Best way to arrive early at AK and MK from the Boardwalk Villas

[jghart22]

Just wondering what is the best way to arrive early and rope drop Animal Kingdom and Magic Kingdom from The Boardwalk? I think we will of course walk to Hollywood and Epcot to arrive early (unless there are better suggestions). We just want to be sure we arrive well before rope drop and didn’t know what transportation to use (we won’t have a car).

 

[tcherjen]

I read somewhere else, that someone said they got on a bus at 6:45 for AK. I will be at Pop on Thursday. Although a totally different resort, I can hopefully post some ideas about bus times. The deluxe resorts may be way less crowded - so you may fair much better with transportation.

Here is the post I read-
https://www.disboards.com/threads/here-now-just-back-wdw-reopening-experiences.3807247/post-62407417

 

[cvjw]

Get to the bus stop super early. We were there last month and had to wait for the 3rd MK bus before we got a spot. Our villa was across from the bus stop, so we could see that people were lining up for buses very early. Since they only allow 6 parties in each bus, they fill up quickly with not many people on them.

During our stay, we had a message from the boardwalk manager telling us to drive our personal cars to the theme parks, but ride a Disney bus to downtown Disney. Guess they realize how hard it is to get a seat on a Disney bus for rope drop these days.

 

[HiStitch626]

For AK, there are no better options. Get to the bus early. You could take an Uber/Lyft, but the parking lot does not open super early.

For MK, you might consider car service to the Contemporary and walk over.