Cosmic Commando
Well-Known Member
Hey! A bus thread! Here's my thoughts on what Disney could do other than just adding a ton of buses:
-Shade at bus stops that don't have shade. When there are 2800 rooms at Pop paying $100+ a night, you can't tell me there's no money for awnings over the bus stops! Umbrellas! Something! It's not even a "resort amenity" issue, it's a guest courtesy issue. Nobody likes waiting for their bus in the sun when it's 90 degrees and 90% humidity at 10:30 A.M.
-Queues at bus stops that don't have queues. Sure, it's a nice idea that the "civilized" people at the deluxes and moderates don't need queues like the unwashed masses at the value resorts, but it just doesn't work in real life. I experienced a long wait for a bus from AKL to MK around the time MSEP and Wishes was about to happen, so the bus stop got pretty crowded. And more crowded. Finally, the MK bus showed up... and it was half full of people from Kidani! It got all "Lord of the Flies" up in there. All that was missing was the polite Japanese men in white gloves to shove everyone in.
-Wait time screens (accurate ones). It's a lot easier to take a 20 minute wait if you know it's going to be 20 minutes when you start.
-One stop per bus, except during the slow times. Circling around the Boardwalk area resorts could easily take just as much time as actually driving to whatever your destination is... it sucks, and there should be enough money flowing into those resorts that there shouldn't be a Y&B/Boardwalk/Swan & Dolphin or Contemporary/Poly/Grand Flo route unless you're leaving Raglan Road at 2 A.M.
-Shade at bus stops that don't have shade. When there are 2800 rooms at Pop paying $100+ a night, you can't tell me there's no money for awnings over the bus stops! Umbrellas! Something! It's not even a "resort amenity" issue, it's a guest courtesy issue. Nobody likes waiting for their bus in the sun when it's 90 degrees and 90% humidity at 10:30 A.M.
-Queues at bus stops that don't have queues. Sure, it's a nice idea that the "civilized" people at the deluxes and moderates don't need queues like the unwashed masses at the value resorts, but it just doesn't work in real life. I experienced a long wait for a bus from AKL to MK around the time MSEP and Wishes was about to happen, so the bus stop got pretty crowded. And more crowded. Finally, the MK bus showed up... and it was half full of people from Kidani! It got all "Lord of the Flies" up in there. All that was missing was the polite Japanese men in white gloves to shove everyone in.
-Wait time screens (accurate ones). It's a lot easier to take a 20 minute wait if you know it's going to be 20 minutes when you start.
-One stop per bus, except during the slow times. Circling around the Boardwalk area resorts could easily take just as much time as actually driving to whatever your destination is... it sucks, and there should be enough money flowing into those resorts that there shouldn't be a Y&B/Boardwalk/Swan & Dolphin or Contemporary/Poly/Grand Flo route unless you're leaving Raglan Road at 2 A.M.
