News Disney Springs Bus Service to Resorts Now Requires Reservation Verification

[Andrew C]

New abbreviation coming soon - DTT - Disney Transportation Ticket - Can be purchased for the length of your stay. :

They had them previously.

 

[SamusAranX]

The moment they do bus service to the parks from DS, is the moment they begin to charge for parking at DS. Otherwise, every influencer and their mother will be advertising the new hack for free parking at WDW parks

 

[Sirwalterraleigh]

I’m not totally sure if this was fact or myth but supposedly Epcot was built with monorail supports for expansions towards Disney springs and towards studios.

I don’t think there would be anything too crazy about running a bus to springs though

I dunno

Studios wasn’t even conceived until 1985 and when it opened Epcot was sitting on a pile of debt that could stretch halfway to the moon…

 

[TrainsOfDisney]

As someone who commonly takes public transportation when visiting cities its comical to me that the average disney guest supposedly is incapable of figuring out transfers. Or somehow can figure them out one way but not in the opposite direction.

Other than the man in seat 61 (iykyk) I take more public transportation when traveling than pretty much anyone else.

Obviously I’m capable of finding an alternate route. But I would still be annoyed with this change if it surprised me.

 

[JMcMahonEsq]

It'll never happen but the only real solution is better transport than busses from springs to the parks. It should be free, and should be easy, but its never going to be with busses as its just inherently not great at queue surges. The fix would be obscenely expensive.

leaving aside that buses are likely the easiest solution, as they are readily available, are scalable to times of day, and require no accompanying infrastructure other than the roads that already exist, I am not sure what the reasoning is to make it free, and easy for people to leave the parks, where they can be spending money at Disney park restaurants and at Disney stores, to go to an outdoor mall full of third party restaurant operators and vendors.

 

[Sirwalterraleigh]

The moment they do bus service to the parks from DS, is the moment they begin to charge for parking at DS. Otherwise, every influencer and their mother will be advertising the new hack for free parking at WDW parks

100% agree there

Which would also kill most of the enticement to get a lot of people traveling into Orlando to come to springs

 

[peter11435]

It'll never happen but the only real solution is better transport than busses from springs to the parks. It should be free, and should be easy, but its never going to be with busses as its just inherently not great at queue surges. The fix would be obscenely expensive.

Busses are not the problem. Busses are the most efficient transportation at WDW for handling queue surges.

 

[Disstevefan1]

They had them previously.

They sure did, at the very beginning in 1971, since they had them previously does that help justify bringing it back? Maybe? I predict it will come back.

Then anyone who buys a ticket can ride totally fair and inclusive

 

[_caleb]

leaving aside that buses are likely the easiest solution, as they are readily available, are scalable to times of day, and require no accompanying infrastructure other than the roads that already exist, I am not sure what the reasoning is to make it free, and easy for people to leave the parks, where they can be spending money at Disney park restaurants and at Disney stores, to go to an outdoor mall full of third party restaurant operators and vendors.

Busses are the best solution for Disney, but among the worst for guests.

 

[JMcMahonEsq]

Busses are the best solution for Disney, but among the worst for guests.

How can you make that statement?

Buses are the primary mode of public transportation throughout the US. Schools, cities, ect. Its the simpliest and most familar form of public transporation there is.

It is also a readily available resource. Unlike monorails you can buy buses from multiple sources. They are easy to increase in numbers both in your overall fleet, and in serving specific areas of your park at different times.

It also doesn't require any special infrastructure so it is immediately implementable. You don't have to build anything, take land away from other things/areas, to utilize it, and since every area of WDW is connected by roads, every area of WDW is accessible to buses.

So on what basis can you possibly argue buses are the worst solution for guests?

 

[phillip9698]

Busses are the best solution for Disney, but among the worst for guests.

If the cost to build a monorail system that serviced every location at WDW with built in redundancies that matched the reliability of buses was passed directly on to the guests it would definitely be the worst for guests.

 

[Andrew C]

Busses are the best solution for Disney, but among the worst for guests.

Yeah.. I avoid them at WDW where possible. Slow to load, crowded and uncomfortable. That ruins any built-in convenience for me.

 

[LSLS]

How can you make that statement?

Buses are the primary mode of public transportation throughout the US. Schools, cities, ect. Its the simpliest and most familar form of public transporation there is.

It is also a readily available resource. Unlike monorails you can buy buses from multiple sources. They are easy to increase in numbers both in your overall fleet, and in serving specific areas of your park at different times.

It also doesn't require any special infrastructure so it is immediately implementable. You don't have to build anything, take land away from other things/areas, to utilize it, and since every area of WDW is connected by roads, every area of WDW is accessible to buses.

So on what basis can you possibly argue buses are the worst solution for guests?

Aside from your first argument (which I'm not sure I agree with as to it being the simplest form), the others are all arguments for why it's the best solution for Disney. The infrastructure being in place, availability of new ones, etc. are all arguments for Disney, that doesn't have an impact on the guest.

 

[JMcMahonEsq]

Aside from your first argument (which I'm not sure I agree with as to it being the simplest form), the others are all arguments for why it's the best solution for Disney. The infrastructure being in place, availability of new ones, etc. are all arguments for Disney, that doesn't have an impact on the guest.

Not sure how you get those are arguments for Disney as opposed to guests. Availability means it can be implemented for guests quickly and efficiently, so there isn't a wait/disruption trying to get it in place. Scalability means it can be adjusted to fit guest needs/locations in real time, as opposed to be a fixed system. Not needing new infrastructure means less spending, meaning less costs passed on to guests, and means it can be implemented quicker. Using existing roadways means buses can service ALL areas of the park, meaning all guests can go anywhere, as opposed to a system that only benefits some guests, based on location.

 

[JerseyMan95]

Nope. Because they are doing what Disney told them to do and now they are stranded at DS.

Disney is telling them to park at one of the theme parks to visit the resorts. If you want to visit Springs, park at Springs.

 

[DisneyCane]

It boggles my mind that somebody would be willing to pay the prices to go to a WDW park and then find the need to try to save $35 by doing an inconvenient thing like parking at DS, having to take a bus to a resort and then a bus to a park. The time wasted doing that vs. parking in the lot at the park for $35 is not worth the savings. If your budget is that tight you shouldn't be going to WDW.

 

[TrainsOfDisney]

If your budget is that tight you shouldn't be going to WDW.

I mean…. They just released an after 2:00 pm ticket that saves about that…. Maybe they should have just done free parking after 2:00???

That actually saves money cause then parking toll collectors can go home.

 

[JMcMahonEsq]

Nope. Because they are doing what Disney told them to do and now they are stranded at DS.

Except Disney very clearly on the Disney springs website sets out the various differnt ways one can get to Disney Springs, but doesn’t tell anyone what they should do. And they also let everyone know there will be this restriction so no, no one is doing “what Disney told them to and are now stranded”

 

[TrainsOfDisney]

And they also let everyone know there will be this restriction

I don’t believe Disney let anyone know in any way?

 

[parksandtravel]

It boggles my mind that somebody would be willing to pay the prices to go to a WDW park and then find the need to try to save $35 by doing an inconvenient thing like parking at DS, having to take a bus to a resort and then a bus to a park. The time wasted doing that vs. parking in the lot at the park for $35 is not worth the savings. If your budget is that tight you shouldn't be going to WDW.

It sounds like this mainly affects locals who park at DS and resort hop after.