Grand Floridian to Animal Kingdom park?

[fabulousfive]

Is there a bus from the resort directly to the park? If so, do you know what time the service starts and how long the trip is? Trying to make Tusker House reservations. Thanks!!!

 

[vicki_c]

Is there a bus from the resort directly to the park? If so, do you know what time the service starts and how long the trip is? Trying to make Tusker House reservations. Thanks!!!

Yes (although it might stop at another MK resort, I'm not sure). Park bus transportation starts at 6:30. I'm not sure about the time.

 

[siskaren]

All the resorts have direct transportation to all the parks. (Well, if you're going from a monorail resort to Epcot you have to ride two monorails.) Buses to the parks start at 6:30 every morning. GF to AK is about 15 minutes.

 

[Alesia]

GF to AK is about 15 minutes.

That's actual travel time - you should be at the bus stop 1 hour before your ADR.

 

[fabulousfive]

Perfect, thanks so much!!! That's really helpful. On a side note, is it best to do Tusker House before the safari or vice versa?

 

[Alesia]

Perfect, thanks so much!!! That's really helpful. On a side note, is it best to do Tusker House before the safari or vice versa?

I would either get an ADR an hour before the park opens or get the latest possible breakfast and do the safari (and quite a bit more) before. From park opening until about 11:30 is the least crowded part of the day - I wouldn't waste a minute of it in a restaurant.

 

[lajspeech]

bus info on GF from easywdw:

Travel to the Animal Kingdom and Hollywood Studios is via bus. Most of the time, bus service will be shared with at least one other resort. The Grand Floridian is usually picked up and dropped off last which can equate to longer transit times coming back from the Parks and the strong possibility that it will be standing room only on the way to the Parks. It isn’t so bad when the Grand Floridian shares buses with the Polynesian, but plan to spend an extra 15 minutes on the bus if it’s sharing with the Wilderness Lodge. The Grand Floridian is about as far away as possible from the Animal Kingdom and not particularly close to Epcot or the Hollywood Studios either. Unlike the Polynesian, it is not possible to walk to the Transit Center to get on the Express Epcot Monorail and there is no walkway to the Magic Kingdom like there is at the Contemporary.

The times below are calculated after the bus, monorail, or boat leaves for its final destination.

Hollywood Studios via Bus: about 20 minutes
Epcot via Resort Monorail then switch to Epcot Monorail: about 35 minutes, depending on how long it takes for the Epcot Monorail train to arrive.
Animal Kingdom via Bus: about 25 minutes
Magic Kingdom via Monorail: about 5 minutes
Magic Kingdom via Boat: about 10 minutes

 

[Maleficent Dragon]

Perfect, thanks so much!!! That's really helpful. On a side note, is it best to do Tusker House before the safari or vice versa?

We get the first breakfast available so that we can still make rope drop. We then head to Kilimanjaro when done.

 

[fabulousfive]

Thanks everyone! We were able to get an ADR at TH at 8:45. We will do the safari right after that. Hope it's not too late. In December since its cooler maybe the animals will still be out. Appreciate all your assistance!

 

[bdklein]

(Well, if you're going from a monorail resort to Epcot you have to ride two monorails.) .

Unless you are at the Poly (or even the GF) and walk to the TTC for the Epcot monoraail.