Disney reducing bus service from Pop to EP and DHS

[Searc]

Effective today, Disney is reducing bus service to/from Pop to once per hour to EP and DHS. It has not been reported whether other resorts are affected, yet.

Do not merge this in with the massive Pop thread, as it's info people need to be aware of for impacts on their potential resorts.

 

[Darthbane2007]

Why just those 2 parks?

 

[Searc]

Why just those 2 parks?

The two parks serviced by the Skyliner system.

 

[vinotinto]

I saw this alert on KtP. Does this mean the Skyliner will start running earlier? Right now, you can’t take the Skyliner if you are planning to get a BG for RoTR.

 

[dansdad]

I saw this alert on KtP. Does this mean the Skyliner will start running earlier? Right now, you can’t take the Skyliner if you are planning to get a BG for RoTR.

No. The buses to EP and DHS will run normally until the Skyliner starts running.

 

[dawnnikol]

It would also be fantastic for them to post the Skyliner hours somewhere.

 

[KayMichigan]

Well, that should make the Skyliner lines at Pop and AoA nice and long since they'll be dealing with traffic from two resorts for two parks, plus those wanting to take the buses now have only one chance an hour so they'll have to get in line super early to make sure they get a seat on the ONE available bus. Bus got too full to take you? Too bad, you have to wait another hour.

That's not inconvenient at all./s

 

[maxiesmom]

Takes those resorts right off of my To Stay At list.

 

[holidaygirl]

One will wonder if this will eventually happen at the Riviera Resort

 

[GADisneyDad14]

It would also be fantastic for them to post the Skyliner hours somewhere.

While I cannot vouch for them consistently matching what is happening on the ground (although they do match the signs out front on the two days we rode this past week), Disney has been publishing Skyliner hours on the weekly Times Guide. A helpful link is here courtesy of Orlando Theme Park News: http://www.orlandoparksnews.com/p/weekly-walt-disney-world-times-guides.html

The Monorail hours posted on the Times Guide have always generally been reliable, I assume the Skyliner hours are too but don't take that as fact.

 

[maxiesmom]

Who should we email to express our displeasure with this?

 

[AMB1]

This was to be expected.

We just returned from Caribbean Beach, another Skyliner resort. I saw several HS and EPCOT buses leaving the resort empty (while we were waiting for AK bus). People are using the Skyliner.

Today I received a Disney Survey and it was all about transportation. They asked me to identify my mode of transport into and out of every park for each day of our trip, including when we hopped. About 75% of our trips were on the Skyliner.

 

[HopperFan]

Who should we email to express our displeasure with this?

I think, as much as we hoped, we all knew it was inevitable. Next will be Art of Animation, Caribbean Beach and Riviera. And I'll bet it will eventually disappear altogether and they will only offer Skyliner ... like they do the safe and reliable monorail from the MK resorts to Epcot. If someone has an issue I bet their response will be you can call a Minnie Van and/or if value is your budget, they have AllStars. They didn't spend all that money to continue duplicate services no matter what they kept saying. I don't think all the emails in the world will change their plan, they have too much invested. If it means a family won't stay there ... as usual there will be a line behind them ready to book. Disney knows that.

EDITED: Saw this morning that bus service has been reduced at all the above resorts.

 

[BridgetBordeaux]

I would not look forward to riding the Skyliner on a 94 degree/102 heat index day during the hot months.
Those buses with AC sure felt nice.

 

[marikujawa]

We stayed at CBR in October and the Skyliner was fantastic. So much so that DH asked me to look into Riviera points.

Real feel temps were in the low 100’s when we were there and the gondolas were just fine. The problem is reliability. If they stop moving they’ll heat up.

 

[dawnnikol]

While I cannot vouch for them consistently matching what is happening on the ground (although they do match the signs out front on the two days we rode this past week), Disney has been publishing Skyliner hours on the weekly Times Guide. A helpful link is here courtesy of Orlando Theme Park News: http://www.orlandoparksnews.com/p/weekly-walt-disney-world-times-guides.html

Thank you! I did try the usual Google route and was only finding the info from when it first opened and it was frustrating. I will bookmark this for future use.

 

[WEDWDW]

They are not even "advertising" the DHS and Epcot buses at POP.

 

[Disneylover99]

They are not even "advertising" the DHS and Epcot buses at POP.

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I thought I remember reading that the bus boards have shown this since the skyliner opened.

 

[DGsAtBLT]

I think, as much as we hoped, we all knew it was inevitable. Next will be Art of Animation, Caribbean Beach and Riviera. And I'll bet it will eventually disappear altogether and they will only offer Skyliner ... like they do the safe and reliable monorail from the MK resorts to Epcot. If someone has an issue I bet their response will be you can call a Minnie Van and/or if value is your budget, they have AllStars. They didn't spend all that money to continue duplicate services no matter what they kept saying. I don't think all the emails in the world will change their plan, they have too much invested. If it means a family won't stay there ... as usual there will be a line behind them ready to book. Disney knows that.

That’s a good point (the bolded). I wouldn’t have agreed they would eliminate the bus all together until you pointed that out.

 

[Elle23]

I’m fine with this if they start running the skyliner earlier in the morning. The skyliner didn’t start running until 8 while we were there, which was ridiculous.