do is get a desert from the bakery, go sit on a bench outside the park to watch the fireworks. Then we're already right next to the bus stops so we can always get on the first bus.

 

[penguin087]

Either way you're standing. I've waited 3 buses just to get on and then ended up standing anyway. The next time I see the line for buses that long I'm grabbing a cab!

bicker, I would get up for a woman with a small child, the elderly, or someone less than able bodied as would my 12 year old son (after years of training he actually does it without being told now ). From what I have seen on Disney buses most people would give up their seat for your mother.

 

[angel's momma]

(Wait in the Sun, Stand on the bus- EITHER WAY, ya' gotta stand..)

It's harder to stand on a moving bus though.

We choose to wait.

 

[bicker]

From what I have seen on Disney buses most people would give up their seat for your mother.

I'd be mortified if anyone got up for one of me or my own, because I decided to board a full bus, and then they were hurt.

 

[WillCAD]

THIS is why I always rent a car - no standing in my rental! I always have a seat!

 

[A Mickeyfan]

I usually drive my car to all the parks but the MK. If you drive there, you have to wait for the monorail, then the tram..
As far at would I wait or stand.. I use to wait until I realized even if I waited, I ended up on a crowded bus. I look at it as, I have to stand anyway so I board the bus. My kids are older now so I can do it. When they were younger, I had to wait.
Also a note to giving up my seat... I have taught all 3 of my children (1 son & 2 daughters) to give up their seats to an elderly person or a mom/dad with a baby. My kids would even squeeze together on one seat so another child can sit with them. I too will give up my seat. There is nothing worse than standing & holding a baby... I have been down that road & it is a hard one. My pet peve is when you see the bus is crowded & there is a family that is taking up a seat by placing their stroller on it. You see mom, baby & child in one row then dad & stroller in another. The stroller can be standing, it doesn't have to be on the seat . It is ok when the bus is not full, but if you see a person standing.. I do not care even if it is an able bodied person, that stroller should be giving up its seat The dad & stroller can have the isle seat & let someone in by the window. The stroller can easly stay in the isle while you hold it. After all, people stand on the side of your seat, why can't a stroller

 

[mrFDNY]

Hi all,
not sure if this is a tip,but something we always done.Staying many times at pop and cbr on many trips.approx 10-15 mins before the park closes we would get ice cream and just sit on main street for like 40 mins then leave.By then the line for the buses is gone and we never had a hard time finding a seat on a bus.Also if you go into the empourim(spelling) on main street,they have a little movie screen and seats and they show mickey mouse cartoons,sometimes we go sit in there for a little as the park closes and watch old mickey mouse cartoons,wait for the park to empty out a little.

 

[gems_smiling]

I hate standing on the bus but after a long day at the park, we usually just want to get back to the hotel as soon as possible to get to bed. I always find the buses really cold in the day so like to sit on the back seat coss its nice and warm lol. Does anyone else find this: Its really nice and relaxing at night when they turn the lights off but wow when you get to your hotel and they turn them back on its the biggest wake up ever and everyone makes the same sound at the same time. lol disney memories are great.

 

[KFISCHER]

I've been to WDW dozens of times. More often than not, (not always, but most of the time) I have witnessed men who don't even think about giving their seat up to a female, a child, or an older person. They're in that seat by golly and they're not moving. Apparently good manners were left at home, if they had any to begin with. It bugs me whenever I see it. Same thing on the monorails.

And why should the bus driver have to tell people to move all the way to the back or give their seat up to those who really need it??? Shouldn't that be just common courtesy and common sense??

I know this doesn't answer the question, but it seems the thread got turned in this direction. To answer the question, if it's after parks closing, wait for the next bus.

 

[bicker]

There is a spectrum of perspectives on this, K, all equally valid and equally deserving of respect. Your perspective is that there is a hierachy where by certain people should give up their seat for others. On the other side of the spectrum is that people should always wait for the next bus if they want or need a seat. For those folks, that is common sense, and common courtesy would dictate that no one board a full bus expecting anyone to give up their seat for them.

I fall somewhere in between. I believe in some give-and-take, but find some of what you advocate to be too dangerous, and therefore clearly not common sense from my view. Children should never stand. Ever. That's a safety issue. Children shouldn't even be carried on one's lap, but rather should sit in their own seat. This helps keep them from being propelled through the air in case of a crash. I do feel healthy adults in their prime should be giving up their seats for children and the elderly. That's both a safety issue and, for the elderly, also a respect issue. By the same token, men and women should be treated with equality. Men and women should give up their seat for children and the elderly in equal proportions, and men shouldn't be giving up their seat for women, unless both the man and woman buy into that arcane bit of superior/inferior perspective.

So I think the best way of looking at this is without the judgementalism inherant in loaded language like "Apparently good manners were left at home, if they had any to begin with." Such a rude statement doesn't help project anything constructive.

 

[taximomfor4]

There is a spectrum of perspectives on this, K, all equally valid and equally deserving of respect. Your perspective is that there is a hierachy where by certain people should give up their seat for others. On the other side of the spectrum is that people should always wait for the next bus if they want or need a seat. For those folks, that is common sense, and common courtesy would dictate that no one board a full bus expecting anyone to give up their seat for them.

I fall somewhere in between. I believe in some give-and-take, but find some of what you advocate to be too dangerous, and therefore clearly not common sense from my view. Children should never stand. Ever. That's a safety issue. Children shouldn't even be carried on one's lap, but rather should sit in their own seat. This helps keep them from being propelled through the air in case of a crash. I do feel healthy adults in their prime should be giving up their seats for children and the elderly. That's both a safety issue and, for the elderly, also a respect issue. By the same token, men and women should be treated with equality. Men and women should give up their seat for children and the elderly in equal proportions, and men shouldn't be giving up their seat for women, unless both the man and woman buy into that arcane bit of superior/inferior perspective.

So I think the best way of looking at this is without the judgementalism inherant in loaded language like "Apparently good manners were left at home, if they had any to begin with." Such a rude statement doesn't help project anything constructive.

Wow, Bicker, we either completely agree with each other, or completely don't! It's never halfway. In this instance, I completely agree. With every word you typed here. I often find myself having to defend our decision to NOT hold our kids on our laps to free up a couple more seats. We learned from experience that each in their own seat was the safest for our family. This was during a terribly rough ride, in which the driver was attempting to entertain us with jokes and trivia, but in the meantime managed to run off the road TWICE in a downpour...once on purpose to avoid hitting the bus in front of us (he had been NOT looking forward while he drove, and nearly turned around too late, when passengers began screaming and bracing themselves). The second time, he was on the freeway and was looking back at us passengers, trying to get us to reply to a trivia question and just veered onto the shoulder. That one put 2 of our kids and someone elses child onto the floor.

There are so many different variables besides manners, when this subject comes up. Hopefully this thread doesn't take the nasty turn standing-on-bus threads usually take. To answer the OP's question, it completely depends on your comfort level. My dh and I, and our 4 kids, will probably never try to stand on a moving bus again. With the kid-gear and the difficulty many of us had when we tried it, our philosophy has changed from "Lets just get there" to "Lets get there as safely as possible." I did end up picking up my 6yo dd off the bus floor, and once off of another passenger's knee, on that ride. So perhaps I was colored by my experience. We always have a couple of throw-towels to wipe off benches, etc after-downpours. We plop those down on the cement in the bus line, and sit there to wait. Often, the kids have a snack, drink, or play with stickers while we wait for the next bus.

 

[seashoreCM]

On the other side of the spectrum is that people should always wait for the next bus if they want or need a seat.

Children shouldn't even be carried on one's lap, but rather should sit in their own seat. This helps keep them from being propelled through the air in case of a crash. .

I feel that if I specifically (don't need to say it out loud on the platform) wait for the next bus in order to get a seat I should be able to have that seat.

IMHO with no seatbelts as in a bus it makes no difference whether a child is sitting on someone else's lap or sitting alone in a seat or standing. In case of crash, all not holding onto a pole or something, including adults standing or sitting alone next to the child, will fly through the air at the same speed until they hit someone or something else..

 

[bicker]

Every inch counts... the lower the child is, the safer the child is.

 

[KathyRN137]

I think that it is a shame that more people don't expect it! I had my 90 lb DS sit on my lap just about every trip to leave room for another person. I don't think my DH (44) sat down once on our last trip! The buses were always standing-room-only. He would never sit while a woman holding a baby or an older woman with a cane stood, no matter how tired he was!

I think that it is a real shame the number of grown men we saw who just sat when others obviously should have been given a seat. DH actually felt the need to speak to one man who had his backpack on the seat next to him on an overcrowded bus! DH was The guy was just clueless.

Probably the one and only fault I find with WDW is the terribly overcrowded buses: they are uncomfortable and unsafe!