This thread is 5 years old and they haven't done it yet. I wouldn't count on it.Yes, there is a service road right next to the skyliner, they could build an alternate bus stop there and I’m guessing it’s in the works already.
There’s a road that goes under the waterway right next to EPCOT that connects Boardwalk to Beach Club. They could probably carve out an area in the woods next to that road on the Beach Club side for a bus stop and then shuttle people back to the front of EPCOT to get on the various buses to the resorts. There is not enough space for multiple bus stops for each resort.
Isn’t that an emergency access road as well as backstage access? I think it’s used on occasion for access to the Millenium Tent. Not sure they would want hordes of Epcot guests queuing for buses every day - the lightning storms are pretty frequent during the summer months.
There's 2 roads that go under the water bridge.
Epcot Resorts Blvd on the Beach Club side. If they wanted a real bus stop, even just 1 to do a loop to all the Skyliner resorts, this would be the best guest experience. Walk over the bridge from IG towards Beach Club. Then either turn right and walk through the woods far enough to get to a bus stop that's not in the dip under the water. Alternatively, cross the bridge to Boardwalk then turn left into those woods and walk far enough to get to a bus stop that's not in the dip under the water. The dip in the road is the biggest obstacle to a single bus limited use stop.
Avenue of the Stars and the little side street that goes to the back of the Skyliner station is the other path. From a functional standpoint, it's poor bus access to get to resorts, but a single bus that only goes to the front of the park bus stops would be very possible. Same limited use, single bus. Just have 1 bus drive a loop from IG to front bus area and back, only carry people one way. This wouldn't be as nice a guest experience as above, but better than walking. It would be all backstage areas and poor show too. Probably need to adjust a road near the front though a current staging area to make it work better. I suppose they could use a bus with screens instead of windows, or just put you in the back of a box truck for the journey. That would solve the back stage part.
I wouldn't wait for either of these after all this time.
Option 3, and sounds like it may be what they're doing, is have you walk all the way to the front of Beach Club or Boardwalk and have a bus to the Skyliner resorts there. It's at least a shorter walk than back to the front of park bus stops. All the physical infrastructure already exists, they just need to divert a bus or two and put out a placard.
Option 3B, same as 3 but you have to take a bus to Disney Springs and then transfer. Doesn't even need a sign then.