It takes the bus almost 25 minutes to get from Pop to the Magic Kingdom, even with light traffic. And then you've still got to get through bag check, the tapstiles, and all the way back to the Crystal Palace.
Agreed.
They say allow 90 min because worse case scenario that's how long it may take.
Ah, worst (not really *worst*) case is more like poor Dh and my aunt on our first trip in 2010. We were leaving DHS and my aunt didn’t want to ride back with the family. She wanted to take the bus. Dh stayed with her. It took hours for them to get back to OKW. It was NOT fun. (Actual time might be in my trip report from then but I don’t want to check)
No bus was ever dispatched for them despite phone calls. An SSR driver who had passed them more than once finally took pity on them (and those in line behind them) and took them to OKW after he hit all the SSR stops.
A couple who was totally on time at their stop to expect to get to OKW for an adr at Olivia’s got there after the restaurant was closed.
Dh decided he was done with the buses then. In December 2010.
This all is nothing new, except that the OP didn’t actually have anything Disney considers to be a problem.
We actually waited 90 minutes for a Downtown Disney bus from OKW about 15 years ago. They're right next to each other! I will never forget
Had a problem there too in 2010. And it was so cold on that trip.
. We deal with both of those every day at home. Who wants to have to drive around in that on vacation?
DH deals with buses every day for work. He has no interest on getting on a lesser bus system for vacation!
But there's no way he's going to stay seated while a mom stands up with a baby.
My husband would never sit there and let her stand. He would feel bad.
He's not going to let someone with a baby stand.
Incidentally, my husband isn’t going to let me stand either while he remains sitting.
That’s a whole lot of your husband not letting women do what they have chosen to do.
Has he ever looked at this side of him? That it’s all about how HE feels, and not about a grown woman making her own life choices?
It would have been fun to see him if he’s tried this with me (on a public bus, as we weren’t going to Wdw when ds was little). When pregnant and when ds was little enough to be carried, I refused offers for seats.
Not for a nebulous reason. But because when pregnant it HURT to sit then stand. I wasn’t going to go through that for a bus ride. And when ds was little, I wore him, and he HATED sitting when in the sling. Hated with a burning passion. And I was being responsible by wearing him and was hands free, and I was a *grown woman* who had decided to get on a bus and stand.
And NO MAN (or woman) was owed ANY explanation. They got a polite “no thank you”. I had one man who thought he was awesome continue to stand. Apparently I was too feeble to know what was good for me. So he made a fool of himself while standing after I said no thank you. More than once. And I even told him that I wasn’t going to be sitting so he probably should. I think some other man took his seat. Someone should take it after all.
But his offer was *about him*, not about me, so he didn’t. Because his feelings were more important than what I was telling him.
Besides, he would feel terrible if the woman or baby fell, etc.
Omg. The world is not his to save. What if the baby hit his face on the seat in front of him? That’s now his fault. Far more than it was his fault if a grown woman stands and something causes someone to fall. (Which wouldn’t be his fault at all)
What if HE falls?
Wait... so you want the family with a baby to wait another 20+ mins just so you dont have to stand for the ride... Lol
I personally want people to wait for the ride that will be safest for them. A person who ultimately thinks they are safest sitting should wait until they have a seat.
Will save money from now on staying off-site and stay under better accommodations.
It’s almost unbelievable to me that your sole reason for staying onsite was for buses. Especially since you’re getting such high prices on the mods.
But I’m glad you’ll be happier.
Would like to mention that you’ll probably want to leave the offsites more than 90 minutes before you want to be anywhere in the parks.
It's not the job of other people to protect your husband from himself.
Exactly.
(I swear I was reading as I typed, but all the typos I just corrected tell me otherwise!)