Express Transportation service to be discontinued

By WDWMAGIC Staff · Monday August 14, 2017 5:39pm EDT · "Express Transportation"

Disney's Express Transportation service will be discontinued later this month, with the final day of service set for August 22 2017.

The final day to purchase the Express Transportation option will be August 16 2017, with the multi-day version remaining usable through August 22 2017.

Introduced in December 2016, the Express Transportation cost $15 per person for a single day, and picked guests up directly inside the parks, then by making use of backstage areas, reached the destination faster than using the regular bus service.

Multi-day variants were later added, along with Annual Passholder offerings.

From casual observation, it appeared the service was not being used by enough guests, with the majority continuing to make use of the standard park transfer options.

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Looks like this is ending in a week.
↩ replying to Bolt
Nooooooo
↩ replying to Bolt
Oh no. I was planning on using it in October. Any chance of that?
Looks like the Minnie Van was the replacement.
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It did seem somewhat underpriced, you think?
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That and I assume they'll break ground on that new theater soon and space is already limited up there.
Gutted. Was planing on using this to max effect in a few weeks time!

The mini van thing is far more expensive, and you still have to go to park entrance each time.
Yes, I was at Animal Kingdom yesterday and a cast member told me it was going away. The cast member also told me that there were big changes ahead, and not the ones mentioned at D23. I wish I knew what they were. Does anyone know?
With construction about to start at MK and now with Guardians about to start at Epcot it's going to be in the way. So my guess is that is why it's closing. May come back once all is complete way down the road. Could have been a test for something later on too.
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Well that's unfortunate...
A reasonably-priced up-charge that (a) actually adds value and (b) doesn't detract from non-paying guests' experiences?

Of course it wasn't going to last. :facepalm:
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Can't argue with you there, though (not that it needs to be said) expanding transportation options doesn't need to be a zero-sum game. (I'm mostly annoyed it won't be around for me to take advantage of in November during Food & Wine.)
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... and that's a wrap.

Too soon?
Let's face the fact, they want you to use the minnie vans. 20 for a day or 30 for a week was a steal. I've used it once 4 times in a day, the $20 was well worth it, but if it was the minnie vans they would of gotten 4x that amount (if I was willing to pay)... it's just a way to milk more money out.