![]() ![]() The cheapest advertised ticket for Brightline was $10 (before the pandemic shutdown), so for a family of four it would be $40 for Brightline, where a Lyft XL to fit the family and luggage is $50-55. Plus, the price is per person, whereas a taxi or ride service is typically per car. And you have to get a ticket in advance – think of this more like getting an airline seat than some sort of commuter rail or subway service. Given they are coming from further away than OIA or DS, then there will be people already on board so not all the seats are available. I’m not sure the exact capacity of a ME bus, but conservatively I’d say that no more that 6 buses could handle that. These trains are not large capacity either, seating about 248 people each. It isn’t providing service just between OIA and WDW like Magical Express, but would be coming all the way from Miami and eventually Tampa in the other direction. īrightline is also an inter-city service. While 2023 has been batted about for the Disney Springs station, keep in mind that is ambitious – Brightline doesn’t even have a right of way for the tracks nailed down yet to even get to Disney Springs, or plans drawn up for a station, or even permits yet. However, there are many reasons why Brightline will NOT be replacing Magical Express.įirst off, Brightline isn’t even going to reach OIA until sometime later in 2022. Others latched on to the previously announced Disney Springs station for the high-speed Brightline train service that is in the process of being extended to Orlando International Airport, and then eventually to Tampa by way of WDW, as if this would somehow replace the ultra-convenient, and free, service WDW was providing. Many people were up in arms, forgetting that it wasn’t that long ago that we had to use those services (that existed then) before Magical Express existed. ![]() When Walt Disney World announced that Disney’s Magical Express service would be discontinued as of January 1st, 2022 (and luggage service has been discontinued for a while now and will not return), no free or even branded replacement service was mentioned, only that there were plenty of alternate options, such as taxi, Uber/Lyft, private car service, or even renting your own car. If you think that the coming Brightline train service to Disney Springs is going to replace Magical Express, I’ve got a castle to sell you… ![]()
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