Let’s face it — not all Disney World hotels are created equal.
All-Star Movies
Disney World has three main hotel tiers — value, moderate, and deluxe — and each one has its own set of perks. Obviously, as the prices rise, the perks tend to get better — and that includes transportation options! While value resorts like the All-Star hotels have limited options, one of our recent stays helped us rediscover a favorite hack for getting to the theme parks faster!
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Disney World hotels now cost a small fortune for many fans, but the three All-Star Resorts tend to be the cheapest. Each resort area (split between Movies, Music, and Sports themes) is neighboring the other, and that can certainly help when it comes to navigation!
Disney bus for All-Star Music and Movies
First of all, just look at how close the All-Stars are to each other. The proximity means that each hotel shares bus transportation.
Map of all three All-Star Resorts
If you’re staying in a room far from a bus station like the Mighty Ducks section of All-Star Movies, all is not lost! There are some interesting options available to you.
All-Star Movies map
Although it’s not on a traditional Disney path, all it takes is a quick walk through the parking lot if you opt for the stop at All-Star Music. After all, they share a bus anyway, so might as well take the most convenient path! Of course, be careful of moving cars and other dangerous obstacles — but we found this method to be way easier than using your hotel’s bus stop — and it can save a bunch of time.
It’s that easy!
The All-Star Resorts aren’t the only Disney World hotels that are spread out and require a decent walk to reach your room, either. Disney’s Caribbean Beach Resort and Disney’s Port Orleans — Riverside are both notorious for long walks to transportation. The difference is that these resorts have multiple bus stops at each hotel.
Caribbean Beach bus
No matter which hotel you choose, we highly recommend checking the closest bus stop to your room as soon as you check in and get settled. It might be a different one than you think! Our favorite way to do this is through the My Disney Experience app.
Bus stop
Disney World already requires you to walk SO many steps each day through the parks, so don’t walk any more than you have to! We want to hear from you if you’ve ever “cheated” the system like this before! In the meantime, keep following DFB for more Disney World tips!
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We’ve been doing the short walk from All Star movies & the Ducks area to All Star Music for years, any thing to save a little leg work!
We stayed at CBR last year and had what seemed like the worst room we could have, second floor and super far from all the resorts amenities. After getting settled we realized we were right next to the Riviera Skyliner station and and resort. We did all of our out of the park quick service and use their bus station saving us from CBR’s infamous bus loop.