Transportation To/From Epcot and BeachClub

[TeamH5]

Does anyone happen to know if there's a shuttle from BeachClub to the front of Epcot?? Or Vice-Versa? I'm trying to plan our Epcot day, and wanting to start in Future World but end the night on the Boardwalk. We're driving, so I need to figure out where to strategically park the car so we don't end up having to walk back around. My plan right now is to park at the BeachClub, take a shuttle (provided one is available) around to the front of Epcot, do our touring, end the night with a late dinner on the Boardwalk and a view of Illuminations, then head back to the car and to our resort.

We're staying at Shades of Green, if anyone else has another idea for how we could work transportation for that.. I know SoG will transport us to Epcot, but I don't think they pick up from BeachClub.

 

[HMANSION LOVER]

It's only a fifteen minute walk from the Beach Club to the world showcase entrance at EPCOT. No need to take a shuttle. You can exit the same way and have a short walk to the Boardwalk.

 

[TeamH5]

It's only a fifteen minute walk from the Beach Club to the world showcase entrance at EPCOT. No need to take a shuttle. You can exit the same way and have a short walk to the Boardwalk.

I'm trying to start the day at the main entrance though, and then end on the Boardwalk. We have small kid with us, so I'm not trying to have a 30 min walk from the BC to Future World first thing in the morning. There's enough walking throughout the day as it is.

If we could shuttle from BC to the main entrance of Epcot, that would be better.

 

[hiroMYhero]

There isn't a bus between BC and the Epcot front entrance. You'd have to uber or taxi if you don't want to walk between IG and Future World.

You'd also need to use Valet Parking to leave your car at BC all day.

 

[Alesia]

If you want to park all day at the beach club, you'll have to pay for valet parking.

There isn't a bus. Your only real option is to walk to Epcot and enter through the IG.

I guess if you really insist on entering through the front entrance, you could walk to DHS and then take the bus to Epcot from there, but that would be a huge waste of time.

 

[AngiTN]

Yeah, no good way to do any of that. Personally, I'd use transportation to the front of Epcot. Can't you walk to Poly from SOG and use the transportation there? Seems like I've heard that is what folks do. You can go to TTC and take monorail right to Epcot.
Then go out IG to Boardwalk to end your night and take Uber back to SOG from one of the resorts.
Unless you want to pay for valet parking. But that is going to leave you with a walk through IG to the front of Epcot. I'm not sure it's tons longer though. The walk from the car drop off in to the heart to FW and the walk from IG to the heart of FW is not that different. I bet someone has the measurements

 

[yulilin3]

Does anyone happen to know if there's a shuttle from BeachClub to the front of Epcot?? Or Vice-Versa? I'm trying to plan our Epcot day, and wanting to start in Future World but end the night on the Boardwalk. We're driving, so I need to figure out where to strategically park the car so we don't end up having to walk back around. My plan right now is to park at the BeachClub, take a shuttle (provided one is available) around to the front of Epcot, do our touring, end the night with a late dinner on the Boardwalk and a view of Illuminations, then head back to the car and to our resort.

We're staying at Shades of Green, if anyone else has another idea for how we could work transportation for that.. I know SoG will transport us to Epcot, but I don't think they pick up from BeachClub.

I'm not understanding your point to want to park at Beach Club.
It seems you want to start and end your day at Epcot ,are you not watching Illuminations from Epcot?

 

[castoral]

I'm also not understanding WHY you would want to park at BC. Take transportation from SOG to Epcot, start at the front of the park as you want, work your way to the back, leaving through the back entrance at dinner. Take the ferry/walk to Boardwalk, take ferry/walk back, entering through back entrance, watch Illuminations and return to SoG via their transportation.

 

[TeamH5]

I'm not understanding your point to want to park at Beach Club.
It seems you want to start and end your day at Epcot ,are you not watching Illuminations from Epcot?

I think I messed up when I said Beach Club. It looks like the Boardwalk Villa's is what I should've mentioned... I've only been one other time so I was thinking BC.. Lol Sorry.

If we're still there that late, we'll watch Illuminations but last time my kids got a kick out of just perusing the Boardwalk, so if we happen to be there at the time of Illuminations, I figured we could just watch from the Bridge (From what I've read anyways)

Yeah, no good way to do any of that. Personally, I'd use transportation to the front of Epcot. Can't you walk to Poly from SOG and use the transportation there? Seems like I've heard that is what folks do. You can go to TTC and take monorail right to Epcot.
Then go out IG to Boardwalk to end your night and take Uber back to SOG from one of the resorts.
Unless you want to pay for valet parking. But that is going to leave you with a walk through IG to the front of Epcot. I'm not sure it's tons longer though. The walk from the car drop off in to the heart to FW and the walk from IG to the heart of FW is not that different. I bet someone has the measurements

I'm not sure. I'll look into that. Last time we stayed at AoA, so I'm not familiar at all with the set up of SoG and it's proximity to other resorts. I remember seeing it when we went to Magic Kingdom, but don't remember what else was around it.

 

[DisneyWishes14]

I"m not sure why you want to park at BC, but end at Boardwalk?

My suggestion would be to bus to EP from Shades of Green, end your evening at the Boardwalk (are you planning on viewing Illuminations from the bridge between BWI and BC?) and then uber back to SOG.

The only other way to do this is to valet at BWI, uber to front of the park and then drive from BWI to SOG at the end of the night, but that's a lot of moving pieces.

There is no shuttle between any of the EP resorts and EP FW. EP resort guests utilize the IG entrance for EP and simply walk to FW if that is where they want to start there day.

 

[yulilin3]

I think I messed up when I said Beach Club. It looks like the Boardwalk Villa's is what I should've mentioned... I've only been one other time so I was thinking BC.. Lol Sorry.

If we're still there that late, we'll watch Illuminations but last time my kids got a kick out of just perusing the Boardwalk, so if we happen to be there at the time of Illuminations, I figured we could just watch from the Bridge (From what I've read anyways)

You are not supposed to park all day at Boardwalk so what you can do is park at Epcot, tour the park then get in the car and drive to Boardwalk, since Boardwalk is not just a resort but an entertainment and food area the usually allow parking for guests not staying there unless it's a very busy day. They also have an overflow parking right across the street

 

[LSUfan4444]

Like others have mentioned, you would need to valet park at Boardwalk then grab a taxi to the front of Epcot to enter there. A much better option if you want to valet is to just enter through the International Gateway after you park at the Boardwalk.

If you're trying to park for free at the Boardwalk and leave your car there, that is against Disney policy.

 

[NH-to-FL]

I agree with the previous posters who suggest using Disney transportation from SoG to Epcot in the morning and then taxi or uber back to SoG from the Boardwalk at the end of the day. The cost of the taxi/uber would probably be equal or less than the valet parking.

 

[buzzgirls&dad]

I would not count on parking at either of these resorts even with valet unless you have a reservation for dining. We stayed at the BCV in Oct. and parking was very guarded. I know it was during Food and Wine but these resorts get very busy for Dec. BW very often has super restrictive parking because people want to do exactly what you are planning. On several days in Oct. both BW and the overflow lot were closed to anyone but BW guests. We have stayed in at BW in Dec, and restricted parking has happen then as well.

 

[loves to dive]

If you don't want to use the bus from SOG, you could park at HS, bus from HS to Epcot, end at BW and walk back to HS, it's not a long walk. If the boat is still running you can ride the boat back. If you are staying at SOG do they have free parking in the parks? If so, that would solve the problem.