My bigger beef is when it's time to leave. When I'm done and tired, I just want to go.
That is a no brainer for me. I have stayed onsite only once in 45 trips. That time I tried the bus once and quickly switched back to using my car. Ironically, at the time that I used the buses I was in the busing business. I guess that just because one made their living off them doesn't mean that we are devoted.
That is a no brainer for me. I have stayed onsite only once in 45 trips. That time I tried the bus once and quickly switched back to using my car. Ironically, at the time that I used the buses I was in the busing business. I guess that just because one made their living off them doesn't mean that we are devoted.
When staying offsite I have to use my car, no choice, but, if I park hop I will use the monorail between MK and Epcot and the boats between Epcot and DHS. DAK is a stand alone park in that sense so I drive all that time. Never found it troublesome. I have even gone to the park with friends that were staying onsite. I stayed in a hotel on 192. We left MK at the same time (at closing) and headed back to our hotels. I had to take the ferry across to TTC, tram to the car and when I got to my hotel I called them and they were still waiting for the bus. I know a lot of people like to not have to navigate roads that they aren't familiar with, but, when people tell me how it takes forever to get from place to place if you drive it causes me to chuckle.
My next trip (don't know when) will be much more of a challenge considering all the road work and entrance changes that they have done in the last couple of years, and continuing. Since I started going to MK in 1983 if I don't go through TTC a whole lot of what I enjoyed about going there is lost. I love the ferry ride as it approaches MK and the Castle is in full view along with The Contemporary, The Poly and the Grand Floridian. The cooler breeze off the Seven Seas Lagoon is pleasant as well.
Also I might add, during the holidays and this most recent marathon many roads were congested with traffic not moving. Disney WILL keep the busses moving, what happened is the busses where directed to backstage areas that are typically forbidden to guest. Also bus drivers are told in the morning about reroutes, closures and we have radios for up to the minute changes. So during those events bus traffic moved, were there delays? some, but they were moving guest. Not stuck in bumper to bumper with cars and Uber.
The bus system is super crummy - - - - - too many people.
Municipal buses work the same way. The problem is that people that do not use buses regularly think that they are just big private vehicles that should be on demand. If they are ready to go and the bus is not there we hear how awful the bus system is. I don't know how many buses WDW currently have, but I'd have to guess close to 200. I was told back over 10 years ago that there were 1000 drivers employed. That is a big busing system. All buses are subject to traffic and crowds. If 10000 people leave MK at closing they expect that there will be a sufficient number of buses to all be lined up like a train just to pick them up. If during the day they see a bus that is just sitting there that it should be picking them up, to hell with the fact that the driver is on lunch break. They don't even think about the fact that there are three other parks with people needing transportation at the same time. It is just a huge lack of knowledge about how bus systems work and how it isn't the comfort of their private automobile. I'm glad I didn't pursue my original desire to drive for Disney when I retired. As I get older and my patience gets shorter, I doubt I would last over a week before I went verbally ballistic on somebody. It would not be a magical day for any of us.
