- Joined
- May 2, 2002
Just got back Wednesday night, and I have to say that I have never, ever been so disappointed in WDW transportation. I've stayed at OKW before, and the buses were fine. But this time? Not so much. I stayed in the same area, Turtle Pond, that I've stayed in before. But, my wait times for buses were horrible. There was one day that we had a 4:45 ADR at BoG. We left our studio at about 3:30. I sat and watched the times monitor change...constantly. The next MK bus was supposed to be there at 3:50. Ok,, we must have just missed one. No problem. Well, the time kept getting moved. I sat and watched 4 buses to AK, 2 to Epcot, and 3 to DHS roll in. Nothing for MK. Sat and watched as the time moved to 4:10, then to 4:15. Then to 4:23. Finally it arrived at 4:35!! Seriously? An hour. I should have taken the first bus to come along and then transferred to the MK bus or monorail, but never thought it would take an hour!!! We arrived at MK around 4:45...I flew to BoG, arriving about 15 mins late!!
My dh wanted to get to the HH area one night, while dd and I were at AK. He took the bus there, got off and did what he needed to do. But, when he asked how to get back to Turtle Pond, he was told to take the DS bus. Okay. He tried that, after waiting for 20 mins. The driver said he wasn't going through the resort, but directly to DS. And to take the Internal bus....but he hadn't seen one of those. Finally, one arrived, about 30 mins later. He was not a happy camper. I told him he should have just walked across the street and gone to the Peninsula Rd bus stop and hopped on and gone to Turtle Pond. But, non one at OKW thought to tell him that!!!! He told me that unless we have a car, he doesn't want to stay there...ever!!! I have to admit, it was nice having a car there for the two days we rented one. Lesson learned...rent for the entire trip.
My dh wanted to get to the HH area one night, while dd and I were at AK. He took the bus there, got off and did what he needed to do. But, when he asked how to get back to Turtle Pond, he was told to take the DS bus. Okay. He tried that, after waiting for 20 mins. The driver said he wasn't going through the resort, but directly to DS. And to take the Internal bus....but he hadn't seen one of those. Finally, one arrived, about 30 mins later. He was not a happy camper. I told him he should have just walked across the street and gone to the Peninsula Rd bus stop and hopped on and gone to Turtle Pond. But, non one at OKW thought to tell him that!!!! He told me that unless we have a car, he doesn't want to stay there...ever!!! I have to admit, it was nice having a car there for the two days we rented one. Lesson learned...rent for the entire trip.