goofy4tink
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- May 2, 2002
I can only imagine how you all must have felt!! I have been with an ECV bound guest, and I have to say...it was eye opening!!! Both on the buses and in the parks!!!We used the bus on our first day - the loading of my Mum in her EVC took a long time and it wasn't worth the huffing & rolling of eyes from some at the end of the day when people were tired. We used our car after that and will continue to do so.
I truly believe that everyone should spend a few hours with someone in an ECV....I really think they would see things completely differently!!! I'm so sorry you had to deal with those looks!!!
I understand that. But, the vast majority of guests will go to these areas. It is only a very small percentage of guests that board buses on ECVs.1. I don't want to pay for the additional cost of an expanded Fantasyland or Avatarland, but we will.
2. You wait for the ECV's to load at the park. You wait for them to unload and reload at the various depot's on the way. 20 minutes was being conservative.
As for the waits on the buses?? There are some buses that make multiple stops...S/D, BW, YC/BC are sometimes all on the same route. S/D and BW always are. So, sure, those having to wait for an addtl 10 mins to board, at MK, who are going to BC, may very well have to wait an addtl 5 mins or so (unloading takes much less time!!), at one of the first stops.
But really??? In the big picture of life??? Is it killing anyone to have to wait an addtl 15 mins to get someplace??? This is the best system for the vast majority of people. I find it very hard to believe that some here have had to wait an addtl 15 mins every single time they boarded a bus. It just doesn't happen, unless you are incredibly unlucky!!!
I just don't think that 20 mins is a conservative time. And that is based on my many, many stays at almost every single resort on Disney property, over the past 13 years!! But, I suppose it's possible that someone has had the bad fortune to have an ECV or two on every bus they have been on. I plan on it taking me x number of mins to get to my destination...and I'm usually early. Why? Because I choose to figure on an addtl 15/20 mins vs the least amount of time possible.