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Post by Disneynut » Jan Mon 30, 2006 10:16 am

I ran across this page while checking Disney park hours. I found this to be somewhat interesting and wanted to share the link. Wow what a fleet of vehicles.http://allearsnet.com/pl/transveh.htm

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Post by Dr. Ravenscroft » Jan Mon 30, 2006 2:18 pm

One thing I noticed is it doesn't have the newest newest buses. They're like the ones in the pictures but they don't have the window in the back. I still like the older ones there are more places to sit, I know the new ones are for more handicap space but I still would rather sit down in a cramped space than stand in a wide open space. JMO

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Post by packwingfn » Jan Mon 30, 2006 2:39 pm

I agree, the new ones are very neat but I feel sometimes that the bus rides can be the best times of the day (to sit) after a long long day at the park :)
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Post by pyrateslife4me84 » Jan Mon 30, 2006 2:45 pm

I also miss having as much seating on the new busses...but it must be done, I guess. At least they are adding tvs and theme park music to the busses now :D

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Post by rdeacon » Jan Mon 30, 2006 10:49 pm

WDW by Land, Sea and Monorail!!

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Post by disneydreamer12 » Jan Mon 30, 2006 11:04 pm

Ah, the WDW busses, fastest attraction at the resort, depending on your driver. :wink:
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Post by WDWAddict » Jan Tue 31, 2006 12:41 pm

There really isn't a bad way to get around the resort. I just wish there was an easier way to get from resort to resort rather than having to get there via a park (obviously this isn't a problem in some cases - like the lake transport from Contemporary to Wilderness to Fort Wilderness) It you decide to hang out at the pool for the day at the Beach Club Resort and then plan on going to Chef Mickey's for dinner it take a while to either take the bus to MK and then grab the monorail or walk through Epcot and catch the monorail to the TTC then transfer.

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Post by spaulo » Jan Tue 31, 2006 1:06 pm

My fiancee and I got so incredible tired of bus rides while at the resort last December... basically, from now on, when we go, we're pitching in the extra ca$h to stay at a monorail resort or an Epcot-area deluxe... cut down on some of those bus rides...
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Post by Sarah Turp » Jan Tue 31, 2006 1:37 pm

I've never been on a Disney bus, we have always rented a car and used that along side monorails and boats! Then again we are tied to going in shcool holidays (never take a job as teacher!) so the queues for buses always looked horrendously long which puts us off using them!
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Post by jd3921fl » Jan Tue 31, 2006 2:35 pm

THe bus rides can be burdensome depending on how many stops. It used to be the number of stops at Ft. Wildernerness was crazy.

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Post by Dr. Ravenscroft » Jan Tue 31, 2006 3:23 pm

I remember they had a Chip, a Dale, and a Chip & Dale. That was when I was a kid, I haven't been there in a while.

Did anyone ever notice that the buses don't actually run on a specific route? It is kind of up to the driver to decide the best way. I can remember going to DTD and one driver one night went the short route and the very next night about the same time another driver went the long way around Old Key West and Saratoga Springs. Then to EPCOT, onetime went around the back of EPCOT and the next time went onto the highway. I is difficult to figure out what they are doing.

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Post by Mickeymac » Jan Tue 31, 2006 5:08 pm

Did anyone ever notice that the buses don't actually run on a specific route? It is kind of up to the driver to decide the best way.
They are given routes by the dispatcher, and it depends on how the traffic is, the time of day, whether they swing to the right or to the left to DTD for instance. It's such a wild 'science' it amazes me. They are also pulled from resort to resort - they don't necessarily do round trips to one resort all day.

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Post by Cheshire Cat » Jan Tue 31, 2006 5:17 pm

If I were a bus driver I would get bored of following the same route all day anyway

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Post by addlema » Feb Wed 01, 2006 7:30 am

It's gotta be fairly relaxing though. You can just set your mind on auto pilot and go. I'd love to retire to Florida (in 35 years) and drive the buses or hover buses or whatever we have then.
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Post by Esmeralda » Feb Wed 01, 2006 8:10 am

Does anyone know if Disney is ever planning on sending a monorail line out to connect MGM and Animal Kingdom to the line? That would make it so we'd never feel the need to drive at all!
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