Poly to Hoop de doo review

[Disney grandma]

What is the best way to get to Hoop de doo theater from the Polynesian resort? Thanks

 

[Shelly F - Ohio]

•Take the boat to Magic Kingdom® Park
Transfer to Boat to Disney's Fort Wilderness Resort & Campground
Estimated Time: 35 minutes

OR

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•Walk from the Poly to Transportation & Ticket Center
Transfer to Bus to Disney's Fort Wilderness Resort & Campground
Estimated Time: 36 minutes

 

[tobikaye]

1. Monorail or boat to MK, then boat to FW
2. Monorail to Contemporary, then boat to FW

The MK would probably be better as after you get off the boat or monorail, the boat is pretty much right there. From the monorail station at Contemporary, you would need to go down and out to the dock, which will take more time.

I do not know of any FW bus that goes to/from TTC to FW.

 

[HappyDznyCamper]

•Take the boat to Magic Kingdom® Park
Transfer to Boat to Disney's Fort Wilderness Resort & Campground
Estimated Time: 35 minutes

OR

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•Walk from the Poly to Transportation & Ticket Center
Transfer to Bus to Disney's Fort Wilderness Resort & Campground
Estimated Time: 36 minutes

There is no bus from TTC to FW.
Boat from MK or CR are the easiest, boat from MK the least amount of walking.

 

[sotoalf]

Old timers will remember when until the mid eighties WDW provided water craft between the Polynesian and Ft Wilderness.

 

[Disney grandma]

Thanks for the suggestions. I am an old timer and the first time we stayed at the Poly in 1974, we also enjoyed Hoop de doo review. That was the only time we saw it, so decided to take our kids and grandkids. Hope they enjoy it too!

 

[Jestocost]

•Take the boat to Magic Kingdom® Park
Transfer to Boat to Disney's Fort Wilderness Resort & Campground
Estimated Time: 35 minutes

OR

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•Walk from the Poly to Transportation & Ticket Center
Transfer to Bus to Disney's Fort Wilderness Resort & Campground
Estimated Time: 36 minutes

You ran this through the OLP Transportation Wizard, right?

If so, another example of why you need to be careful using that. As PPs have noted, there is no bus service between FW and the TTC and there has not been for many years.

 

[goofy4tink]

Boat to MK, transfer to the WL/FtW boat. Allow an hour.

 

[Lewisc]

•Take the boat to Magic Kingdom® Park
Transfer to Boat to Disney's Fort Wilderness Resort & Campground
Estimated Time: 35 minutes

OR

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•Walk from the Poly to Transportation & Ticket Center
Transfer to Bus to Disney's Fort Wilderness Resort & Campground
Estimated Time: 36 minutes

You ran this through the OLP Transportation Wizard, right?

If so, another example of why you need to be careful using that. As PPs have noted, there is no bus service between FW and the TTC and there has not been for many years.

Which is why I say the OLP wizard is less then useless. People who know enough to catch all their errors don't need it. People who either really need it or hope to find a routing they don't know about could be waiting at a bus stop for years before Disney restores a route which hasn't run in over 10 years.

OLP is the only place which lists transportation alternatives for going between BLT and CR. Really sad. They find the time time to make jokes, add new resorts and update names of places (DHS) but no time to correct errors.

 

[NJRRK]

OLP is the only place which lists transportation alternatives for going between BLT and CR.

That's funny, at least I think so. Or maybe sad because someone might try to follow it.

 

[Lewisc]

That's funny, at least I think so. Or maybe sad because someone might try to follow it.

Sad. The have the time to, at least attempt, to be funny. They have time to add new resorts. They don't have time to correct serious errors. Years ago I exchanged messages with the OLP people. They said they were going to make the changes. They didn't. A year or so after that a couple of posters on DIS did the same thing.

DHS, not EPCOT, is a transfer point from any resort to an EPCOT resort. Using EPCOT requires a long walk through EPCOT and requires park admission. Not an issue if you have an AP or hopper (and have a reason to walk through EPCOT). Last time I checked they were still using EPCOT as a transfer point.

I've to the conclusion the people behind the OLP transportation wizard are sadistic people who enjoy giving out wrong directions, presented in a way that make them look accurate.

They fooled Shelly F - Ohio.
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[grimley1968]

Sad. The have the time to, at least attempt, to be funny. They have time to add new resorts. They don't have time to correct serious errors. Years ago I exchanged messages with the OLP people. They said they were going to make the changes. They didn't. A year or so after that a couple of posters on DIS did the same thing.

DHS, not EPCOT, is a transfer point from any resort to an EPCOT resort. Using EPCOT requires a long walk through EPCOT and requires park admission. Not an issue if you have an AP or hopper (and have a reason to walk through EPCOT). Last time I checked they were still using EPCOT as a transfer point.

I've to the conclusion the people behind the OLP transportation wizard are sadistic people who enjoy giving out wrong directions, presented in a way that make them look accurate.

They fooled Shelly F - Ohio.
i

And for the longest time they didn't have the Poly as a transportation hub on its own. For instance, you used to be able to put Poly at the start and EPCOT at the end, and it would have you ride the resort monorail all the way around to the TTC, and then transfer to the EPCOT monorail. Just a little time spent at the Poly tells you that the TTC is literally steps away, which of course saves tons of time versus taking the monorail all the way around. It appears that they finally fixed that problem, but it took them YEARS to do so.

Because the transportation wizard on that site is so flawed, I have problems trusting any other information that site tries to impart. For all I know the rest of their info could be 100% correct, but the transportation wizard is a deal breaker for me.

OP, the quickest "Disney" way to get from Poly to HDDR is, like others said, to take the monorail or boat from Poly to MK, and then the boat from MK to FW. A cab would of course be much faster, since the resorts are pretty close together as a crow flies.

For the return trip, if HDDR ends after MK has closed for the night, they might have buses going to each resort. Otherwise, I'd take the boat from FW back to MK, and then get on the boat (and not the monorail) at MK going back to the Poly. At the end of the day, the boats going to Poly/GF are typically faster than the resort monorail, and require fewer stops.

 

[wiigirl]

1. Monorail or boat to MK, then boat to FW
2. Monorail to Contemporary, then boat to FW

The MK would probably be better as after you get off the boat or monorail, the boat is pretty much right there. From the monorail station at Contemporary, you would need to go down and out to the dock, which will take more time.

I do not know of any FW bus that goes to/from TTC to FW.