This questions is for people who have stayed at Boardwalk before. During a recent visit, we noticed that Boardwalk shared a bus route with Swan and Dolphin when going to Downtown Disney. Boardwalk is on our list of potential resorts and I was curious if that bus route is for parks as well? Is the bus system at Boardwalk any good?
My family of 4 and I stayed there from June 5-12th and here's what we experienced:
1.
Busses only service: MK, AK, DTD, and water parks
(with the latter pairing with either AK or DTD).
2.
There are no dedicated depots for the above stops. Everyone gathers under the one bus pavilion and "watches" for their respective destination, boarding on a "first-come, first-serve" basis. A CM only keeps time tallies in the morning hours.
3.
Depending on how crowded the resorts/stops are, here's what you could experience in terms of the bus loop: BW -> Swan -> Dolphin to MK...Dolphin -> Swan -> BW from MK. AK follows the same route as MK, but also stops at Blizzard Beach, if needed. Sooooo, you're looking at a potentially crowded bus no matter what, unless the park bus that you want comes in 2's. DTD stops at the same places, in addition to Typhoon Lagoon.
*When we were coming back from DTD the one day, we hopped off at Swan and walked back to BW before the bus reached our resort.
*And since we are AP holders, we would sometimes cut thru EP to take the monorail -> TTC -> monorail or boat to MK.
4. To get to EP and DHS, you either rely on your feet or the Friendship Boats! This fact alone makes this resort one of the best on property...Location, location, location!
Overall, the bus transportation isn't
that bad, if you time it right: very first thing in the AM, around lunch or dinner times. Enjoy the resort!
