

While the service will remain in place until the end of this year, Disney World's announcement comes at a time of sweeping change as the company navigates the current pandemic and the reality of visiting theme parks once we've moved past it.ĭisney's Magical Express bus service, which provides transportation between Orlando International Airport and Disney resort hotels, will be coming to an end: /HStrAbhHSJ- Ashley Carter January 11, 2021ĭisney's airport bus service offered two hefty benefits for hotel guests staying on property: easy airport transportation and seamless luggage handling, the latter of which has been unavailable since the resorts reopened in July 2020. Not only does the cancellation permanently remove Disney's Magical Express luggage service - which was suspended in 2020 but was widely assumed would return once the pandemic subsided - but now creates a massive pinch point for families, particularly those with small children, to reach their final destination. The massive fleet of buses, operated by Mears Transportation, provided free transportation to any Walt Disney World resort hotel guest, offering convenient and complimentary bus rides between their hotels and Orlando International Airport since it was first introduced in 2005.Īs primarily a solo traveler, hauling my luggage through the endless carpeted halls of Disney's Animal Kingdom Lodge was just a low-key excuse for impromptu arms day, but for families, visiting Walt Disney World just got significantly more difficult. 1, 2022 - less than a year from now - Disney's Magical Express will no longer exist. Walt Disney World dropped some major news yesterday morning and confirmed your resort hotel stay of the future will differ from that of the past.Ĭome Jan. Hello and welcome to a packed week of theme park news! From a much-anticipated roller coaster's jaw-dropping nighttime display to major Monday morning news that'll change the way you visit Walt Disney World in the future, here's what you must know.
