first off, parking at downtown disney is free. it's $10 for cars at the parks. because disney wants your money, if you park ay DTD, you will have to take a disney bus to a resort, and then transfer to a park bus at the resort. same for the way back. bus to resort, and then a bus to DTD. it's that way mainly because Disney wants your $10, but also because "on paper" Disney transportation is for resort guests only. Remember when you got a transportation pass when you checked in and had to show it to use the busses. i remember it back in 89- 92 when i went. And even today you can see on the signs at DTD and Blizzard beach. "please present proper identification"(your room key). now, i said on paper, because we don't make you show anything to go to the resort. But why would disney transportatio be for resort guests only? It's because the resorts pay for it. Yep, while the parks pay for the monorail and ferryboats, the busses are chartered by the resorts. $2 per room per day. And just like off site hotels charter busses to come every hour or so, Disney resorts charter us to come every 20 min. Some, like Saratoga, pay more to have a bus every 15 min. (yes, i know that we have park to park, and TTC runs that dont go to a resort, but theres a loophole in everything). so thats why you cant go from resort to resort without a stop at a park. Disney busses are actually Disney charter busses, chartered by the Disney hotels. and since, the resorts (and our resort guests) are paying for it, "officially" the busses are for resort guests only. Disney wants you to drive your car or take a taxi if your not in one of their hotels (again, with the exception of the park to park or TTC busses). if your hotels charter bus drops you off at TTC, disney wants you to get to the parks, but if you're not STAYING in one of their hotels, they want you to drive yourself. But like i said, we don't really follow that too much, but thats the "official" stance. Unofficially, we bus drivers don't ask, and don't care either way.
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Busses for resort guests only.
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tigger1968
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Was there some sort of question that this was supposed to answer or something? I didn't quite get what you were trying to get across...:veryconfu
PigletIsMyCat
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Disney is private property and can charge for parking. Paying for parking can help cover numerous costs, like upkeep of the parking lots and paying the parking Cast Members.
? Chartered buses? All Disney buses are owned, operated, and maintained by WDW and Disneyworld Cast Members. It is NOTHING like the offsite hotels' buses to and from local attractions. All Disney buses are kept on property, operated by regular Transportation CMs (well, with CDLs of course), and maintained on Disney property by other CMs. Saratoga is also owned, operated, and maintained by WDW, so they do not 'pay' WDW for bus service.
When you say 'we', I'm assuming you're implying you are a WDW Cast Member that drives a Disney bus. I have to say I have reason, well actually MANY reasons, to doubt that. I'm not sure what your agenda is spreading this crap, but I can't say that anyone really cares. Although it is a tad rude to be spreading this crap as fact. People come here for tips, ideas, discussions, and inside tips and secrets about WDW. This is not the way things go 'backstage'.
All Disney transportation is COMPLIMENTARY has been for a while. Why oh why won't this end. If you wont to park at DTD take a bus to a resort and transfer to a park bus and waste 1 hour coming and 1 hour going to save $10 more power to you. My time is worth more than $5 an hour.
Surf Fish2285
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CAPTAIN HOOK
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And there still doesn't seem to be a point to the thread - perhaps we're missing something 
Rammstein
New Member
What was the point in repeating this?
To everyone who doesn't already know, someone asked a question about taking a bus from DTD to a resort and then to a park. This was the very reply this person used to answer his question, so it looks like they just copied and pasted the reply to create a thread that doesn't make much sense.
To everyone who doesn't already know, someone asked a question about taking a bus from DTD to a resort and then to a park. This was the very reply this person used to answer his question, so it looks like they just copied and pasted the reply to create a thread that doesn't make much sense.
This was posted earlier, to answer a question about going from DTD to the parks for offsite guests. However i must point out, that we are chartered by the resorts. $2 per day, per room goes from the hotels to the transportation dept. thats where our budget comes from. Just because they are all owned by disney doesn't matter, they still have to pay because each hotel is a seperate business. i know for a fact they pay us. It's no secret in the transportation dept. every manager and even the head of the transportation dept has told us so. The parks pay for the monorails and watercraft, but the hotels pay for the busses. except in this case, disney owns the bus company. however, on paper we are seperate businesses. just like walmart, if one store sends mechandise to another store, the recievieving store has to pay the store that sent it. i used to work for fedex and knew the recieving ladies wholet me in on that one. But each hotel is a seperate entity, and so is our transportation dept. and since the hotels(and therefore the guests) pay for the busses, they are for resort guests only.
C&D
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I get it; good original post.
And no, you shouldn't be allowed to park at DTD and multi-bus to the park. When we first arrive, by car (prior to our check-in), we sometimes go to DTD to buy our annual passes or have a bite to eat. Finding parking is almost always problematic. If this is caused by people bypassing the parking fee at the parks, well yeah, I have a problem with that.
And no, you shouldn't be allowed to park at DTD and multi-bus to the park. When we first arrive, by car (prior to our check-in), we sometimes go to DTD to buy our annual passes or have a bite to eat. Finding parking is almost always problematic. If this is caused by people bypassing the parking fee at the parks, well yeah, I have a problem with that.
tigsmom
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Use of the bus system is complimentary with paid admission, you don't have to be staying on site. They have been known to ask for proof (your ticket) they rarely do so. In all the years we have been going we have only been asked once.
Should people park at DTD to avoid the parking fee? :shrug: As long as its left open to the public things like that will happen.
Should people park at DTD to avoid the parking fee? :shrug: As long as its left open to the public things like that will happen.
haveyoumetmark
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They advertise the bus system on the all of the parking lot trams all the time. I'm sure that most of the guests that use the parking trams aren't resort guests or aren't staying on property...
You missed the part where the busses are paid for by the resorts. $2 per room, per night. Not in your park ticket, that pays for the monorails. resort guests pay for the busses when they pay for their room. You assume its free because we dont charge you each time you get on. It's not.
morgan22
Active Member
.... Does it actually state this anywhere.... that busses are for resort guests only??????? The link below is from www.disneyinternational.com and quite clearly states (as I have mentioned in past posts) that the purchase of a ticket (in this case the 'Ultimate' or 'Premium') allows Unlimited transportation throughout the WDW resort .... nowhere does this say 'except busses'!
http://wdtc.disneyinternational.com/brochure/07/ticketonly.pdf
(The 'added' benefits they mention from staying at a Disney resort is the dining plan option to the right ... the list of 'benefits' are clearly from the purchase of a ticket)
Now please correct me if I am wrong (and I know the tickets I am using as examples are for UK visitors only) but I cannot imagine that only off-site UK visitors with valid tickets are the only ones exempt from using busses?
(Hope that makes sense!)
tigsmom
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I missed nothing. Transportation (all of it, not just the bus system) is part of the bill, just like housekeeping and park insurance and utilities. Its part of doing business and I don't need anybody to explain that to me.
tigsmom
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You are correct and that is why I posted what I did. Paid admission gets you use of the transportation system, all of it.
Tweedle Adie
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From the posts I have read in this and other threads I think some people just like to be argumentative :veryconfu
I looked on my old resort bill and no where is a transport charged mentioned in the terms & Conditions. If this was happening then it would be mentioned that you are in fact paying this service in your room rate. All money you pay goes to Walt Disney World Hospitality and Recreation Corporation it doesn't say that $2 goes to Walt Disney World Transport Service Inc because no such company exists.