Staying Off Property and 7:35AM ADR

[wtudor3201]

Staying off property this visit and we have a 7:35AM ADR for Cape May Cafe at the Beach Club. Our plan for the day is to go to the MK. My thought was to park at Epcot, take a bus to Beach Club and then a bus from Beach Club to MK and then at the end of the day take the monorail back to Epcot. I figured that'd be easier in the long run with a stroller so that we don't have to deal with the trolley at the MK parking lot with the stroller.

My big question is...will the transportation be going early enough to do this? We really want to leave breakfast and go straight to the park without having to deal with the car at all. Last visit we stayed on site so I'm familiar with the bus system. Thoughts and suggestions would be appreciated!

 

[grimley1968]

I'd just park at Beach Club and go to the ADR. Then after the ADR, drive on over to the TTC (the MK parking lot where you catch the monorail or ferry to MK). Yes, you'll have to fold up the stroller and drag it on to the tram (unless you're close enough to the front of the TTC to walk). But this is by far the quickest way to do what you're wanting to do.

Unless it has been added recently, there is no bus route between EPCOT and the EPCOT area resorts (including Beach Club). This is because those resorts are walkable from the back of EPCOT via the International Gateway entrance.

As for the stroller, you'd have to fold it up anyway to get on buses, so there's no real time saved by having to fold up the stroller for buses versus having to fold it up for the trams at the TTC.

Good news with this approach is that, at the end of the day at MK, your car is right there at the TTC.

 

[goofy4tink]

I would park at the BC, have breakfast, then drive over to the MK. It will be quicker and easier. You will have to pay to park though...but you would have had to pay to park at Epcot.
There are no buses going to YC/BC, BW, or S/D from Epcot.

 

[wtudor3201]

Thanks! I didn't even think about Epcot being walking distance to that resort. Definitely good information!

 

[grimley1968]

Thanks! I didn't even think about Epcot being walking distance to that resort. Definitely good information!

It's walking distance to the back of EPCOT, via the Intl. Gateway. It's a long walk through EPCOT (and requires park entry) to get to the front where the monorail stop is.

Trust me, driving is the quickest and easiest way from BC to MK if you have your car with you anyway.