Direct Bus Service from Parks to Disney Springs

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Direct Bus Service From Theme Parks to Disney Springs Begins August 28

August 25, 2016

Disney will begin offering bus service from Animal Kingdom, Epcot, Hollywood Studios, and Magic Kingdom on Sunday August 28th. Buses will run from 4pm to 11pm or up to two hours after a Park closes, whichever is earlier. It’s one-way service, so buses will not run from Disney Springs to the theme parks.

The website usually recommends visiting Disney Springs earlier in the day and then closing down a Park instead, but this will certainly make dinners and evening shopping a little easier for those that no longer have to transfer to a resort before taking another, often crowded, bus to Disney Springs. The advantages of visiting Disney Springs earlier is that it’s much less crowded, much easier to walk up to most restaurants for a meal without a reservation, several restaurants offer less expensive lunch menus, and wait times at the theme parks typically drop as closing time approaches. With Star Wars Galactic Spectacular and Rivers of Light(?), you may find yourself eyeing a couple more late evenings in the Parks than previous trips.

But with few exceptions, the Disney Springs restaurants are the best version of that type of cuisine on property. Morimoto is the best Asian restaurant. BOATHOUSE is the best steak restaurant. Frontera Cocina is the best Mexican restaurant. I can see some afternoon escapes from Hollywood Studios or Magic Kingdom, where the culinary landscape might not be as interesting as Animal Kingdom or Epcot, in a lot of people’s futures. It will also hopefully reduce crowding on resort buses to Disney Springs.

Good news.

[spankswife]

This is amazing!!!!

[revolution]

fantastic!

[turkletsmom]

Yay! We have skipped Disney Springs our last two trips because of what a PITA it is to get there from a park.

[curbsideprophet]

This is good to know for future trips

[alleinesein]

They used to have bus service from DD/PI to all the parks but so many people abused it to avoid paying to park at the parks. It was sad when it disappeared because it was a nice way to get around WDW.

[curbsideprophet]

Aug 25, 2016 23:38:55 GMT -5 alleinesein said:

They used to have bus service from DD/PI to all the parks but so many people abused it to avoid paying to park at the parks. It was sad when it disappeared because it was a nice way to get around WDW.

I wonder if that is why it is only one way service.

[ssmjlm]

Aug 26, 2016 6:19:54 GMT -5 curbsideprophet said:

Aug 25, 2016 23:38:55 GMT -5 alleinesein said:

They used to have bus service from DD/PI to all the parks but so many people abused it to avoid paying to park at the parks. It was sad when it disappeared because it was a nice way to get around WDW.

I wonder if that is why it is only one way service.

I'm sure that's part of it.  I know when my mom and I were talking I said something like "well you could stay at a hotel near Disney Springs, take a bus to one of the resorts close to whatever park you wanted, and then go to the park." It would be 2 transfers, but I never underestimate people being cheap (hello, crockpots in hotel rooms).

[ilikedonuts]

Aug 26, 2016 19:36:43 GMT -5 minniemouse said:

That's awesome they are bringing back service from the parks to downtown Disney, but i wish it wasn't one way. To avoid people just trying to get free parking, they could just have people scan their magic bands.

Disney buses are free for everyone though so they can't scan magic bands.