Gabe1
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New Disney Bus Paint Scheme
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Sorry, DS didn't share further info, just it was spotted.
I believe the wheels on the bus go round and round.
Goofyernmost
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I don't think you will be able to pinpoint a specific to where when it comes to bus routes. Usually it changes from trip to trip. That is the way that most bus service operate. For example if you get on a bus at Pop Century and go to MK, if you look at the place that it stops when they let you off the chances are good that it will be to some other place. It could be another resort like ASA or Port Orleans. They shuffle them around usually to prevent having just one link held up by a breakdown or running late. With just one destination if a bus gets held up for any reason on the first trip and they were using the same bus for a specific loop, that bus would be running late all day long. They break it up for that reason and also to prevent driver fatigue that comes from driving the same route over and over.
The last time I checked that was how they worked it at Disney. I checked into it a few years ago because I intended to move to Florida when I retired and drive part time at Disney, if I could. That plan was blown out of the water when my children (both of them) moved to North Carolina with their families. So I followed them because blood is thicker then buses.
I don't think you will be able to pinpoint a specific to where when it comes to bus routes. Usually it changes from trip to trip. That is the way that most bus service operate. For example if you get on a bus at Pop Century and go to MK, if you look at the place that it stops when they let you off the chances are good that it will be to some other place. It could be another resort like ASA or Port Orleans. They shuffle them around usually to prevent having just one link held up by a breakdown or running late. With just one destination if a bus gets held up for any reason on the first trip and they were using the same bus for a specific loop, that bus would be running late all day long. They break it up for that reason and also to prevent driver fatigue that comes from driving the same route over and over.
The last time I checked that was how they worked it at Disney. I checked into it a few years ago because I intended to move to Florida when I retired and drive part time at Disney, if I could. That plan was blown out of the water when my children (both of them) moved to North Carolina with their families. So I followed them because blood is thicker then buses.
That is exactly how Dispatch works.
tissandtully
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Waiting on NextGen paint.
Goofyernmost
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You should see that red at night, it is reflective so when lights shine on it, it literally glows. A very good safety feature.
With a paint scheme as complex at that one, multicolored, and many bands of color, it would easily take a week or more per bus to repaint them all. I'm not sure how many buses Disney owns now, but a few years ago it was over 100, so don't expect to see them all done for the next couple of years minimum.
tissandtully
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You should see that red at night, it is reflective so when lights shine on it, it literally glows. A very good safety feature.
With a paint scheme as complex at that one, multicolored, and many bands of color, it would easily take a week or more per bus to repaint them all. I'm not sure how many buses Disney owns now, but a few years ago it was over 100, so don't expect to see them all done for the next couple of years minimum.
Are the buses diesel? I really wish WDW would get on the green bandwagon like they preach at DAK and use natural gas buses. The National Park Service has converted a bunch of their buses, and they have a big fleet at some of their parks and I'm also sure it's probably a cost thing.
Goofyernmost
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To my knowledge they are currently all diesel.
lazyboy97o
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I know Disney has tested a few hybrid buses, but I don't think they're yet at a point where they are considered cost effective.
Goofyernmost
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I'm sure they have tested them. I would think that hybrids would not be very economical when you consider that the weight of the vehicle and the stop and go set up would mean that the engine would be running just about all the time.
I know that many municipal bus companies added hybrids to their fleets, but, I think it was more for PR then for value. Sort of like when the company I worked for had an extensive promotion for bio-diesel fuel. I think, if I remember correctly, we only used 10% mix with regular diesel and then in the cold weather stopped completely because the engines just didn't run properly with the mix. Also caused some significant issues with the life of the engine...but we continued to advertise that we used bio-diesel. All for public consumption. We weren't able to actually save the planet.
Bolt
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There has to be more than 1 - more common now-a-days.
lazyboy97o
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Hybrids still have high upfront costs and that difference still takes years to pay off even with today's fuel prices. I also think it has been mentioned that the nature of Disney's routes undermine the efficiency of a hybrid system.
tissandtully
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To me it's more about cleaner emissions than fuel efficiency.
Goofyernmost
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If you are referring to the old RTS buses, the ones with the handicap lift at the back door, I'm afraid those are no longer being built or at least not in the quantities previously made. The new buses are low to the ground and allow handicapped access on without needed a lift. What you see is the present into the future of buses.I saw a new bus!
It looked new, so that's nice. And they headlights are kind of cool.
But it's ugly. Not anywhere near as cute as the other busses. I really hope they don't all become ugly busses.