CR to Illum. Cruise

[Mainebound]

Hi All,

On our first night in WDW we'll have dinner at Chef Mickey's at CR and then we need to get over to the Boardwalk for our Illuminations Cruise (March 11). Using Disney transp., when should we leave CR, and how exactly do we travel?

Thanks!

 

[tmli]

Unsure of when and how, but if your cruise leaves from the Boardalk Marina, make sure reservations doesn't tell you to go to Community Hall. They did this to us and had us running around the boardwalk like idiots. Apparently they've made this mistake alot!

 

[Jenn]

I would take the monorail over to MK and catch the Boardwalk bus from there. Once you arrive at BW, you walk through a breezeway to the "Boardwalk Area" - there are signs showing you the way. Once on the boardwalk, you will see the boat dock. Just wait there and your driver will park at the end of the dock and walk up to meet you. It will probably be the only pontoon boat there, so you can't miss it.

I would say the monorail to MK might take 10 minutes or so once you board. Then a 5 minute walk to the busses. Hopefully not too long of a wait for the bus, and then maybe a 15 minute ride to BW. I would give yourself at least an hour.

The only problem I can imagine would be if MK closes early that day (which does not look that way - the park hours listed here say 8 pm closing). In that case, the monorail/bus service might not work and I would go out the front entrance of CR and hail a cab. It would probably cost you $10 or so.