VWL boat location question

[Serena6010]

Hi guys,

I'm planning on staying at VWL on a MMSHP night.........how far is the boat to get to MK from the villas? Is the boat crowded on those nights? Thanks for your help!

-Serena

 

[disneyberry]

the boat is a bit of a walk away from the villas. (10 min? i can't remember. you have to walk past the quiet pool, and then past the main WL courtyard/pool, past the geyser, and then to the dock.)
especially if you get a room alllll the way at the end of the Villas hallway. that'll add another 5 min.
just request a room close to the elevators.

i can't answer your question about MNNSHP. try asking on the Transportation board. ChipNDaleExpress should know. (he's a Disney CM bus driver)

 

[Regina]

I just got back from a stay at VWL.

The boat dock at the MK wasn't far at all. We had stayed for the second performance of Spectromagic. We had to hustle to get the last boat which was leaving at 11:45. (We were watching the parade in Frontierland.) We were the last ones on the boat. They were running a separate boat for Ft. Wilderness guests, but we usually shared transportation with them.

The VWL/WL does have a bus that goes to the Ticket and Transportation center, but we did not want to deal with that.

Getting to the VWL from the dock isn't bad. It may have taken 5 minutes to get to our room.

As for getting to Epcot, MGM and Downtown, be prepared. Not only did the bus seem to take forever to get to the WL/VWL, we then had to go to Ft. Wilderness to pick up those guests.

Meanwhile, as I mentioned, they have a bus that goes to and from the TTC, and another bus that goes back and forth from the WL to Ft. Wilderness. There's also a boat that goes to and from the Contemporary. We regretted not taking the latter and taking the monorail from there.

That was our one complaint. We were less than thrilled with the bus transportation. We usually stay at OKW and it seemed that it took twice as long to get anywhere than what we're used to.