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I have an 8:20am ADR for Crystal Palace. When I just called to verify all of my ADRs, the guy on the phone told me that I will not be able to get a bus from All Star Movies to the Magic Kindgom early enough to make this ADR. Is this true? Magic Kindgom opens at 9:00am that morning. If it is true, what other alternatives do I have? We won't have a car. Thanks!!
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There are misinformed CMs just like any other business. I've asked the same question to three different CMs and gotten 3 totally different answers. When in doubt, always pursue it. Just like you did here.
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You can count on the buses running to the parks an hour prior to the park opening, but they "officially" start running by around 6:30AM.
There is also a character meal bus that is scheduled at each resort in the early morning -- the ones I've seen are often marked with a character name, rather than a park name. Ask the bus driver if he's taking guests to the character meals prior to the park buses running. I've gotten them in the past and the driver has even been willing to go straight to the Contemporary (and other MK-area resorts) for those popular character breakfasts.
The other alternative is to grab a cab from the front of the resort -- it usually costs between $15 and 20.
Eileen
I've gotten them in the past and the driver has even been willing to go straight to the Contemporary (and other MK-area resorts) for those popular character breakfasts.
Same here! Everytime we had an ADR at Chef Mickey's early the bus driver drove us directly to the Cont from the AS resorts
There is also a character meal bus that is scheduled at each resort in the early morning -- the ones I've seen are often marked with a character name, rather than a park name. Ask the bus driver if he's taking guests to the character meals prior to the park buses running. I've gotten them in the past and the driver has even been willing to go straight to the Contemporary (and other MK-area resorts) for those popular character breakfasts.
I read this in either the PP'r or the Unofficial Guide (been reading so many can't keep 'em straight!) and it said as above...just tell the bus driver which restaurant you're headed to.
Have fun!
I've always been able to catch a bus for 8am character breakfasts, however, make sure you allow yourself extra time in case the bus driver can't drop you off at the exact location of your breakfast. Last trip, we asked the driver, as we always do, but he said he could not drop us off at the Contemporary. He dropped us at MK and we took the monorail to the Contemporary. That's the only time we were not taken directly there. It was very easy to hop on the monorail, and we arrived on time.
Many CM's seem unaware of the breakfast buses. When booking for my upcoming trip, I even had one tell me it's not possible that I got on a bus at 7am in the past because they have never run that early, when I KNOW I have done so several times. I just made my reservation at 8am, and agreed to disagree with her.
MK buses start at 6:30 am. other parks typically start an hour before opening.
the buses that have character names aren't special buses. the character name indicates the version of marquee software the bus is running. original version was mickey mouse, current version (i believe) is remy. other versions included donald duck, snow white, ariel, etc. basically when a bus driver goes off route or doesn't have a particular destination, that shows by default.
let's say for example you're at POP but have an early breakfast at CM's (which starts serving at either 7a or 7:15a). You might be able to catch an MK bus at 6:30 am and ask the driver if s/he can take you to the Contemporary. If the driver agrees, what they'll probably do is drive all of the other guests to the MK. The driver then goes off route to Contemporary to drop you off, so s/he will probably turn off the marquee destination so those at the contemporary waiting for a bus don't get confused.
all that said, note that since GPS has been installed, Operations actively monitors where each bus is and the driver will be questioned why they went off route. So don't necessarily expect the driver to agree to it.
think there is an Epcot or Studio bus early too - there is character breakfast at BC.
Yes, we've taken that one to DHS and then the boat to BC for our early Cape May ADRs, too. We've also taken an early bus to AK for the Tusker house breakfast.
The CMs posted at some of the resorts in the early morning have always indicated to us that those buses with a character name are the "special" buses for the character breakfasts.
If you get on a "Magic Kingdom" bus (according to the marquee), I wouldn't expect that the driver would consider stopping at a resort rather than going just to the park. However, on the buses marked with the character name, they always seem to ask which breakfast we're going to.
Since they run only in the earliest hours of the morning, I'm guessing they have slightly different "rules" they can follow.
Eileen
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We've always had early ADRs - 8AM or so - and we've gotten buses at 7AM from the All Star Resorts.
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