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Disney World fan sparks fierce debate after making major complaint about the beloved theme park
Walt Disney World fans have become embroiled in a heated debate about the transportation at the beloved theme park.
A new map breaking down the complimentary transportation offered throughout the massive resort has detailed all the ways that the 130 million annual riders can get from park to park.
Guests at the Happiest Place on Earth can travel all the way from Magic Kingdom to Epcot on Disney's Monorail - a quick and easy train that goes back and forth between the parks as well as to some of the hotels.
Or they can use the 36-boat transportation services in both parks as well as at Disney Springs.
To get from Epcot to Disney's Hollywood Studios, people can hop on the Skyliner, which is a gondola lift system.
However, the only mode of transportation that touches Animal Kingdom is the free Disney buses - and some fans are not happy about it.
After the new map was released, one Disney fan took to Reddit to express their outrage over the lack of options to get to Animal Kingdom.
And the post lead to a massive argument about the Disney bus system.
'I'm someone that prefers Skyliner or Monorail transportation so it's really unfortunate that the ONLY way to get to Animal Kingdom right now is by bus,' the user expressed.
'The yellow line [is] there for the Skyliner [and] could easily be extended all the way to Animal Kingdom if they wanted.'
They suggested: 'Maybe even have a station at [the hotel] Coronado Springs and [the water park] Blizzard Beach.'
'Having no way to get to Animal Kingdom except driving or taking the bus is really inconvenient and it's weird that it's the only non-water park to only be accessible via bus,' they continued.
'I'm someone that I would visit Animal Kingdom way more if I could just hop over there on the Skyliner from Hollywood Studios. So why is there no Skyliner?'
Many other people rushed to the comment section to share their thoughts, and discussed the possibility of Disney adding more transportation to the park.
'I wouldn't be surprised if we eventually get some sort of transit line out to Animal Kingdom, but it's gonna take a lot of money and desire to make it happen,' one person wrote.
Another added: 'Disney likes to avoid guests seeing the backstage areas. They do a really good job at Epcot to minimize the amount you can see from the Monorail and it is only a few seconds right at the end where you can see backstage.'
'I just went on Google Earth and measured [a] straight line from the [Hollywood] Studios gate to Animal Kingdom gate [which] is a little under two miles,' shared someone else.
'But that wouldn't even be feasible because said straight line is right through the middle of the studios.'
Others said they had no problem with the bus and speculated the lack of Monorail or Skyliner transportation was due to the animal enclosures.
'It's literally not that hard. You get on a bus and sit down,' a person wrote.
'You do realize it's not as close as this map makes it look right?' another said.
'Not to mention it would have to be routed to avoid all animal areas,' someone else observed.
'Can you imagine how much trash would be dropped in the animal enclosures?' a different user shared.
'A free bus that runs all day is pretty convenient. I would suspect that the ANIMALS play a big factor into the lack of overhead rails and lifts,' a different comment read.
'We're so spoiled at Disney, honestly. One of the best bus systems in the world and we (including myself sometimes) complain about it,' another user admitted.
'Yeah, 15 to 20 minutes from the Contemporary to Animal Kingdom on a mostly empty bus with the AC set to like 60F didn't exactly seem like a burden during our visit earlier this month. [The] bus is good. Take [the] bus,' a person urged.
'Maybe it's just me but the bus ride to Animal Kingdom is totally reasonable,' someone else penned.
