Realistic Time to Arrive at Magic Kingdom after Disembarking

[disneypanda11]

We're considering getting Magic Kingdom tickets for our debarkation day. On the app, it say's we depart the ship at 7:30 AM- can someone confirm if this is accurate or what the latest possible time is we'd be leaving the ship? Are there any extra "steps" to leaving, like picking up our luggage somewhere or going through any kind of checkout? Is it safe to assume, if we're really getting off the ship at 7:30 that we could arrive to Magic Kingdom by 9 am?

*ETA: We will have a car parked at the port.

If anyone's done this before, I'd appreciate some insight! With only doing one day, we'd like to make sure we'd have enough time in the park to even make the ticket worth the price.

Thanks!

 

[dcassetta]

Express walk-off usually begins by 7:30. I say usually because there can be issues getting back into port on time due to a variety of issues, but this is not common.

Express walk-off means that you carry all your own luggage off the ship at the end of the cruise as it talks time for luggage to be carried off the ship and sorted.

You will need to have your own car or arrange private transfers as DCL does not start running their buses to the resorts that early. If you do not have a vehicle where you can leave luggage, you will also need to allow time to stop at your resort and drop luggage with bell services.

If everything goes perfectly and there are no traffic issues on the Beeline, a 9am MK entry might be possible.

 

[happycamper47]

If everything goes perfectly and there are no traffic issues on the Beeline, a 9am MK entry might be possible.

We did regular Disembark when we left in June and we were at the airport (Navy Exchange) at 8:30 and it's about 20 minutes to the parks from there. So if all the stars align you can do it.

 

[Rob1872]

Our last cruise the line to express disembark snaked back and forth through most of deck 3. We didn't clear customs as early as we had in the previous 4 cruises. So while you might get off the boat early and quickly, don't make any plans that can't handle a little bit of a delay.

 

[lanejudy]

Is it safe to assume, if we're really getting off the ship at 7:30 that we could arrive to Magic Kingdom by 9 am?

As others have shared, it may be possible to arrive at the MK gates at 9am, I would plan more likely for a 9:30-10am arrival.

Express walk-off usually starts at 7:30. You keep your bags in your stateroom the night before and carry everything off with you. Go through Customs. Then get to your car for the drive. If the ship arrives late, clearance for debarkation is delayed, or an accident on the way to Orlando — any of these are possible and could cause a delay for your plans.

 

[cvjw]

On our last cruise in October, we ate breakfast at cabanas at 8:00. Walked off the ship at 8:30, got a porter for our luggage and picked up our car in the parking lot. We pulled into the poly at 10:00, and there was a wreck on the way that slowed us down.

 

[MomOTwins]

We did express walkoff with a private car waiting and were at the park by 9:30. I feel like that is more realistic, especially at MK where you need to park and take the monorail or ferry from the parking lot.

Just remember it is travel and delays do happen. When we boarded the Magic this year, the ship before us had a delayed disembarkation due to some coast guard issue and we saw a lot of crabby panicked people rushing to the buses at 10:30 trying to make their flights…

I think you’ll have a fun day at MK regardless. In your shoes I would definitely get Genie + so rope drop is not as critical