ART Route for HoJo

[wolfepackmom]

I was curious what the ART route was like that serves the HoJo hotel. We tried using ART on another trip when we were over at the Annabella and it seemed the shuttle bus was always quite full by the time it got to our stop, so I wondered if it's like that on the HoJo route too? Is the HoJo the last stop before it goes into the park, or is it the first and then they go to the other hotels on the list? I'm wondering if it will be hard to get on the first shuttle of the day if we decide to do that instead of walking.

Thanks!

[Malcon10t]

It is on Route 7 and is the last stop. (Prior stop is Residence Inn on Clementine.)

[biolabetty]

Just make sure the bus is going back to Hojo on that particular round. In October, we took ART to go back, I even asked the driver if that was where they were going. We went by 2 other hotels (or maybe 3? can't remember, I was really tired), and then we went back to Disneyland to pick up more people. Our next stop after that was Hojo. It took us an hour to get back to the hotel.

[houseofmouse]

I don't know what your situation is but it is about 12-15 min walk from the Esplanade. Not too bad. With young kids, the ART may be better, if they are tired and crabby. We have always walked though.
An hour to get back to Hojo's? That is crazy.

[Malcon10t]

We usually walk from Hojo's, we do use ART from Residence Inn when tired.

[biolabetty]

I had 2 very tired and grumpy kids, so the ART was the best solution for us. They would have completely melted down had I walked back to Hojo.

[wolfepackmom]

Thanks for the quick responses. I really appreciate all the great advice here! I'll have a 4 yr old and 8 yr old and my parents who are in their 60's, and my dad walks with a cane due to a bad knee, so was considering all the options for not getting too worn out. I suggested an ECV already, but he said he didn't want to use one of those. Perhaps a tad stubborn.

Any idea on the typical crowdedness of getting on that shuttle for the first morning pick-up? We'll be there the week of June 20th (right after our school lets out) IF we do go, so expecting it will be a relatively busy time.