I have a very good bus driver story
On our last trip to WDW we wanted to go have dinner at Beaches and Cream. We took the bus from CSR to MGM. We planned on taking the boat from there. Anyway, while the bus driver was tying down my wheelchair, he asked if we had ADRs at MGM (it was about 6:30 or so when we were heading over there). We told him no, we were just "making a connection."
We got to MGM and he just sat in the seat for a minute or two. No one was waiting to catch the CSR bus and no one was coming either. He walked back to us and said, "After this stop, I was going to take a break. How about I just drive you guys over to the Yacht and Beach Club?"
Of course we said yes!!!!!! How nice was that!!
That is really cool!
nice to hear a good wheelchait experience after Lillypug's bad one. The good drivers outnumber the bad ones, but the bad ones really stick in your head.
We've got a good experience with bus drivers from our trip in April.
We were waiting for the bus at OKW to go to Epcot. While we were waiting, we noticed a group of women of assorted ages who were also waiting for the Epcot bus (it was hard not noticing them, they were wearing matching hot pink shirts that said they were celebrating one of the women's birthday). Several of them talked to us while we waited and once the bus stopped, they watched while the driver put down the lift (it was one of the really old buses). One of the women was really interested in the process and asked if we minded if she watched. We didn't mind at all; it's nice to have someone watching because they are interested, rather than because they are upset at how much time it's taking.
Unfortunately, this was one of the times when things did not work well. After a number of tries, the bus driver could not get the lift to lower completely. She tried putting it up, closing the door and starting all over. She tried moving the bus a bit to get to a more level place. She tried putting an instruction book under the ones side that seemed lower (she said the instruction book did come in handy sometimes). Finally, she gave up and said she would radio so that a bus would be sent sooner than the 1/2 hour that was the normal schedule.
Our new friends, the pink shirt ladies, said they were very sorry and wished us well (they were very sweet).
After a few minutes, another bus drove up - another old bus with a lift. It had the same problem as the first bus and the driver tried all the same things. Another bus parked behind ours and the driver came over to see if he could help. He asked our driver - "Did you get out the instruction book?" Our driver showed him he had (it was under the lift). He asked "Do you have a towel?"
(At that point, we were all looking at each other wondering what they would use the towel for????)
Our driver didn't, so the other driver lent his towel - folded and put on top of the instruction book. With the added towel, we finally had success and got DD loaded onto the bus. The other driver took his towel and we were off. Our driver warned us that we might have the same problem once we arrived at Epcot - and that we might have wait for another driver with a towel. Luckily, we didn't have any problems and arrived at Epcot just fine.
. I was in shock and totally happy as I was planning on walking from DTD. I thanked him and he wished me good luck on the interview.
We drove down about 1/2 mile, (off property) and made a u-turn and headed back. The folks clapped as we re-entered the property!
