For those who have stayed at the Dolphin Resort....how did you get to the Magic Kingdom? By bus? or do you go through Epcot and ride the monorail? If by bus, how long was the ride and for those who have "cut" thru Epcot - how long? Thanks!
By bus would be about 12 minutes plus whatever wait at the MK bus stop. Very concenient. You could also take a bus to BW/BC/YC, what ever came first and walk the little bit if you had to.
Monorail to Epcot requires getting on at MK, changing monorail at TTC, then almost a mile walk from the monorail stop at Epcot to the Dolphin. Never actually did it, but my guess would be the better part of an exhausting hour, not including monorail wait times.
To take the monorail, you first have to walk to the International Gateway, enter EPCOT (requires admission, but not a problem if you haves ticket that allows park hopping), and then walk to the front of the park and out the main entrance. This means you can't even leave for the MK until EPCOT opens. The monorail goes to the TTC. Once there, you must change to another monorail or take a ferry to get to the MK.