Travel time between parks?

[lea25]

Thinking about trying to get an adr for the Grand Floridian Cafe for dinner.

It's our first trip to WDW and I'm not sure how travelling between parks can be.

Here's our tentative schedule:
Thur: MK/Epcot, with adr for Coral Reef at 4:25pm
Fri: DHS
Sat: MK, with adr for Tutto Italia at 1:30pm
Sun: AK

So I'd like to do a lunch or dinner, if I can get one, on Fri or Sun at GFC. Is that something that can be done without stressing a family out?

What kind of travel time between parks should I plan for? I know there's alot of assumptions that have to be made (just missed a bus, bus waiting lines are crowded, etc), but a good guestimate?

 

[PrincessTiffany]

Thinking about trying to get an adr for the Grand Floridian Cafe for dinner.

It's our first trip to WDW and I'm not sure how travelling between parks can be.

Here's our tentative schedule:
Thur: MK/Epcot, with adr for Coral Reef at 4:25pm
Fri: DHS
Sat: MK, with adr for Tutto Italia at 1:30pm
Sun: AK

So I'd like to do a lunch or dinner, if I can get one, on Fri or Sun at GFC. Is that something that can be done without stressing a family out?

What kind of travel time between parks should I plan for? I know there's alot of assumptions that have to be made (just missed a bus, bus waiting lines are crowded, etc), but a good guestimate?

Previously post by Diser Robo on another thread:

No matter which park at which you choose to park...

There is "direct" transportation between all the WDW theme-parks.

Most routes are via Disney Buses.

Here are the "park-to-park" Disney Transportation direct connections:

>Note: The MK buses connections arrive and depart only at TTC.<

MK/TTC> Epcot = Monorail
MK/TTC> DHS = Bus
MK/TTC> AK= Bus

AK> DHS= Direct Bus
AK> Epcot= Direct Bus
AK> TTC/MK= Bus

DHS> TTC/MK= Bus
DHS> AK= Direct Bus
DHS> Epcot= Direct Bus (Epcot Front Gate) or Boat (Epcot Intl. Gateway)
......Boats ("Friendships") make 3 interim stops at the Epcot area resorts.)

Epcot > TTC/MK= Monorail
Epcot > AK= Direct Bus
Epcot> DHS= Direct Bus (Epcot Front Gate) or Boat (Epcot Intl. Gateway)
......Boats ("Friendships") make 3 interim stops at the Epcot area resorts.)

The buses have their destinations shown on them on illuminated signs.
The bus stops are also marked with signage.

As a rule-of-thumb, allow 40-60 minutes to get from the gates of one park to the gates of another park.

 

[lea25]

Ok...dumb question now... what's TTC?

 

[PrincessTiffany]

Ok...dumb question now... what's TTC?

Ticket & Transportation Center. It's the main transportation hub for the Magic Kingdom.

 

[NeverlandClub23]

As a rule-of-thumb, allow 40-60 minutes to get from the gates of one park to the gates of another park.

Yes, this is a good average of the time it takes to get from one park to another. I would leave at least an hour to leave the park, get to the next park, go through the turnstiles/bag checks, and be able to walk and check into your next ADR. Keep in mind that there may be parades or other things going on that could make it take longer to walk through the parks at certain times of the day.