Interesting Thread on the Transportation board:
Somebody asked why the Blue Launch (the small boat between FW/CR/WL) switches direction at 3:00 in the afternoon.
I replied:
The most sinister explanation of why they run them in opposite directions is so WL guests get a direct ride to/from their ideal destination without an extra stop.
In the morning, WL guests would most likely be going to one of the monorail resorts to breakfast. So this way they don't have to stop at the campground.
In the afternoon/evening WL guests, would most likely be going over to the campground to go to the Hoop De Doo, wo this way they don't have to stop at the Contemporary first.
(Yes, I stay at the Fort, and I've heard WL guests "comment" about the campground).
However, a more mundane explanation is probably the way the sun rises and sets over Bay Lake, maybe to keep the sun out of the boat captains eyes so bad, or traffic patterns of other water traffic in the area.
Then Endeavor105 replied back: (He/she is a Bay Lake/Seven Seas Lagoon boat captain)
Because writing anything...and "putting it in stone"...so to speak, removes any flexibility for temporarily changing the boats' routes based on guest load demands...hense, fewer guest complaints....haha...maybe....yeah, right!
In any event, it has nothing to do with the sun in the pilots' eyes but poster clkelly has it pretty right, otherwise.
Don't look for the info regarding route reversal to be posted on any signs at the resort docks on Bay Lake.
WDW will build a bridge over the EWP channel off 7 Seas Lagoon and extend the monorail to everywhere before that happens.
Interesting, huh??
And if there was one for near pee your pants funny I'd put that one up too!
