Hi guys! First time staying at AoA this summer. Two logistics questions.
2. Buses. I've stayed at Pop Century many times, and I've never had a complaint about the buses. But this was before small children. Since we've had children, we've been to WDW twice - staying at the Poly and Caribbean Beach. We had no issues taking Disney transportation at either resort. This trip, we'll be driving, so we'll have a car. Which parks do you guys think we are better off driving to? My concern isn't necessarily waiting for the buses - my son actually loves the buses - what I am thinking about is the huge walk between the bus stops and some of the park entrances. Off the top of my head I feel like the walk from the Pop Century bus stop to the Epcot entrance is ridiculously long. Is it a shorter walk to park? We are rope droppers. Any other parks where we're better off driving?
We just got back from AoA on Saturday and this was our first stay at a Disney resort so we have nothing to compare it to, but we thought the buses were great! I was actually nervous before going because I hate standing around and waiting and would rather just get in my car and drive myself. In fact, we had a car rental (my DH needed it for the conference he was attending) and we ended up using the buses to the parks each day because they were so easy! We never had to wait too long and I didn't find the walk to the buses to be long at all....but I know AoA was often right next to Pop Century so if you found those to be a long walk you might find the AoA stop to be long also. We rope dropped every morning for 8 days straight and we never had difficulties getting to the park well before opening time!
We actually have 5 kids (the oldest one is now married) so there were several trips where we were a party of 7. Two rooms pretty much *anywhere* was cheaper than a suite/villa that could accommodate all of us. We lucked out and always got connecting rooms when we requested them.
