Blue signs versus purple signs

Someone posted here a few weeks ago about "figuring out" the signage on
Disney property. Well I very smugly thought I would follow this advice
this trip. What blue signs???? I saw no blue signs, only purple ones.
Maybe they're spaced out a little better now because we didn't
encounter any situations where our left turn was 2 feet from where we
were in the right hand lane.

"not 'that' Ed" <meshmar@gtcom.net> wrote in message
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> Peppermint Patty wrote:
> > Someone posted here a few weeks ago about "figuring out" the signage on
> > Disney property. Well I very smugly thought I would follow this advice
> > this trip. What blue signs???? I saw no blue signs, only purple ones.
> > Maybe they're spaced out a little better now because we didn't
> > encounter any situations where our left turn was 2 feet from where we
> > were in the right hand lane.
> >
> Pop Century is still in sore need of MORE signs ... unless you already
> know your way, you are almost certain to get lost.
>
> 429/Western Way are also under represented. I saw ONE sign with 429 on
> it ... about 20 feet from the turn out of Disney. Not only that, I was
> told flat out by a CM that Western Way was NOT on Disney ...
>
> Disney still has a LONG way to go to make it easier to navigate the
> quagmire of roads they have.

We still had those frustrations during our Labor Day trip. Luckily, DH has
driven there enough to know which signs to ignore, but there still were a
couple of those "go straight -- no turn in 2 feet" situations. I know there
were blue and purple signs, but I must have missed the discussion about
their significance --what's the deal?

Kathy M.

I think it was stated that if the sign is blue, your turn is coming up
immediately. If the sign is purple, you still have time to get in the
correct lane. I thought I would be smart and follow this "tip" this
trip but I think I saw two blue signs the whole time and neither one
had anything to do with directions! We spent a lot of time doing,
"Look, kids! Big Ben, Parliament." We got lost at least one time
every day. Not kidding.

More often than not, if you miss your turn, you can just keep
> going and there will be more signs directing you back to where you need
> to go. There are about three different routes to almost every location
> on property.


You are absolutely right on that issue! That's why most of the time we
just laughed because we knew we'd eventually get where we wanted to go.
All roads lead to Disney.

Street name signs would be helpful.

"Peppermint Patty" <cinderella836m> wrote in message
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> Someone posted here a few weeks ago about "figuring out" the signage on
> Disney property. Well I very smugly thought I would follow this advice
> this trip. What blue signs???? I saw no blue signs, only purple ones.
> Maybe they're spaced out a little better now because we didn't
> encounter any situations where our left turn was 2 feet from where we
> were in the right hand lane.
>

Chambers wrote:
> Street name signs would be helpful.
>
There are street name signs but you have to know what street you want,
which we didn't! All Stars are Animal Kingdom resorts but I kept
following Animal Kingdom signs and missing Animal Kingdom Resorts and
All Star Resorts signs. It took me a couple of days to get used to
that. It seems like Disney roads are two concentric circles so you
don't really get lost; you're just like a little hamster on a wheel
going around and around and around and ..... Eventually you end up in
a gift shop.

Having just returned from WDW, I can state with certainty - many streets
don't have name signs.

"Peppermint Patty" <cinderella836m> wrote in message
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>
> Chambers wrote:
>> Street name signs would be helpful.
>>
> There are street name signs but you have to know what street you want,
> which we didn't! All Stars are Animal Kingdom resorts but I kept
> following Animal Kingdom signs and missing Animal Kingdom Resorts and
> All Star Resorts signs. It took me a couple of days to get used to
> that. It seems like Disney roads are two concentric circles so you
> don't really get lost; you're just like a little hamster on a wheel
> going around and around and around and ..... Eventually you end up in
> a gift shop.
>

Like you, I don't have a hard time getting around WDW. I ignore the non
street signs because they can lead you in a circle.

My concern is for newcomers.

"Rudeney" <rudeney@mickeypics.com> wrote in message
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>
> You are correct that there is a lack of street signs, but mainly that's at
> the major "interchanges" where instead, they decided to simply give
> directional signs to point to where you. Most of the "perpendicular"
> intersections, do have street signs.
>
> Honestly, I just don;t have that hard a time getting around WDW. I do
> have an very good sense of direction, but even so, it just doesn't seem
> that complicated. For anyone that's going to do any driving around WDW, I
> suggest taking a quick look at some of the aerial images available online.
> If you can just remember the realtionships between World Drive, Buena
> Vista Drive, Epcot Center Drive, and Osceola Parkway, that's about all
> there is.
>

>
> My thing is that not all the newcomers understand what is meant by "Epcot
> resorts". If I don't know that CB is one of them, then the sign does not
> help.


I am pretty sure that this information is on your confirmation paper..
but that assumes people READ their confirmation info.

This is going from memory from my last trip...

The purple signs are the directional signs indicating what lanes to be in on
the major roads. They only direct you to large destinations ("Epcot",
"Blizzard Beach") or to resort areas ("Epcot Resort Area").

There's bright blue signs are smaller signs along the side of the road,
mostly along the roads leading onto the property. They indicate what resorts
are within each Resort Area. So once you know what area your resort is in,
you can just follow the large purple signs to the area you need. (It's
similar to approaching a large airport. There's signs saying which airlines
are in which terminal, then you just follow the large signs for the terminal
you need.)

I'm trying to remember what color the smaller signs pointing the way into
the entrances of the actual resorts are. Those may be a dark blue color...

And to confuse the matter, there's also the couple of bright red signs
pointing the way to the Bonnet Creek Resort which is *not* Disney. :-)

-Rob