I was just wondering how many buses are being driven at any given time during a typical day at WDW? I know that it would vary based on the time of year, but does anyone have an answer?
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How many buses are on the road at one time?
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Tom
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Nope, don't know this answer, but someone on here will.....
However, I can share an interesting fact about the buses that most people on here probably know. Most of them have well over 1 million miles logged on them. My driver showed me that our specific bus had over 1.5 million miles on it. Wow!
CAPTAIN HOOK
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Don;t know exactly how many - but you're correct when you say that it varies.
There will be seasonal peaks - more during Easter, Spring Break, Summer and Christmas.
It also varies during the course of the day - more buses will run during the early morning and late evening to get resort guests to and from the parks for opening and closing
There will be seasonal peaks - more during Easter, Spring Break, Summer and Christmas.
It also varies during the course of the day - more buses will run during the early morning and late evening to get resort guests to and from the parks for opening and closing
Chape19714
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It also depends on special events. During the WDW Marathon, for instance, outside busses are broungt in, adding 50-100 motor coaches to the 267 WDW owns, making for really busy roadways. It should be mentioned that there are quite a few Cast Member only routes running at any given time. And although not owned or operated by Disney, there is a bus company hired to transport all College Program Cast Members to and from work and home. And you can then add on the Operating Participant Mears, which runs Both the Magical Express Service and Shuttle Transportation to and from the Disney Cruise Line Termainal from WDW. It adds up really quick when you factor in the BIG picture.
As cool as that is the first time you learn of it, it is actually pretty common for large diesel engines found in semis and buses. The first 100,000 miles are actually considered the break in period.
wild01ride
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I am not sure about the buses but ever semi that I have been in had one. If you run the numbers you can see how a million miles comes quick. You average long distance semi driver can rack up between 2500-3000 miles per week (on the books at least). Even at the low end you are pushing nearly 130,000 miles per year
Figment632
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The answer to this question is quite simple not enough.
goofntink
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And team drivers can double that.My in-laws are owner-operators.They log close to 300,000 +/- each year.He bought a new truck 2 years ago.His old one a 96 Pete had over 3 million miles.
Uncle Lupe
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I think the answer is 9 buses, any more than that at once and the entire system would be in total chaos!
Pioneer Hall
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I have a feeling that the number changes on an every moments basis. They probably look at occupancy levels and make a determination on that. Then they can probably see how things are day of and change things around.
Tom
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:lol: Touche
CleveRocks
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I'll try a totally uninformed guess at the original question.
There's roughly 13 clusters of resorts that use buses to parks (that is, groups of resorts that share buses, plus those that have their own).
I know that not every resort has a bus that goes to every place, but I'm just making a rough estimate here, so let's ignore that. 13 buses, 4 parks + Downtown Disney, so 13 x 5 = 65 routes.
Add in some inter-park buses: TTC to DHS, TTC to AK, AK to Epcot, AK to DHS, Epcot to DHS. So that's another 5 routes, so call it 70 routes.
I don't know if this is right or not, but let's just say most routes have 2 buses ... you know, when one is on the way to a park, the other is on the way back to the resort.
So 70 routes x 2 buses each route = 140 buses on the road at any given time. I forgot to add in CBR's internal shuttle. So that's 141.
Subtract out a few bus routes that don't exist (e.g., monorail resorts to MK, monorail resorts to Epcot, BoardWalk resorts to Epcot, etc.), so let's call it 135.
135 buses on the road at any given time ... or roughly half of the fleet active at any given time.
I'm probably somewhere in the ballpark.
There's roughly 13 clusters of resorts that use buses to parks (that is, groups of resorts that share buses, plus those that have their own).
I know that not every resort has a bus that goes to every place, but I'm just making a rough estimate here, so let's ignore that. 13 buses, 4 parks + Downtown Disney, so 13 x 5 = 65 routes.
Add in some inter-park buses: TTC to DHS, TTC to AK, AK to Epcot, AK to DHS, Epcot to DHS. So that's another 5 routes, so call it 70 routes.
I don't know if this is right or not, but let's just say most routes have 2 buses ... you know, when one is on the way to a park, the other is on the way back to the resort.
So 70 routes x 2 buses each route = 140 buses on the road at any given time. I forgot to add in CBR's internal shuttle. So that's 141.
Subtract out a few bus routes that don't exist (e.g., monorail resorts to MK, monorail resorts to Epcot, BoardWalk resorts to Epcot, etc.), so let's call it 135.
135 buses on the road at any given time ... or roughly half of the fleet active at any given time.
I'm probably somewhere in the ballpark.
Well done, Cleverocks. To take it a step further, how about the buses after Hoop-do-revue? And I am sure you would agree that 2 buses on a particular route is a bit light at the busiest times of the day. Also, why are the buses from the resort to Downtown Disney so notoriously slow? And why does it take forever to get anywhere from Wilderness lodge?
Sounds like important questions for the Senior vice-President in charge of busing.
Sounds like important questions for the Senior vice-President in charge of busing.
Uncle Lupe
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It still feels like no more then nine.
Chape19714
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Think a bit higher.
That's a bare minimum.WDW wouldn't spend money on buses if they weren't in use most of the time. The number also depends on route, as French Quarter has it's own route to Magic Kingdom, but shares with Riverside to the other parks....it really differs. Also AKL would need more MK route busses to make up for the difference in distance than say, Port Orleans. Also, Fort Wilderness has 3 routes just on it's interior. Each of which runs at least 2 buses. So if there's only 2 on each of those routes, the others should contain more than two, as the FW route is pretty short.
CleveRocks
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Unless things have changed very recently, the only time POFQ has its own MK bus is on the way BACK to the resort from MK, and even then it's only after 3 p.m.
But I like all of your other details.
But I like all of your other details.
Chape19714
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It depends on the season...I can never keep up :lol: Soemtimes they're seperate, othertimes...not...