Is it true getting to the Hoop de Doo can be a hassle? Advice PLEASE!

[Tiggerlovinggrandma]

We have a 5:00 ressie for the dinner show and will be coming from Seaworld. Someone just told me that we would have to leave Seaworld by 3 pm because once at FW we have to take a bus to the show venue?

If we have to leave by 3 that will only give us 5 hours at Seaworld since we are getting there at 10. I thought having to leave the park at 4:15 to get to HDD was already cutting into the day. Now we may have to leave even earlier? I don't know if its worth it now.I don't know whether to keep the ressie or just chuck it for someplace else. I could probably make the ressie for the 7:15 show but we have a 21 mo old with us and that would be late for him.

What to do? What to do?

HELP!!!!

 

[TTA Deb]

Although SeaWorld is just a few miles from WDW, consider the time of day you'll be traveling: near rush hour. Leaving at 4:15 would really be "pushing it." It is true that once you park at FW, it is necessary to take an internal shuttle to The Settlement, home of Pioneer Hall. I just wouldn't want to cut it too close. However, the Hoop-dee-doo is a real hoot so I hope you can work that reservation into your schedule!

 

[Kewz1]

I agree with the other poster. I also wanted to add that for my family Sea World has never been "an all" day park. You should hopefully still be able to get a lot done in those five hours. Any chance of getting there earlier than 10am?

Kristen

 

[prncess674]

I would reschedule HDDR for a day when you plan on being at the Magic Kingdom. It is so easy to take the boat launch to FW and then just walk to Pioneer Hall for the show. You are spending too much money to go to Sea World, why rush yourself there. Plan to just have a leisurely day at Sea World then stop at one of the hundreds of restaurants outside of WDW on your way back. Realize that if you miss your HDDR reservation you will be charged a no show fee.

 

[WhateverLolaWants]

I agree that you should reschedule either Sea World or the dinner show. We went to Trail's End last year and we waited awhile for the bus (actually, buses because the first bus wouldn't let my gma on). The roads around Sea World get crazy, particularly the intersection of I-Drive and the other road where SW is. I'm not sure if you'd be taking the route of going down I-Drive to World Drive because all those intersections are crazy too, or if you're hopping on I-4 you'll have the same problem.