From AK to Boma...then illuminations...need input!

Pinkdiamond816

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OK so for my Jan trip this is what I'm thinking:
Leave AK at 5 when it closes. 5:30 ADR at Boma, then off to EP for illuminations.
Do you think this would work? I'd be using the buses, so do you think I need to add more travel time. Wouldn't have a problem taking a cab either!

Thanks! :goodvibes
 
Your plan should work fine. Dinner at Boma shouldn't take more than an hour or two, which would have you heading to the EPCOT bus at 7:30 at the latest. Illuminations is at 9:00, so you have plenty of time. The only thing I might do would be to leave AK a bit before closing so as not to get stuck in a long line waiting for the AKL bus.
 
may want to consider is giving yourself a few extra minutes leaving DAK. The buses are supposed to run every 20 minutes and you never know where in the cycle you'll arrive. It's a short drive to AKL and Boma is near the entrance. Thirty minutes should be enough but if you want to adhere to the normally recommended policy of 10-15 minutes early (You're pretty early in the dinner hours so you shouldn't have much of a wait) a few minutes earlier wouldn't be bad. After dinner you should have plenty of time to catch a bus to Epcot.
 
Why don't you stand at the Dawa bar to watch the 4pm parade at AK? Then when the parade passes, sorta follow it out of Harambe and then you continue out of the park. This will give you a little cushion of extra time. If you're early for your ADR, just go to the podium and tell them you're there. I always do this, sometimes arriving a half hour early, and get called within a few minutes. Or, you could just take a walk around AKL and see the animals.

Have fun!
 













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