At this point let me stop to talk about ART. We did buy the ART passes for our trip specifically for this "hotel switch" any walk is enough of a walk when you are hauling everything you have brought or bought. We also figured we would ocassionally be too tired and it would be nice to have a way to get home without carrying an exhausted 6 year old who weighs over 50lbs. We had read alot of "not so favorable" reviews on the boards and figured we would just have to do our best. Many of the unfavorable reviews had included complaints about strollers having to be folded and such which didn't apply to us so we went for it. WE LOVED ART! The drivers were not just courteous but most were friendly. You see the same faces day after day as the driver's are dedicated to their routes. We had nice conversations with both our morning and night drivers on the number 9 every day. They remembered Coltons name wished him Happy Birthday and helped him when he insisted he was big enough to swipe his pass without Mommy's help they were patient even when it took him 2 or 3 tries to get it right. They let him regale them with his adventures in the park that day (when he was awake LOL). He is not the only kid they ever encounter, they do this every day it's their job, but they laughed in all the right places asked him questions and generally made him feel like they had been waiting all day for him to get on the bus and tell them his daily adventures. The morning driver always asked what he did yesterday. Only once was the bus so crowded that we all had to stand, Colton was asleep on his feet and another Mom put her daughter on her lap so that I could sit with Colton on mine. Alot of the time there were less than 10 people on board and we all had some nice conversations during our rides. Remember we were there between Christmas & New Years the parks were crowded and still ART was a good experience. The only thing that could be improved is the actual shuttle area (I've heard rumors a remodel is upcoming in the 2nd phase of all this construction I hope so) Only a few of the stops have covered areas to wait, important during the rainy season when we were there as well as I imagine in the summer sun, Several of the stops were nothing but the pole with the number on it not even a bench to sit while you waited. Anyway enough sidetrack back to the trip.