We just returned from a 8/23-8/30 stay at the WL.
Our family, two adults, two children are not strangers to public transportation, and WDW transportation also. We have the expectation to wait for the transportation, and not to expect immediate service.
However, there were some bus diffulculties.
During our stay, the bus transportation from WL to Downtown Disney was horrible. One day, we waited over 45 minutes, and 12 other busses stopped and no Downtown Disney bus ever came.
I know to expect to wait 20 minutes or even 30 for the DD bus, and we were still waiting after 45 minutes. Many bus drivers siad they would call dispatch and nothing happened.
Another bus issue was coming from Animal Kingdom back to Wilderness Lodge. This was Sunday afternoon, and we waited about 25 minutes for the bus, and it got full. Then the over full bus stopped at Blizzard Beach and it got jammed some more.
It was over an hour from waiting for the bus and then finally reaching Wilderness Lodge.
It was those two episodes which made us use our car going to MGM, Animal Kingdom and Downtown Disney.
The boat transportation to MK was fine, off all our boat rides (maybe 4 of them!), only one stopped at Fort Wilderness.
We waited maybe five minutes for a bus from Epcot to WL.
All in all, it was a beautiful resort, but I am grateful that we had our car with us. If we had to rely on the transportation there, we would have been waiting much longer.
Our family, two adults, two children are not strangers to public transportation, and WDW transportation also. We have the expectation to wait for the transportation, and not to expect immediate service.
However, there were some bus diffulculties.
During our stay, the bus transportation from WL to Downtown Disney was horrible. One day, we waited over 45 minutes, and 12 other busses stopped and no Downtown Disney bus ever came.
I know to expect to wait 20 minutes or even 30 for the DD bus, and we were still waiting after 45 minutes. Many bus drivers siad they would call dispatch and nothing happened.
Another bus issue was coming from Animal Kingdom back to Wilderness Lodge. This was Sunday afternoon, and we waited about 25 minutes for the bus, and it got full. Then the over full bus stopped at Blizzard Beach and it got jammed some more.
It was over an hour from waiting for the bus and then finally reaching Wilderness Lodge.
It was those two episodes which made us use our car going to MGM, Animal Kingdom and Downtown Disney.
The boat transportation to MK was fine, off all our boat rides (maybe 4 of them!), only one stopped at Fort Wilderness.
We waited maybe five minutes for a bus from Epcot to WL.
All in all, it was a beautiful resort, but I am grateful that we had our car with us. If we had to rely on the transportation there, we would have been waiting much longer.