Disney Springs to parks and resorts?

KMP12

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Jun 18, 2019
OK so Disney springs has no direct bus to any park correct? What about to the resorts? We are staying at all star music
 
Buses run between the resorts and Disney Springs starting about 45 minutes before opening (so around 9-9:15), but you can't get a bus from Disney Springs to the parks. Starting at 4pm you CAN get a bus from the parks to Disney Springs. It really depends on what your plan is for the day, there are ways to get where you want to go but it may require some extra walking.
 
Buses run between the resorts and Disney Springs starting about 45 minutes before opening (so around 9-9:15), but you can't get a bus from Disney Springs to the parks. Starting at 4pm you CAN get a bus from the parks to Disney Springs. It really depends on what your plan is for the day, there are ways to get where you want to go but it may require some extra walking.
In red above. Why can't we leave a park eariler than 4pm and get a bus to Disney Springs for lunch?
 


In red above. Why can't we leave a park eariler than 4pm and get a bus to Disney Springs for lunch?

Because that's what Disney has decided. They needed to curb the people who were parking at Disney Springs for free and then going to the parks in the early part of the day, so they don't have any buses from DS to the parks at all, and they limit free transportation back to Disney Springs until the end of the day so that resort guests can go to dinner in DS and enjoy the nightlife there after the parks close.
 
In red above. Why can't we leave a park eariler than 4pm and get a bus to Disney Springs for lunch?
Because that's what Disney has decided. They needed to curb the people who were parking at Disney Springs for free and then going to the parks in the early part of the day, so they don't have any buses from DS to the parks at all, and they limit free transportation back to Disney Springs until the end of the day so that resort guests can go to dinner in DS and enjoy the nightlife there after the parks close.
For years you couldn't do it all.

It started some time back when Disney realized there was a group of people that would leave a park in the afternoon, mostly AK back in the day, and by providing direct service to DS they could keep more of them on property and still spending money.
 


In red above. Why can't we leave a park eariler than 4pm and get a bus to Disney Springs for lunch?
Just to add a little more detail, it was found years ago that people would park at DS and take the bus so they could avoid the theme park parking charges. The problem was that so many did this that it became very difficult for people who wanted to go there for shopping etc to find parking. That hurt the shop/business owners there who pay Disney rent to be there. So, the stopped busses to the parks altogether. Remember that this is a big shopping mall that is supposed to appeal to locals as much as Disney guests.

The lack of busses caused the next problem of people staying at Disney having difficulty going there at night for dinner and shopping in the evening. So, Disney now gets them to DS from the parks (not to) and then the guests are able to return to their resort after their evening is over.
 
as long as we have been members I totally forgot about that. Thanks for the reminder
 

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