Walking from Boardwalk to Hollywood Studios (in August?)

SGB13 · Jul 22, 2016

We have done lots of August/ September trips and a sunny window seat in a crowded boat is so much worse then walking!! :sunny:

maryj11 · Jul 22, 2016

oceanmarina said:
We have a 9:30 ressie at Hollywood and Vine, i'm wondering if it will be too hot at 9am to walk there?

You should be fine walking that early.

maryj11 · Jul 22, 2016

DisneyWishes14 said:
IMHO, that's the perfect time to walk there. We stay at BWV a lot and have been in WDW the last week in August every year for the past 5 years. Mornings and evenings are best for the walk, but, honestly, we've done it even in late afternoon. We usually beat the boat and honestly I'd rather be hot, walking and getting somewhere than be hot waiting for a boat to show up.

I agree it shouldn't be to hot at 9:00 but we never had any waiting time for a boat. Every time we walked out to get on a boat it was there or just pulling up.

DebbieB · Jul 23, 2016

The boats run about every 20 minutes.

maryj11 · Jul 23, 2016

DebbieB said:
The boats run about every 20 minutes.

Yes we might of just got lucky with our boat timing lol but we never waited for a boat. We rode it 3 times is all though.

Tigger's ally · Jul 23, 2016

Eastern said:
It's a good 15 minute walk. It seems so long, but the boat is so slow. Either way it's annoying.

I never find a 20 minute leisurely boat ride or a 15 minute walk at Disney annoying. :tigger:

Quite the contrary! :tigger:

scoobydooby2016 · Jul 24, 2016

We stayed at Beach Club which is a bit further away and walked it four times a couple of summers ago (in August). It is a short walk in the big scheme of walking I couldn't get my head around anyone faffing about waiting for a boat. I think with all the food at WDW any opportunity for a bit of exercise is welcome. It didn't take more than 20 minutes from Beach Club and you can wait that long for the boat.

WEDWDW · Jul 24, 2016

Use an umbrella for the walk-I'm not kidding-it will make a WORLD of difference.

jsbowl16 · Jul 25, 2016

My wife, five year old and I are staying at the Boardwalk in a few weeks and will be walking to and from HS and Epcot for rope drop, back for afternoon break, back to the parks around 430 and then after fireworks. We did the same thing last year. I look at it as if we cant walk to the park in the heat how will we walk a few miles around the park in the heat each day.

gwynne · Jul 25, 2016

jsbowl16 said:
My wife, five year old and I are staying at the Boardwalk in a few weeks and will be walking to and from HS and Epcot for rope drop, back for afternoon break, back to the parks around 430 and then after fireworks. We did the same thing last year. I look at it as if we cant walk to the park in the heat how will we walk a few miles around the park in the heat each day.

If it works for all of you, that's great.
I don't think the walk from the Boardwalk to HS is the same as walking around the parks, but that's just my opinion.

oceanmarina · Jul 25, 2016

gwynne said:
If it works for all of you, that's great.
I don't think the walk from the Boardwalk to HS is the same as walking around the parks, but that's just my opinion.

Hi Gwynne, do you mean the walk from Boardwalk to HS is worse or better than walking around in the parks?

gwynne · Jul 25, 2016

oceanmarina said:
Hi Gwynne, do you mean the walk from Boardwalk to HS is worse or better than walking around in the parks?

Walking from BW to HS in August it's really hot and humid and you're pretty much stuck on a small sidewalk. In the parks, you can get find shade, duck into an air conditioned shop for a bit, find a place to sit if need be and so on. So in very hot weather, I enjoy walking the parks much more than the walk from BW to HS.

jsbowl16 · Jul 25, 2016

gwynne said:
If it works for all of you, that's great.
I don't think the walk from the Boardwalk to HS is the same as walking around the parks, but that's just my opinion.

I understand your opinion but the only reason we stay at The Boardwalk is to be able to walk to the two parks. I don't see much of a reason to stay Deluxe other than location but that is just my opinion.

MammaMoe48 · Jul 25, 2016

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TagsMissy · Jul 26, 2016

I often do the walk if staying at BCV or BWV... we take our time and often stop to take photos etc so it usually takes us about 20 minutes. We use it as relaxing downtime and we don't rush.

WEDWDW · Jul 26, 2016

I've often wondered why Disney(knowing their business accumen) doesn't put a "beverage cart" alongside the Lake Hollywood walkway about halfway between Boardwalk and DHS.

They'd sell a TON!

kreckl · Jul 26, 2016

Why isn't there bus service from Epcot or Studios to the hotels?? It was especially annoying when it was time for us to leave HS, not knowing this, and tried to get to Beaches and Cream at BC. We didn't know how to get there quickly. Two of us got a cab, and a few took the boat. One person walked ( we were afraid we would miss our reservation.) Guess who got there first?

WEDWDW · Jul 26, 2016

kreckl said:
Why isn't there bus service from Epcot or Studios to the hotels??

With boats or walking as options,Disney considers buses unnecessary,similar to why they don't run buses from the Seven Seas Lagoon Resorts to Epcot because of the Monorail service.

cocoachip · Jul 27, 2016

Eastern said:
It's a good 15 minute walk. It seems so long, but the boat is so slow. Either way it's annoying.

We found the boats to be slow and not well ventilated. The walkway is particularly useful following Fantasmic!

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