Transportation question

[TowerJoe]

My girlfriend and I were having a discussion last night about Disney. She mentioned to me that when she stayed at the Dixie Landing Resort (now Port Orleans) back in 1996 she was able to take a bus from the Resort to Universal Studios. To my knowledge, there was never a bus that took you from a Disney Resort to Universal Studios. She argued with me for a good hour about it and insists that she is right (but of course women are always right ). Just curious if anyone knew the answer. Thanks for the help!

 

[WDSearcher]

There is no type of Disney transportation that will take you from Disney resorts to Universal. If she went as part of a convention or tour of some type, then that would make sense ... she'd have taken a bus hired by the convention company or tour group. But other than that, there aren't any busses going from the Disney resorts to Universal.

 

[TowerJoe]

That's what I thought, but she insisted that she was right.

 

[McCall]

Yes there are in fact busses, Non Disney, that will pick you up at your resort and take you to Universal. I remember reading about it on one of the Theme park guide books.

 

[gctong]

Maybe the transportation system has changed since. Although I never stayed at a WDW resort, I stayed across the street from Downtown Disney at I believe Courtyard by Marriott. There, the concierge arranged for a bus to pick us up at the hotel and dropped off at Universal. It was the kind that stopped at every hotel to pick up a bunch of passengers before going to Universal. There was only one or two pick up times to return BACK to the hotel at night. I don't remember the company (it's been almost 10 years) but it was pretty straight forward. Maybe that's what she was referring to? I'd ask the concierge at your hotel.

 

[ktglads]

The Mears busses go from the Disney resorts to universal daily so possibly she took that? If that is what she took to/from the airport, it would be easy to think that it was all Disney transport and not a separate company (besides the fact that the busses are different colors and have Mears printed on them)

 

[MOMZERO]

About four years ago we took a Myers shuttle from the contempory to universal. We bought the tix at the front desk. All I can remember is that it took a real long time to get back because they stopped at almost every hotel along the way.