Time

When on vacation - time is money. I mean, you want to get the most out of the money you've invested, right? One of the biggest mistakes people make at Disney is the amount of time it takes you to get to your destination. Let me see if I can give you some perspective.

When planning your trip, I will almost always ask you to first visit a crowd calendar website to plan what days you'll be in what park. Crowds are a time suck. For instance Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Saturday tends to be the busiest days for Magic Kingdom, but Sunday is generally recommended. Once you know what days you want to visit where, then you can plan fast passes and dining reservations. This is the first way to help limit your frustrations.

Another suggestion is to look at your resort and figure out the time it will take you to go from your building to the bus terminal for pick up. How long to walk to the pool. How long to walk to the main area for dining and drink refills, etc. Buses generally run every 20 min so sometimes it's faster to walk, especially if you just missed your bus. From your resort you will watch for the bus that says resort, park or Downtown Disney.

Examples from 2013 featuring the Wilderness Lodge times.

BUSES:

Animal Kingdom: Stops at GF: 29 min 22 min return
Epcot: Stops at FW: 23 min 15 min return
Hollywood Studios: Stops at GF: 21 min 15 min return
Magic Kingdom: Direct bus: 5 min to/from ,p. Blizzard Beach: Stops at GF: 23 min 13 min return
Typhoon Lagoon: Stops at GF: 20 min 15 min return
Downtown Disney Marketplace: Stops at GF: 26 min 24 min return

BOATS:

Red Flag boat: 12 min to/from MK
Red/Green Flag boat: 20 min to/from MK via FW (Used at off peak times to serve both FW and WL with one larger boat.)
Blue Flag boat: 5 min direct to/from CR
5 min direct to/from FW
14 min CR via FW
14 min FW via CR

BUSES FOR EARLY ADRs (Advance Dining Reservations) ONLY - not early entrance to park
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Buses for the Magic Kingdom and Magic Kingdom Resort Area will start running at 6:30am DAILY.
Buses for Animal Kingdom/Animal Kingdom Lodge will start running at 7:00-7:15am DAILY.
Buses for the Disney's Hollywood Studios (covering the Epcot Resort Area) will start running at 7:00-7:15am DAILY.
Buses for Epcot (Princess Breakfast at Norway) will start running at 7:00-7:15am DAILY.

This information is valid EVERY DAY, and for ALL DISNEY RESORTS serviced by Bus transportation.

From Wilderness Lodge to Typhoon Lagoon Water Park

Car directly to Disney's Typhoon Lagoon Water Park Estimated Time: 15 minutes
Bus directly to Disney's Typhoon Lagoon Water Park Estimated Time: 41 minutes
These are just a few of examples to give you an idea. When you get your travel packet we'll make sure to include information for your resort. This is one of the many perks of utilizing our travel agents at Archer Luxury Travel.

Angela Wilson - Archer Luxury Travel