Critique my resort hopping day

[kitkat4622]

I have a resort hopping day planned for the last day of my vacation (12/9/2023)
My plan is to Uber over to Grand Floridian and see the Christmas decorations there.ride the monorail to the Poly and check out that resort.
Ride the monorail to MK and hop the boat to Wilderness Lodge
From Wilderness Lodge hop a bus to Disney Springs for shopping and dinner, then hop the boat back to POFQ to pack up for check out day.
I already have dining reservations at Boma @ Animal Kingdom and Trattoria at the Boardwalk so that will knock off those 2 resorts. (ADR's are not on the same day)
I will check out the Beach and Yacht club on my Boardwalk ADR day as I walk to EPCOT.
Is there someplace I am missing or you would suggest seeing? TIA

 

[NC State Tigger]

I have a resort hopping day planned for the last day of my vacation (12/9/2023)
My plan is to Uber over to Grand Floridian and see the Christmas decorations there.ride the monorail to the Poly and check out that resort.
Ride the monorail to MK and hop the boat to Wilderness Lodge
From Wilderness Lodge hop a bus to Disney Springs for shopping and dinner, then hop the boat back to POFQ to pack up for check out day.
I already have dining reservations at Boma @ Animal Kingdom and Trattoria at the Boardwalk so that will knock off those 2 resorts. (ADR's are not on the same day)
I will check out the Beach and Yacht club on my Boardwalk ADR day as I walk to EPCOT.
Is there someplace I am missing or you would suggest seeing? TIA

I believe the boat from Contemporary to Wilderness Lodge will not run till 3:00p each day. Not sure when you plan to make that part of your resort hop.

 

[nw6675]

Start at the Poly unless you just wanted to ride the whole loop on the way from the GF to Poly.

 

[gottalovepluto]

You can’t Uber to a Monorail Resort unless you have an ADR.

Uber to TTC
Walk or monorail to Poly
Monorail to GF
*Monorail or walk to MK
Boat to WL
Bus to DS
Boat to POFQ

*You don’t want to see CR? I would monorail from GF to CR, then walk over to MK for boat to WL if you want to add in CR

 

[Dave006]

I believe the boat from Contemporary to Wilderness Lodge will not run till 3:00p each day. Not sure when you plan to make that part of your resort hop.

@kitkat4622 is using the boat from MK that runs all day long. Fastest way to get from MK to WL. You are referencing the return of the "Blue" Flag line that just returned to service this month that runs the loop between CR, WL, FW on Bay Lake. From 3 PM - 10:30 PM daily.

Ride the monorail to MK and hop the boat to Wilderness Lodge

Dave

 

[kitkat4622]

*You don’t want to see CR? I would monorail from GF to CR, then walk over to MK for boat to WL if you want to add in CR

It wasn't on my list unless they also have something worth seeing? I find the contemporary very sterile compared to the other Monorail resorts. Also thank you for your itinerary break down that makes more sense than my original plan

 

[nw6675]

It wasn't on my list unless they also have something worth seeing? I find the contemporary very sterile compared to the other Monorail resorts. Also thank you for your itinerary break down that makes more sense than my original plan

I wouldn't waste the time personally. I think it's blah compared to all the others.

 

[rstevens333]

No way. The Contemporary is a thing of beauty next to the GF!!!

 

[kitkat4622]

No way. The Contemporary is a thing of beauty next to the GF!!!

I guess it truly is "beauty is in the eye of the beholder"

 

[gottalovepluto]

It wasn't on my list unless they also have something worth seeing? I find the contemporary very sterile compared to the other Monorail resorts. Also thank you for your itinerary break down that makes more sense than my original plan

I’m not impressed by it but didn’t know if you had like a goal of hitting all the deluxe resorts or something. They have a gingerbread display but it is basically nothing when compared to GF and WL’s displays.

 

[kitkat4622]

I’m not impressed by it but didn’t know if you had like a goal of hitting all the deluxe resorts or something. They have a gingerbread display but it is basically nothing when compared to GF and WL’s displays.

Nope not all deluxe resorts. Just the ones with the WOW factor with Christmas displays

 

[Itoddmickey]

I have a resort hopping day planned for the last day of my vacation (12/9/2023)
My plan is to Uber over to Grand Floridian and see the Christmas decorations there.ride the monorail to the Poly and check out that resort.
Ride the monorail to MK and hop the boat to Wilderness Lodge
From Wilderness Lodge hop a bus to Disney Springs for shopping and dinner, then hop the boat back to POFQ to pack up for check out day.
I already have dining reservations at Boma @ Animal Kingdom and Trattoria at the Boardwalk so that will knock off those 2 resorts. (ADR's are not on the same day)
I will check out the Beach and Yacht club on my Boardwalk ADR day as I walk to EPCOT.
Is there someplace I am missing or you would suggest seeing? TIA

How was the resort hopping? Seen some posts on other sites indicating difficult getting into some resorts. I'm heading down on the 13th and plan to doing some hopping.

 

[kitkat4622]

How was the resort hopping? Seen some posts on other sites indicating difficult getting into some resorts. I'm heading down on the 13th and plan to doing some hopping.

I had no issues at all. had a reservation for breakfast at Whispering canyon at Wilderness lodge. Hopped the boat to MK, walked to the contemporary, took the monorail to the Poly and Grand Floridian then back to my resort via Uber. For the Boardwalk, Beach and Yacht club I had breakfast at Ale & Compass then walked to all the other boardwalk resorts and in to EPCOT, I had no issues at all

 

[Itoddmickey]

I had no issues at all. had a reservation for breakfast at Whispering canyon at Wilderness lodge. Hopped the boat to MK, walked to the contemporary, took the monorail to the Poly and Grand Floridian then back to my resort via Uber. For the Boardwalk, Beach and Yacht club I had breakfast at Ale & Compass then walked to all the other boardwalk resorts and in to EPCOT, I had no issues at all

Great, I've resort hopped a decade ago and back to do it again. Thanks for the info, hope the rest of your trip was enjoyable/relaxing.

 

[CarolynFH]

How was the resort hopping? Seen some posts on other sites indicating difficult getting into some resorts. I'm heading down on the 13th and plan to doing some hopping.

If you use Disney transportation, you won’t have any problems.

 

[Simba's Mom]

I believe the boat from Contemporary to Wilderness Lodge will not run till 3:00p each day. Not sure when you plan to make that part of your resort hop.

Another way to get from the MK to WL is to go to the bus stop area outside MK, and just take the bus that goes to the WL.