We are all about giving you the best tips to help you have the best Disney World vacation possible.
From telling you about hotel rooms to getting you dining recommendations to explaining the very confusing Lightning Lane Multi Pass and Lightning Lane Single Pass to reminding you to bring a poncho to the parks, we’re going to make sure you get our best tips. Well, we have one that could save you some time, and it’s a game we call “bus roulette.”
So bus roulette is a Disney transportation game you’ll want to play when you’re leaving the parks, whether that be in the middle of the day for a break or at the end of the night when the parks close. What you’re going to do is potentially take a Disney bus that ISN’T for your hotel.
So maybe that seems a little counterproductive. But hear us out. The idea is to take the first bus you see for a hotel that’s within easy walking distance of the hotel where you’re staying (unless, of course, your hotel bus turns up first). This could keep you from having to wait longer for your own hotel bus to turn up.
Now, this only works for specific hotels. For example, if you’re staying at Disney’s Pop Century Resort or Disney’s Art of Animation Resort, you can take a bus for either of those resorts to get to where you’re going as they are within easy walking distance from each other.
This also works for any of the EPCOT resort hotels, including Disney’s Beach Club Resort, Disney’s BoardWalk Inn, and Disney’s Yacht Club Resort. This can also work if you’re staying at the Walt Disney World Swan and Dolphin as all these resorts are within easy walking distance of each other.
So the next time you find yourself waiting for a bus to your resort, consider playing bus roulette to get to where you’re going a little faster. Yes, you might have to walk a little more, but if you’re in a hurry or just want to sit down on an air-conditioned bus a little faster (something we understand), bus roulette could be your best option.
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What do you think? Would you play bus roulette to get back to your hotel faster? Let us know in the comments!
We like to do something similar if we need a mid-afternoon break from the parks but don’t want to go back to the room. We just go to the bus stop and take the first resort bus that comes, and hang out at that resort for a bit.
Pretty sure you all took this idea from spencerfinds on Instagram and TikTok…really low blow for posting this without giving credit. Would expect something better from y’all.
Hi Violet! I watched one of his videos on Instagram just now and it looks like his videos are more about traveling around to different resorts to find food/drink and other fun whereas we just mean it might be faster to take a bus that’s close to your resort and walk over to your resort resulting in a shorter wait time for the bus. The names are the same, however, but it’s not something we got from anywhere outside of our team and is purely coincidental. We will always provide any credit to readers and viewers who submit content to us as well as any sources we use in any news pieces we write.
We used to do that when staying at Boardwalk. At one time, the route included Swan and Dolphin before YC, BC and THEN Boardwalk. We always got off at Swan (the first stop) and cut through some bushes to the bridge to Boardwalk. Probably saved 20-30 minutes.