Who else loves the buses at WDW?

[flyer32]

I LOVE the busses. For me, when I get onto it for the first time on a trip and hear the "Hello Everyone, and welcome aboard the Walt Disney World Transportation System. We are on our way to..." the trip feels like it is really starting. It is nice that after a long day of walking and heat, to be able to NOT drive. The crowds on the bus don't really bother me, like they do for a lot of people. I know that in a few minutes I will be in my hotel room and enjoying my evening!!

[dwellsbct]

I love the WDW bus system ..yes it can be a pain at park closing but that is another reason to not be in a hurry at park closing...I don't have to be the first one on a bus I can take my time and enjoy the closing of the park and get a ride back to my resort and RELAX!!! Remember you are supposed to be on VACATION!

[rphillips14]

I have a love/tolerate relationship with the Disney buses. The buses out of the airport are awesome. I get that "Disney" feeling when I see them parked outside the lower terminal. The park buses are OK but CROWDED and I'm so tired when my family and I get on them at the park. Sooooo, a mixed opinion.

[MouseMan]

Loves (???)the buses! I'm surprised to hear anyone use that word about them. I'm grateful for them in I don't have to rent a car if we fly to WDW. But the times we drove I LOVED having the freedom of a car to go when and where we wanted. I must admit also that if you have a large group it's nice that some people can leave for a mid-day rest and the remainder of the party stay at the park and still be able to get a free ride back to the hotel later.

[Len90]

I LOVE the busses. For me, when I get onto it for the first time on a trip and hear the "Hello Everyone, and welcome aboard the Walt Disney World Transportation System. We are on our way to..." the trip feels like it is really starting. It is nice that after a long day of walking and heat, to be able to NOT drive. The crowds on the bus don't really bother me, like they do for a lot of people. I know that in a few minutes I will be in my hotel room and enjoying my evening!!

Hmm you have to be one of the first to say this. The magic in motion was only introduced in mid 2007 so buses started featuring it in 2008/2009. The no driving is the best thing for me. I just love not having to worry about everyone else on the road. I can sit back and relax as I go to and from the theme parks!

[Soarin08]

I have a love/hate relationship with the busses. They're a nightmare at closing and I DESPISE the handicapped policy of letting the entire party come up and fill the bus ahead of those of us who have waited for ages (I am a firm believer in getting handicapped only busses and keeping them off the busses for regular guests). But in the afternoon the busses are great. Basically, I hate it when they're crowded. It's a bad thing when everyone is tired.

[Mark86]

I liked it better before the automated announcements. Some of the driver had a fantastic sense of humor and really connected with the guests. Now it seems less Disney like (although it is probably safer for the drivers to talk less and pay attention to the road).

[Amy]

I liked it better before the automated announcements. Some of the driver had a fantastic sense of humor and really connected with the guests. Now it seems less Disney like (although it is probably safer for the drivers to talk less and pay attention to the road).

I agree, although we did have a bus driver that was telling jokes while giving the opening info for one of the parks. I don't remember which park we were heading to but people were all laughing and enjoying the ride!

[mindflipper]

I do remember many, many years ago a bus driver who made his bus route into a one-man comedy routine. I remember when one guest got him he told him there was a change in policy and he needed to provide at least 5 forms of identification. The man was doing it while the entire bus was falling out in laughter. He also would tell us stuff that was printed in the employee newsletter that wasn't general public information too. Ah, the good old days...

[jeebz68]

I like that you don't need to rent a car while there. How cool is that?!?!?

IDK, theres something to be said for having the ability to explore the Resort on your own with a car thats simply unmatched. I love driving around in the evenings/night just enjoying the simple sights and sounds of the beautifully maintained property.

[Amy]

I like that you don't need to rent a car while there. How cool is that?!?!?

IDK, theres something to be said for having the ability to explore the Resort on your own with a car thats simply unmatched. I love driving around in the evenings/night just enjoying the simple sights and sounds of the beautifully maintained property.

That sounds like it would be fun to do ~ drive around and enjoy the property. But with my luck I would end up lost or in areas I wasn't allowed to be in

[Brian845]

I like that you don't need to rent a car while there. How cool is that?!?!?

IDK, theres something to be said for having the ability to explore the Resort on your own with a car thats simply unmatched. I love driving around in the evenings/night just enjoying the simple sights and sounds of the beautifully maintained property.

I guess this would be fun, but only if you rented a convertible!

[jeebz68]

I like that you don't need to rent a car while there. How cool is that?!?!?

IDK, theres something to be said for having the ability to explore the Resort on your own with a car thats simply unmatched. I love driving around in the evenings/night just enjoying the simple sights and sounds of the beautifully maintained property.

That sounds like it would be fun to do ~ drive around and enjoy the property. But with my luck I would end up lost or in areas I wasn't allowed to be in

To be honest, its one of the easiest places I've ever been in terms of traveling around. As far as ending up in places your not officially allowed, its easy to see areas you want to avoid or cast only areas. Ive been with the company since '04 so Ive been in most of the cast only areas of the property and I have to tell you they are not glamorous, but if you ever desire to get a peek behind the Magic, it's not welcomed but you wont get in trouble. Don't forget the backstage areas may ruin your idea of the Magic...

[Amy]

...To be honest, its one of the easiest places I've ever been in terms of traveling around. As far as ending up in places your not officially allowed, its easy to see areas you want to avoid or cast only areas. Ive been with the company since '04 so Ive been in most of the cast only areas of the property and I have to tell you they are not glamorous, but if you ever desire to get a peek behind the Magic, it's not welcomed but you wont get in trouble. Don't forget the backstage areas may ruin your idea of the Magic...

So, if you ended up on the wrong road, they would just direct you back to where you belonged without yelling at you?! That is surprising!
I accompanied F1gment to an Indian casino a few years back and went for a walk while she donated some money to the tribe Anyhow, I was happily walking along the sidewalk when an employee purred up beside me in a truck and informed me I was in an employee only area. I apologized and as I turned to walk back, the employee told me I couldn't walk back the same way because I wasn't allowed in that area. So I had to hike up over a small mountain, ok, it was a really tall embankment, and then walk back along the very heavily traveled, super-windy road that casino guests travel on at about 55 mph. Needless to say, after the several mile walk back ~ I had only walked maybe 1/4 mile where I evidently wasn't allowed to walk, but it was at least 3 or 4 miles back because the road had many, many switchbacks ~ I was not a happy camper

[Future Guy]

I don't want to get off on a rant here, but . . .

A key component of the EPCOT city that Walt intended to build on the Florida property was a futuristic, easy-to-navigate transportation system where there were no traffic jams and the pedestrian was king. Even after Walt died and plans for the city were abandoned, the futuristic transportation system remained. The monorail serviced the Magic Kingdom and the resorts along the Seven Seas Lagoon, and when EPCOT Center was constructed the monorail system was extended out that way. There were even plans for a monorail-and-PeopleMover system to service the Lake Buena Vista area.

What happened? Michael Eisner's administration decided to build resorts all willy-nilly to keep people on property. But what about the logistics of moving all those people around? Remaining true to Walt's philosophy of a community that avoided the transit problems of large cities would have required careful planning, forethought, and a sizable capital investment. So that is not what Eisner's people did. Instead, they just bought a whole bunch of city buses and dressed them up with Disney frippery. Now instead of a clean, efficient, well-planned transportation system where there are no traffic jams and the pedestrian is king, we've a got cheap, slapped-together transportation system where there are traffic jams and the pedestrian might get himself hit by a bus if he's not careful.

So no, I do not love the buses. To me they represent how Disney has turned its back on the futuristic optimism that Walt espoused in favor of doing whatever is easy and cheap.