I'm willing to bet what I'm going to talk about has been a topic of debate on here before many times, I just can't seem to find the threads for it, so here it goes.
Last week when my DGF and I were at WDW, the biggest headaches that we encountered were with transportation with the parks at closing. We left the some of the parks at regular closing (no EMH) and after EMH as well, but the same problems were still there: The transportation was NOT consistent.
Yes, the buses are constantly pulling in and out, and the monorails do stop running at a certain time, but it just made things chaotic with tons of tired, cranky and sometimes soaked people trying to get back to the TTC or their resorts.
Doesn't it make sense to keep the monorails running if the parks on the monorail line are having EMH's?
Last Tuesday Epcot had the evening EMH and we went out in the rain with small crowds. It was nice to stroll around but when the EMH were winding down, we go out to find no monorail running, and scrambling to find a bus to get to the TTC to catch the SOG bus back to the resort. Now staying at SOG, they run the last bus an hour past the last park closing. We just made that last bus back there so it wasn't an issue, but it wasn't fun.
Likewise, Thursday night we went to Epcot, saw Illuminations and when we were headed out (no EMH) there was no bus back to the TTC!!! Everyone had to cram on the monorail!!! The line for monorail wrapped down to the ground all the way from the 2nd floor of the station!!!!
Then on Friday night, we stayed for EMH at the MK and that was even crazier. Since the monorail lines were shut down for the night, it was either get on the bus or take the ferry to the TTC, and I don't believe there was a bus to the TTC from the MK (I could be wrong, but I wasn't missing my SOG bus to find out).
I just find that with the amount of people that are there and the dangers that lie to the sides of the walkways (snakes, gators, etc) that Disney doesn't have all methods of transport open longer. I don't think it would be an inconvenience to leave the monorails running if the parks having EMH's are on the monorail lines, it would actually help alleviate the congestion on the buses. Also, it would give those that have phobias of boats another option for getting to the TTC, unlike last Friday night where that was pretty much the only way back to catch your other buses/get to your car, etc.
I just know that after a long day of being in the sun, rain and just being drained, it was the last thing that I wanted to deal with when I got to the bus board, saw there was NO bus and had to run for the monorail or vice versa.
Other than this little inconvenience, I didn't see many problems with transportation. The Disney buses were plentiful and the waits weren't that considerably long.
The only other thing would be that Disney bus drivers ENFORCE the rules of strollers being broken down before entering the bus. We had an instance where a family had a double wide stroller with one kid in it, and the other seat being used for storage. The parents argued with the driver and the driver gave in and let them put the stroller on the bus with it NOT being folded. This was leaving EMH from Epcot to the TTC, and the bus wasn't exactly empty. You could see the husband and driver having words but unfortunately the driver didn't stick to this guns and follow the rules. This held us up there and added to us almost missing OUR last bus at the TTC back to SOG.
Last week when my DGF and I were at WDW, the biggest headaches that we encountered were with transportation with the parks at closing. We left the some of the parks at regular closing (no EMH) and after EMH as well, but the same problems were still there: The transportation was NOT consistent.
Yes, the buses are constantly pulling in and out, and the monorails do stop running at a certain time, but it just made things chaotic with tons of tired, cranky and sometimes soaked people trying to get back to the TTC or their resorts.
Doesn't it make sense to keep the monorails running if the parks on the monorail line are having EMH's?
Last Tuesday Epcot had the evening EMH and we went out in the rain with small crowds. It was nice to stroll around but when the EMH were winding down, we go out to find no monorail running, and scrambling to find a bus to get to the TTC to catch the SOG bus back to the resort. Now staying at SOG, they run the last bus an hour past the last park closing. We just made that last bus back there so it wasn't an issue, but it wasn't fun.
Likewise, Thursday night we went to Epcot, saw Illuminations and when we were headed out (no EMH) there was no bus back to the TTC!!! Everyone had to cram on the monorail!!! The line for monorail wrapped down to the ground all the way from the 2nd floor of the station!!!!
Then on Friday night, we stayed for EMH at the MK and that was even crazier. Since the monorail lines were shut down for the night, it was either get on the bus or take the ferry to the TTC, and I don't believe there was a bus to the TTC from the MK (I could be wrong, but I wasn't missing my SOG bus to find out).
I just find that with the amount of people that are there and the dangers that lie to the sides of the walkways (snakes, gators, etc) that Disney doesn't have all methods of transport open longer. I don't think it would be an inconvenience to leave the monorails running if the parks having EMH's are on the monorail lines, it would actually help alleviate the congestion on the buses. Also, it would give those that have phobias of boats another option for getting to the TTC, unlike last Friday night where that was pretty much the only way back to catch your other buses/get to your car, etc.
I just know that after a long day of being in the sun, rain and just being drained, it was the last thing that I wanted to deal with when I got to the bus board, saw there was NO bus and had to run for the monorail or vice versa.
Other than this little inconvenience, I didn't see many problems with transportation. The Disney buses were plentiful and the waits weren't that considerably long.
The only other thing would be that Disney bus drivers ENFORCE the rules of strollers being broken down before entering the bus. We had an instance where a family had a double wide stroller with one kid in it, and the other seat being used for storage. The parents argued with the driver and the driver gave in and let them put the stroller on the bus with it NOT being folded. This was leaving EMH from Epcot to the TTC, and the bus wasn't exactly empty. You could see the husband and driver having words but unfortunately the driver didn't stick to this guns and follow the rules. This held us up there and added to us almost missing OUR last bus at the TTC back to SOG.
