So you don't think it's going to cost Disney more money by adding dedicated buses?
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Changes to bus transportation for the water parks begins this weekend
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ToTBellHop
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Math is hard. They currently have about 15 bus loops to each water park. Now they will have one each. That saves money on driving and idling. Plus they can now have fewer DAK and DS buses due to a reduction in driving time and guest count. The buses to and from the water parks will be cheaper to run since it's only a five-minute drive and they will attempt to ensure that they run full.
ToTBellHop
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It absolutely won't. See above.
Zac Skellington
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The inconvenience and poor reliability of Disney transportation, is what led us to start renting cars in the first place. It's also what led us to going to Universal for part of our trip.
Not seeing it that way. If, as you say, it is only a 5 minute trip, then remember that it is still only 1 bus driver for that loop under the older system. Now they will have to run at least 2 - 4 buses during the busier times, so 2 - 4 more bus drivers. And why would they have fewer DAK and DS buses? They still need to get to the 20 minute posted time as best they can, so there cannot be any reduction in the number of buses going from the resorts to DS or AK, just MORE buses to do the dedicated routes to the water parks. Math is easy.
Nope, I completely disagree.
Thats not answering the question. Ill rephrase. Do you think this was NOT about saving money?
Sorry that you have had issues, but in literally hundreds of bus rides over the last decade, we have waited more than the 20 minute posted time exactly once. Once. Everyone's situation is different.
Zac Skellington
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Consider yourself lucky. Lucky.
No I don't, since they won't be saving any money, and will actually be spending more, since they still need the same amount of buses and drivers from the resorts to DS and AK, and they now have the ADDED expense of round trip buses from AK to BB, and DS to TL. Just because the routes are shorter has nothing to do with it.
I do, and I absolutely concede that other people have had issues with the bus system. Others have had monorail issues that we haven't experienced, or boat issues that we don't have. Again, I completely agree that we have been lucky.
How many buses will be removed form the resorts? Compare that to the whopping 2 buses they will add
Remember, I never said that other people haven't had problems, only that we have been extremely lucky and haven't.
They can't remove ANY buses from the resort routes. They are going to still going to be going to AK and DS, so how can they possibly remove any?
Im sure they will. They will find a way.
Not everything they do nowadays is for the inconvenience of the guests. Just because y'all keep spouting it in every thread that you visit, doesn't make it true.
Pumbas Nakasak
Heading for the great escape.
I have a car, saves things like this. But then doesnt this blue chip company and everyones favourite bizzzness not bum about the transport being a factor for staying in their over priced motels? Getting more like Ryan Air everyday.
Pumbas Nakasak
Heading for the great escape.
So what?
Because.