Overview
- The resort‑guest checks, reported Sunday, require a MagicBand, a Key to the World card, or a digital room key before riders can enter bus queues.
- At Disney Springs, Cast Members now confirm an active hotel stay, a dining booking, or a recreation reservation before allowing boarding to any resort hotel.
- The change targets a long‑used workaround in which off‑site visitors parked free at Disney Springs and rode resort buses to areas near the theme parks.
- Guests who cannot show proof are being turned away from resort buses and directed to ride‑share pickup zones or parking trams.
- With no formal announcement from Disney, multiple reports cite Cast Members describing the checks as a temporary Easter period measure, and other transit like the Monorail and Disney Skyliner are reportedly not being verified.