joelkfla
DIS Veteran
- Joined
- Jun 13, 2001
We have dinner reservations at Chef Mickey's in a couple weeks and want to play miniature golf afterwards. We don't care if it is the Fantasia or Winter Summerland courses. What is the easiest way to get there? Is there transportation back to Port Orleans when were are done?
FG would be easiest, if you don't mind a little walking and can finish golfing before DHS closes. (DHS is open until 9:30 or later thru the end of August.) From CR, walk to MK and take the bus to the Swan Hotel. FG is a short walk across the street from the Swan. After golf, walk back to the Swan and take the boat to DHS, or you can walk directly to DHS from FG. Then take the bus from DHS to PO.
Shortest walk from FG to DHS is to walk past the entrance of the Swan out to the main road (Buena Vista Dr.) Turn left on BVD and follow the sidewalk across the bridge. Just past the bridge, there's a pathway down the hill to the walkway from BW to DHS. Turn left on the walkway, going under the bridge and on to DHS. I think it's around a mile total.
If you can't get to DHS before the buses stop running (about 90 minutes after the start of the of the last Fantasmic!), you'll have to take the bus from the Swan to MK if it's still open, or bus to DTD and then boat (until 11) or bus (until 2 a.m.) back to PO.
W-S is at BB water park. If you finish dinner before BB closes, you can get a bus from CR to BB. (The bus may say AK & BB on the marquee, or just AK; either way, tell the driver you are going to BB for mini-golf.) The only transportation to/from W-S after BB has closed is via Epcot. From CR, you would take the monorail to TTC, transfer to the Epcot monorail, and then bus to BB. After golf, bus back to Epcot, then bus to PO. Buses from BB and connections at Epcot will be available until W-S closing time, even if Epcot has already closed.
SO, thinking about it, which is easier all depends on timing. If you finish dinner before BB closes, W-S would probably be easier. If you finish dinner after BB has closed, but can finish golfing before DHS closes, FG might be easier. If it's late enough that you don't think you'll finish golfing before DHS closes, W-S might be a better choice.