Transportation Guide

[rollie]

I was wondering if anyone could post the resort transportation guide. It's the color coded guide that tells what color bus goes where. Thanks for any help. I can't seem to be able to find it on any of these boards. Maybe it doesn't exist. lol

 

[goofy4tink]

Other than the transportation guide, here on the DIS, I'm not aware of any other. And the one here on the DIS is woefully out of date.
Let us know where it is you want to go to, and from where, and we can help you out.

 

[TDC Nala]

The buses don't have colors, not sure where that information came from.

 

[CleveRocks]

I was wondering if anyone could post the resort transportation guide. It's the color coded guide that tells what color bus goes where. Thanks for any help. I can't seem to be able to find it on any of these boards. Maybe it doesn't exist. lol

There are many additional routes, and some exceptions, but basically, here is all you need to know ....

At your resort, there will be one or more bus stops. You can get a DIRECT ride to any theme park or Downtown Disney. About every 20 minutes, a bus will come by to take people to Magic Kingdom. Another bus will swing by every 20 minutes or so to take people to Epcot, and so on.

You CAN'T get from one Disney resort hotel to another by direct bus ... you'd have to take a bus to a park, and then take a bus from that park to the resort you want to get to.

You CAN'T get from a park to Downtown Disney by direct bus ... you'd need to take a bus to a resort, and then take a bus from that resort to DTD.

A few resorts have other means to get to some parks. For example (and there are other examples), the 3 resorts on the monorail line use the monorail to get to Magic Kingdom ... they don't have (and don't need) buses to get to Magic Kingdom.

 

[Dan Murphy]

Maybe the monorail colors???


http://www.nationmaster.com/encyclopedia/Walt-Disney-World-Monorail-System#Identification

 

[dburg30]

I go with the EZ WDW Transportation guide .

A bus pulls up, if the sign has the place I want to go on it, I get on If not, I wait..

 

[TDC Nala]

I go with the EZ WDW Transportation guide .

A bus pulls up, if the sign has the place I want to go on it, I get on If not, I wait..

That works if you are going from a park to a resort or a resort to a park...but if you want to go from a resort to another resort...you have to know the best place to transfer.

 

[Perdita&Pongo]

Years ago I remember WDW had a Transportation Guide available in the brochure racks with the park maps. I haven't seen one in years though.

 

[rollie]

Thanks Nancy, that must be what I remembered. I thought we received a transportation guide with our vacation package.

Thanks everyone else for the tips.

 

[goofy4tink]

Generally speaking, if you want to get to a resort that is near MK (CR, Polynesian, GF, WL) then take the bus to MK and then take whatever is available to the resort of choice...monorail, boat.
If you want to get to YC/BC, BW, S/D..head to either Epcot (but you'll have to enter the park) or DHS.
AKL, head to AK and then transfer to the AKL bus.
If you are at a resort that is close to a park (MK...CR, Polynesian, etc) and you want to get to another resort, just head to MK and then transfer to the resort bus you want.
There are many different combinations. Hard to list them all.

 

[Inkmahm]

Years ago I remember WDW had a Transportation Guide available in the brochure racks with the park maps. I haven't seen one in years though.

I think the last time there was a Transportation guide was maybe sometime in the late 90's.

 

[rollie]

Thanks again, we're staying at the CSR in late September, and was wonder how it will be getting around the parks at that time.

I guess it ages me a bit for remembering the transportation guide. lol

 

[dburg30]

CSR is pretty easy. I always get confused on the DTD route is all . But going TO the parks, they will stop at bus stop #2 first then 3, 4, then back to 1 (el centro) and head to the park. Upon return from a park, it will be the same. They will drop off at 2 first, then 3,4 then el centro. I LOVED the busses at CSR, VERY rarely were they crowded 'outbound' and even going back at night I think the longest I waited for a bus was the 3rd bus, and usually it was the 2nd (the one if front filled up, the next we got on) and sometimes it was the first oe . Also, CSR has some of the closest bus stops at all the parks.

 

[Dan Murphy]

Thanks Nancy, that must be what I remembered. I thought we received a transportation guide with our vacation package.

Thanks everyone else for the tips.

This is what used to be available, it is no longer, and is not current.........


http://www.intercot.com/infocentral/images/transportation.jpg

 

[Perdita&Pongo]

Thanx Dan for posting that. I looked last night in my "Mickey Mess" but didn't find an old one I could scan and post here.

 

[shovan]

I was wondering if anyone could post the resort transportation guide. It's the color coded guide that tells what color bus goes where. Thanks for any help. I can't seem to be able to find it on any of these boards. Maybe it doesn't exist. lol

We remember that chart! In fact we asked DB to pick up one for us when he was there last week. Instead he brought back the map posted below. It was a color coded chart that clearly explained how to get from one place to another. The chart was color coded not the buses. Disney needs to print one like that again!

I have been searching high & low trying to figure out the best & quickest routes from ASM to other resorts & can't find anything anywhere! A simple chart would help.

 

[TDC Nala]

I have been searching high & low trying to figure out the best & quickest routes from ASM to other resorts

Epcot resorts - usually go to Studios. Then walk or ride the boat to the resort you want. (If you ride to Epcot you will have to enter the park and walk all the way across it to access the Epcot resorts)

MK resorts - bus to MK. You can then ride the monorail to any of the monorail resorts. You can walk to the Contemporary. You can catch a small boat to GF or Polynesian. You can catch a boat to Wilderness Lodge and Fort Wilderness (although if you are going to WL, the WL/MK bus might be faster)

Animal Kingdom Lodge - bus to AK, switch to AKL bus

OKW, SSR - use Studios or Downtown Disney for transfer. You can walk from DTD to SSR. You can take a boat ride from DTD to SSR, OKW and Port Orleans.

Pop Century, CBR, Port Orleans: Use the closest theme park that's open for transfer, or Downtown Disney.

CSR: Use the closest open theme park or Blizzard Beach for transfer.

If the recommended parks are closed and no longer running transportation, you will have to switch buses at either another park or Downtown Disney.

 

[guitarob]

The buses don't have colors, not sure where that information came from.

At one time (How many years ago I don't remember...) the buses were all white with a red stripe, and had a colored flag on them, near the door and I think on the front of the bus, that designated the route.

disneypix.com has a photo in their transportation section. (Sorry apparently I need more posts to hyperlink... I'll have to get on that...)

You can see the little flag above the wheel.

 

[goofy4tink]

The problem is that now, with the new dispatching system, they can't be sure any one bus is going to be going to the same place two times in a row. The bus you rode from POP to MK, may be dispatched to GF in order to get guests to DHS, rather than going back to POP. There are no set buses on set routes. They are constantly changing..it's very fluid. That's why they call it 'dynamic'....certainly isn't for the speed with which they get to the resort/parks (just kidding all you bus drivers out there!!)

 

[RivaLJ]

This is the link for Our Laughing Place transport wizard. It will show you how to get anyplace from anywhere in WDW.

http://www.ourlaughingplace.com/asp/twiz.aspx