Skylines, monorail and bus questions

[momz]

I have read a few posts talking about long waits for busses. We are staying at Pop in March. Am I correct the the skyline goes to Epcot and Hollywood studios? Is it a direct route, or are there connections to make. Also, is it possible to get to the monorail at Epcot from the skyline without entering the park? Thinking about a non-park day and taking the monorail around so would like to know if we can ride the skyline instead of a bus to get to the monorail.

 

[CarolynFH]

I have read a few posts talking about long waits for busses. We are staying at Pop in March. Am I correct the the skyline goes to Epcot and Hollywood studios? Is it a direct route, or are there connections to make. Also, is it possible to get to the monorail at Epcot from the skyline without entering the park? Thinking about a non-park day and taking the monorail around so would like to know if we can ride the skyline instead of a bus to get to the monorail.

The Skyliner goes from Pop/AoA to CBR, where you would change to either the Epcot or the DHS line. And unfortunately, no, there’s no way to get from the Skyliner at the Epcot IG to the monorail without using a ticket to enter Epcot and walk through to the monorail. If you want to ride the monorail without taking a bus directly to MK, I’d ride the Skyliner to DHS and take the bus from there to one of the monorail resorts (CR, Poly, GF) if it’s before about 1:30 PM (when the park hopping buses start running) or to the MK after that. I can’t think of a way that avoids buses completely!