POR Bus Service - anyone used lately and how was it???? About This Page:

[grumpy_fan]

Was wondering if anyone has recently returned from POR and what their view of bus service was. How long are the waits during summer? We usually go to WDW after Sept and this is our first summer trip - hoping the bus service is still good at this time or possibly will rent a car. Thanks!

[duck addict]

Was at POFQ in April. The buses serve both POR and PORFQ.

The buses from Downtown Disney stop at POR first, then POFQ. The buses to the parks stop at POFQ first then the POR stops (there are four or five of them).

I think I only was on one bus where anyone had stand, and they were reasonably frequent. I think the longest I waited was about 15 Minutes (From downtown) as the bus was leaving as I was about 1/2 block away

[Nicole0128]

We were at POFQ in May, as you know they share busses with POR, we may be in the minority but we were overall very disapointed with our bus service. I have heard that it was because the resort was full, but we were not impressed. It's funny because the first day we were their I heard people complaining about it (and having used Disney transportation on all of our stays I said to my DH how I was surprised to hear people complaining as I ususually have found the busses to be very efficient) by the middle of our trip I was one of those people complaining and on a few occasions we did decide to take our own car.

[BelmontBelle]

Nicole, Why were you so disappointed? Were the buses too crowded or the waits too long? I'm curious since we are thinking of staying there next year and we've always been so happy with Disney transportation at the other resorts. Thanks!

[Nicole0128]

We have always been happy with the service too. But the lines and waits were long. THe busses were always crowded and they continued to pack people on long after most people felt they should have. The trips leaving the resort sometimes went to all of the stops at POR, sometimes none of them and sometimes some of them there was no rhyme or reason to it. This is the second time we have stayed at POFQ so we like the resort, but my husband said he will never stay there again (and I know I went get him to POR)
I know that I have read great things about these resorts so I don't mean to discourage, I am just telling about our most recent visit...maybe during a less crowded time it won't be so bad.

[travismom]

We were at POFQ in May. The only real compaint that I had was that they tried to squeeze as many people in as possible. Almost to the point of being uncomfortable. The lines were never real long and we never waited over 20 minutes for a bus. But I could never figure out the patter to POR. It never made sense to me.
Hope this helps.

[iamgrumpy]

We stayed at POFQ and had rented a car and tried the buses once to MK and after that we took the car it was much faster and the only place where it took a little longer was to MK because we had to park at the TTC but we were always going to a hotel for a meal on those days so it made it easy at night.

I would rent a car if you can get a good deal with these hotels, Disney does a good job but I can drive from POFQ to AK in 10 mins on a disney bus it can take well over 20 mins with all the stops not including wait time if you miss a bus.

Amy

[LLaffinPlace]

We stayed at POR in late April and I guess I would describe our experience as "mixed". It was generally okay, but we had a couple of less than wonderful experiences at the end of EMH at Epcot and at the MK. The mornings were fine.

The experience at the MK was the worst I have had and POR had by far the largest queue waiting. It just seemed like the bus dispatcher was very slow to respond. Epcot was better, and at one point a member of our party was waiting for the bus and the relief driver was waiting also, so she "shared" some of her experience with him--and so did some of the other folks nearby. I have to say that THAT night things went very smoothly: there were 4 buses that arrived in short order--two at a time--and the queue just drained away.

Over time we have had very good experience with Disney Transport and if we have made any adjustments, it is sometimes that we drive to other resorts for dinner when we have a car (because we have driven to WDW). Although we don't even do this if everyone is planning to have more than one glass of wine at dinner, which is one of the benefits--let Disney be the designated driver. We also go often enough that we are mostly not in a hurry. But like everyone else, at the end of the day when I am weary, I start to feel my inner, impatient brat come forth!

[waycoolmom]

Oh, I hope bus service is okay during Thanksgiving! We're staying at POR then and my DH tends to get heated if he feels that the wait is too long or the bus is too crowded. We are both usually very understanding and don't complain if the wait is reasonable, but a situation last year really upset us both!

Last year we were waiting for a bus to take us from the Poly to DTD for La Nouba. We waited, and I am not making this up, for an hour before a bus finally came. Every bus that came by was going to Epcot. There were people who had been waiting before we got there and they were steamed!! My DH finally went into the resort and called Transportation Services because the staff at the resort said they couldn't do anything. It was awful! We had planned to get to DTD before the show and walk around, but instead we were literally running, me pulling my poor DS(7) behind me, in order to get to the show on time. We got there right at 9:00. My DH was so angry and there were plenty of harsh words spoken on that bus about how customer service is slipping at Disney.

[debsta922]

We only used the bus once this past April and that was from DD (The boat shuttle was not running). It seemed to take forever. We waited about 25 minutes for the bus (we got there just as the bus pulled away), and then had to go to each stop at DD, change drivers, go to Typhoon Lagoon, POFQ, and then we were the last stop at POR. I think it took about 11/2 hours total. I was so thankful we had rented a car, and that was the only time we used the buses... but then again, I am not a bus person at all. I don't like to be on someone elses schedule.