Why not?

[Cogswel_Cogs]

Why doesn't Disney provide the following info in a renatble device.
You could put in the line time or fastpass times as well.
I would love to know that the wait was 1&1/2, before I treck allm the way over to Soaring from somewhere else in Epcot.


From A thread I was answering:

The busses were pretty good when we went in August.
I think our longest wait was for downtown Disney, which means I guess they don't have more busses even though the distance is farther. So the gap between is longer.

Disney should rent devices where you can check to see the status of the busses for your hotel!!!!

I'd drop $20 bucks for my trip to know that info. All it would take is A GPS on top of the bus. Which I am sure they already have. It would also make meeting up with people easier!!

 

[betterlatethannever]

Why doesn't Disney provide the following info in a renatble device.
You could put in the line time or fastpass times as well.
I would love to know that the wait was 1&1/2, before I treck allm the way over to Soaring from somewhere else in Epcot.


From A thread I was answering:

The busses were pretty good when we went in August.
I think our longest wait was for downtown Disney, which means I guess they don't have more busses even though the distance is farther. So the gap between is longer.

Disney should rent devices where you can check to see the status of the busses for your hotel!!!!

I'd drop $20 bucks for my trip to know that info. All it would take is A GPS on top of the bus. Which I am sure they already have. It would also make meeting up with people easier!!

For the wait time, supposedly Pall Mickey gives out that information but not necessarily in a timely fashion.

For the busses, they don't stay on one route. They are on a flex schedule. If they pick up at POP and go to MK, as the bus gets to MK , the bus may stop at the CBR bus stop, let out the POP passengers and pick up the CBR guests, and when he gets to CBR he may pick up the guests going to MGM. The rented device would be pretty useless because if you are waiting at the AKL to go to Epcot, that bus may not be assigned the route until 5 minutes before it gets to AKL.

The problem is not not enough buses (well yes it could use more busses) but not enough bus drivers. The DTD routes suffer the most when there aren't enough drivers. WDW has been supplimenting with Mears drivers. New drivers are hired but not trained. If you go to the Transportation board there are threads where posters tell their stories about the bus driver getting lost and ending up off WDW property.

Ed

 

[TheRustyScupper]

. . . The problem is not not enough buses (well yes it could use more busses) but not enough bus drivers . . .

1) Disney is woefully short (up to 6,500 people) in many hourly positions
. . . bus drivers
. . . front desk
. . . housekeeping
. . . quick srvice host/hostesses
. . . concierge
. . . cooks
2) In fact, they are giving up to a $2,000 signing bonus for these jobs.
3) The lack of CM's is hurting service.

 

[Another Voice]

The problem is not not enough buses (well yes it could use more busses) but not enough bus drivers.

No - the problem is that short term thinking has come back to bit Disney in the rear bumper. The master plan for WDW called for all of the gates (parks, water parks, shopping districts) and major hotel complexes to be connected by monorails. Fast, efficent, lower staff requirement monorails.

But busses were cheaper in the short term executive "how big is my bonus this year" mindset. Now there are two dozeb busses on the road trying to do the job a single monorail train could accomplish.

 

[Cogswel_Cogs]

I still don't think it would be that hard to monitor the busses.
I mean the driver knows where he is going somehow. The sign says the hotel.

AS for the monorail, I love it, but I don't think its getting much bigger in my lifetime.

And I dont think it could handle the congestion.

And I think the amount of breakdowns would really make it impossible.
I mean a bus breakdowns it doesn't stop every bus behind it.