Park hopping and transportation

[Lees75]

We are planning on doing some park hopping, particularly to and from water parks. But I don't want to waste too much time unnecessarily.

This is probably an obvious question for all the seasoned Disney Veterans, but please help an international newbie Are there timetables that show transport options and times between the various parks?

 

[vicki_c]

Timetables, no, because bus scheduling is dynamic, based on need. It's not scheduled like a city bus. You can pop over to the Transportstion board if you like and there's a running thread on "how to get from point a to point b" and post any specific questions there. Lots of knowledgeable people there including some Disney transportation CMS.

 

[Robo]

We are planning on doing some park hopping, particularly to and from water parks. But I don't want to waste too much time unnecessarily.

This is probably an obvious question for all the seasoned Disney Veterans, but please help an international newbie Are there timetables that show transport options and times between the various parks?

There is "direct" transportation between all the WDW theme parks.
The frequency of departure for each is approximately every 20 minutes, give or take, all day long.

Most routes are via Disney Buses.

Here are the "park-to-park" Disney Transportation direct connections:

MK> Epcot = Monorail to TTC, Switch to 2nd Monorail to Epcot
MK> DHS = Direct Bus
MK> AK= Direct Bus

AK> DHS= Direct Bus
AK> Epcot= Direct Bus
AK> MK= Direct Bus

DHS> MK= Direct Bus
DHS> AK= Direct Bus
DHS> Epcot= Direct Bus (Epcot Front Gate) or Boat (Epcot Intl. Gateway)
......Boats ("Friendships") make 3 interim stops at the Epcot area resorts.

Epcot > MK= Monorail to TTC, Switch to 2nd Monorail to MK
Epcot > AK= Direct Bus
Epcot> DHS= Direct Bus (Epcot Front Gate) or Boat (Epcot Intl. Gateway)
......Boats ("Friendships") make 3 interim stops at the Epcot area resorts.

The buses have their destinations shown on them on illuminated signs.
The bus stops at the parks are also marked with signage.

As a rule-of-thumb, allow 40-60 minutes to get from the gates of one park to the gates of another park.

 

[Lees75]

Thanks guys

 

[I M Fearless]

I find the map for transportation really helpful here: http://www.wdwfocus.com/map/

It is like a tube train map and it really helps to visualise the most logical routes.

 

[I M Fearless]

Just a minor point, if you are at a theme park and are planning to travel to a waterpark later in the day check on the capacity BEFORE you travel.

Usually staff at the theme park gates will know if a waterpark is full to capacity.

I'm not sure how often this happens but I have been caught out before at Typhoon Lagoon, when we have got there and then had to travel to Blizzard Beach.

I would guess this is more likely at weekends in peak season, but you could save yourself a 1.5 hour round-trip on a bus.