With a car and the three parks you are visiting (EPCOT, AK, DHS), I also recommend driving yourself. I fins it is much easier to drive and park at all the parks except for Magic Kingdom than to take Disney transportation.
If you don't want to drive, I also agree with Pirate Granny's advice to park at DHS. The last thing you are going to want to do late at night is bus to another park to get to your car.
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As other posters have said, drive your own car.
It can be an amazingly long wait for a bus in between parks. With the exception of the Magic Kingdom (which the OP is not going to), you can almost always beat the buses if you drive yourself.
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tjstrike;2465963 wrote: As was stated earlier about the parking lot, same thing applies here, the buses from Boardwalk and Beach club are for the patrons of these 2 facilities.
Sorry to disappoint you, but all Disney Transportation - bus, boat or monorail - is available for use by any guest at Walt Disney World.
The only constraints are that you cannot take a bus from a park to Downtown Disney or from Downtown Disney to a park. Transportation to/from Downtown Disney is only from/to a Disney Resort hotel
https://disneyworld.disney.go.com/guest-services/bus-transportation/
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PopPhan;2466048 wrote: Sorry to disappoint you, but all Disney Transportation - bus, boat or monorail - is available for use by any guest at Walt Disney World.
The only constraints are that you cannot take a bus from a park to Downtown Disney or from Downtown Disney to a park. Transportation to/from Downtown Disney is only from/to a Disney Resort hotel
https://disneyworld.disney.go.com/guest-services/bus-transportation/
What disappoints me is when I can't fit on a bus because it's filled with people not staying at my resort. Say what you will, there's all kinds of ways to cheat the system, just most can't figure them out.
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tjstrike;2466049 wrote: What disappoints me is when I can't fit on a bus because it's filled with people not staying at my resort. Say what you will, there's all kinds of ways to cheat the system, just most can't figure them out.
How on earth do you know where people are staying? And you have never taken a bus to a resort you aren't staying at to have a meal there?
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It isnt cheating the system! Heck, you can use Disney Transport even if you aren't staying on Disney Property AND aren't going to the parks. If someone wanted to go visit a resort then hop on a bus to MK just to ride the monorail loop and back again, then head home, they are welcome too.
Agreed. Disney transportation is for all guests, not just resort guests. Has anyone ever asked for confirmation you are a resort guest as you enter any transportation?
MNDisney Dad;2468464 wrote: Agreed. Disney transportation is for all guests, not just resort guests. Has anyone ever asked for confirmation you are a resort guest as you enter any transportation?
Believe it or not, they used to...
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Main Street Jim;2468528 wrote: Believe it or not, they used to...
I still have cards from the early 90's that were used for bus transportation. We had one card that was our park ticket, one card that was the room key, and another card with the resort logo that was used to show the bus driver every time we got on a bus.
MNDisney Dad;2468464 wrote: Agreed. Disney transportation is for all guests, not just resort guests. Has anyone ever asked for confirmation you are a resort guest as you enter any transportation?
Main Street Jim;2468528 wrote: Believe it or not, they used to...
AllyMonkey;2468578 wrote: I still have cards from the early 90's that were used for bus transportation. We had one card that was our park ticket, one card that was the room key, and another card with the resort logo that was used to show the bus driver every time we got on a bus.
And they used to make you purchase and use individual tickets to each attraction, too, but that is no more. Just like bus "tickets".
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Oh, I do remember those days where they would check and verify folks were staying at a Disney resort before allowing them on a bus or boat or monorail. That just became so inefficient and ineffective to do that. But even when they checked to make sure you were a Disney resort guest (or had a Disney pass for a theme park), they didn't require you to be staying at the specific resort the bus was traveling to or from. Being a guest meant access to all Disney transportation and wherever you wanted to go, and it still does - even if someone isn't staying at a WDW resort or paying to get into a Disney park.
I'm shocked that some people think it's appropriate to break the rules. That's the Disney spirit. Let's teach our kids to be thieves in the night.
Your attention please, the Walt Disney World Railroad is now boarding for a trip around the Magic Kingdom
Please, pray tell, what rules are being broken?
