Monorail for Magic Kingdom Rope Drop?

[ashaway12]

Good morning everyone. We are staying at the Polynesian for the first time this April. We have stayed at the Wilderness Lodge in the past and we always try our best to be at the parks early for rope drop. Looking back at past itineraries (I have a planning obsession problem) At the WL we typically were on the bus by 7:20 and were at MK security by about 7:45 and gates opened at 8:00 for 8:30 AM early entry. Now that we are staying at the Polynesian my thought is that we will be using the monorail for transportation to MK. From what I have read it seems that the monorail starts to operate 30 mins prior to park opening, does this mean the first monorail comes through at about 8:00 AM and monorail riders get to MK later than those taking the bus?

 

[Jaydee51]

I thought there was no bus service from WL to MK, only boat, but i may be wrong. Monorail from Poly to MK only take a few minutes and starts running rather early (before 8am). Bus i not really a viable option.

 

[ashaway12]

WL does have a bus that we took that got us there at about 7:45 each time. They have the boats too but we relied on the bus. I was wondering more from the Polynesian would the monorail get us there earlier or would walking to the TTC and taking the ferry get us there earlier.

 

[LadybugsMum]

When we stayed in the Pago Pago building, it was very easy to walk over to TTC for the express monorail to MK. I would not take the ferry as that tends to take longer.

 

[ashaway12]

Some websites seem to show that the monorail begins to run earlier than the posted "30 minutes prior to park opening"

https://allears.net/walt-disney-world-transportation-monorails-and-trains/

https://www.parksavers.com/guide-to-the-walt-disney-world-monorail-stops-hours-more-faqs/

 

[sponica]

I feel like it started before 8 AM, I would actually check on the Poly thread over in resorts, someone over there might know more.

 

[brockash]

It starts earlier but isn't supposed to stop at mk stop until a certain time. A huge advantage to taking the monorail in is that you've already gone through security. That in itself would've been worth it today.