Walking from Portofino Bay

twinmom2002

Mouseketeer

Joined

Jun 20, 2009

• Jul 29, 2015

• #1

When walking to the parks from Portofino Bay, do you walk through/by the hard rock hotel? How long is the walk to US and IOA? Is it easier to wait for the water taxis?

Also what do you think is the easiest way to pool hop?

 

damo

Proud Redhead

Joined

Jan 1, 2001

• Jul 29, 2015

• #2

Yes, you need to walk past the Hard Rock to get to the parks. You can either follow that path along with waterways or take a shortcut that goes through the HRH parking lots. The walk along the walkway is about 15 minutes and the shortcut is about 10. Add another 5 minutes to get to IOA.

 

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vatmark

DIS Veteran

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Jul 12, 2005

• Jul 29, 2015

• #3

We took the shortcut through the HRH parking lot every morning and it was a quick walk to the parks. We used the water taxi when we came back for breaks in the afternoon or coming back from the parks at night.

 

Bluer101

Waiting till vacation comes, oh that's next week!

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Jun 29, 2008

• Jul 29, 2015

• #4

We use the water taxi or cut thru, never the path.

 

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RMulieri

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Jul 5, 2001

• Jul 30, 2015

• #5

We have used the shortcut thru HRH parking ,the boats and the walking path.The walking path really is beautiful in the morning and we enjoy the leisurely walk( I also will run it in the early early am for exercise)

 

sk8jdgca

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Sep 9, 2007

• Jul 30, 2015

• #6

I found a video that showed the long walk but does anyone have one or a map that shows the short cut

 

Bluer101

Waiting till vacation comes, oh that's next week!

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• Jul 30, 2015

• #7

sk8jdgca said:

I found a video that showed the long walk but does anyone have one or a map that shows the short cut

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CPanther95

Mummyketeer

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Aug 4, 2000

• Aug 1, 2015

• #8

We hug the hotel more on the shortcut (pretty much a straight line from the straight paved walkway leaving the Studios), but there's a couple curbs to go over and occasionally you'll have to briefly suffer through some pretty bad dumpster smells.