Transportation Advice: Car v. Disney Bus and/or Boat

[MasterGracey84]

Good day all. I would like some feedback from the community on what you think would be the best stragegy for my day. Monday, October 26th: I have a ADR at 9:00am at Whispering Canyon at the WL. I'm staying at the CBR and will be driving over to the WL.

After breakfast, I will be touring the DHS OR the AK and hopping to the MK for park closing and EMH. Soooooo, my question is: What will get me out of the MK the quickest at park closing and back to my comfortable bed at the CBR??? I'm looking to get the most bang for my buck and tour this day to the max.

Option#1: I leave my car for the day at WL (WL in my experience is the most lenient for day parking). I tour as I please for the day leaving the WL via Disney bus. I return to the WL from the MK by the ferry boat? or Disney bus? Then fight traffic driving back to the CBR.

Option#2: I immediately leave the WL in my car after breakfast and drive back to the CBR and rely on Disney transportation for the remainder of the day, causing me to rely on a Disney bus to return to my resort for the night.

Option#3: I immediately leave the WL in my car after breakfast and drive over to the MK to park. I catch a bus to either the DHS or AK. When I hop back to the MK, my car is already there and I can drive back to my resort when the park closes.

I'm open to an option 4 if anyone can think of anything else Thank you all in advance for reading and commenting.

 

[robndani]

Option #3. I think that would give you the shortest wait at the end of the night. Boating back to WL at the end of the night can be a long wait.

Sound like a fun day! ENJOY!

 

[amylevan]

Option #3. I think that would give you the shortest wait at the end of the night. Boating back to WL at the end of the night can be a long wait.

Sound like a fun day! ENJOY!

However, you'd still have to take the monorail or ferry over to the TTC to get your car. We hate parking at the MK for that reason.

 

[robndani]

I agree with PP, but it's better than the boat to WL in my opinion.

 

[Brenda Kim]

I agree with PP however here is Option #4 park your car at the Contemporary, that way you can walk to the car and not have to wait for a boat or monorail to get you to your vehicle. I have never tried this by the way, so if anyone has let me know if it's an option. I absolutely hate dealing with the getting to the T&T center after Wishes at MK.

However since you are dealing with staying to park close with EMH, then neither the boats or the monorail should be a long wait, or the bus ride back to your resort for that matter. The question then becomes, do you want to drive after a long day at the parks. If not then option #2 is the way to go. I know I would rather zone out on the Disney bus system then use my brain to drive back to the resort after a FULL day of park touring.

 

[siskaren]

I agree with PP however here is Option #4 park your car at the Contemporary, that way you can walk to the car and not have to wait for a boat or monorail to get you to your vehicle. I have never tried this by the way, so if anyone has let me know if it's an option. I absolutely hate dealing with the getting to the T&T center after Wishes at MK.

You're not supposed to park at resorts for theme park access, however, if you pay to valet at the Contemporary, that should be fine. (I say "should be" because I've heard that there are times of the year when you're not allowed to valet park at a resort you're not staying at unless you have an ADR.)

 

[ambolejack]

I would go with option 3. However, when leaving MK I suggest taking the ferry back. The ferry fits hundreds of people and we had better luck with this than taking the monorail back to TTC.

 

[goofy4tink]

Depends on how badly you want to get to your comfy bed. If its really important, I would paybtomvalet park at the CR first thing in the morning. Then take the boat over to WL, bus from WL to your next park, bus to MK for EMHs. When you're ready to leave MK, just walk over to the CR...less than 10 mins...get your car and drive to CBR.
If you don't want to spend the money, park at MK, take the boat to WL, bus to the next park, returning to MK for EMHs, then take the ferry to TTC, get your car and head back.