JessicaW1234
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- Aug 1, 2009
Thinking to hop from EP to HS- is it faster to take the bus or friendship boat?
Someone had said it was about a mile walk - is that accurate?The fastest way is to walk it.
I've timed the ride at 24 minutes, from cast-off at Epcot to start of unloading at DHS. Add a few minutes for loading and unloading.The ride on the Friendship boat, which departs from the dock near the International Gateway, takes from 30-35 minutes. After departing Epcot, it stops at the Boardwalk, YC/BC, and Swan/Dolphin, before heading over to Hollywood Studios.
On Google Maps, it's 1.2 miles if you stay on the main walkways. There are a couple of shortcuts that can lower it to about a mile.Someone had said it was about a mile walk - is that accurate?
I've timed the ride at 24 minutes, from cast-off at Epcot to start of unloading at DHS. Add a few minutes for loading and unloading.
On Google Maps, it's 1.2 miles if you stay on the main walkways. There are a couple of shortcuts that can lower it to about a mile.
Length of travel path will be 2 miles. Maximum speed is about 13mph. Assuming Disney scales that back to 10mph, and adding time for passing thru the stations and possibly transferring at CBR, I'm estimating trip time at 20 minutes, plus queueing.Personally I can't wait for the gondolas.
Length of travel path will be 2 miles. Maximum speed is about 13mph. Assuming Disney scales that back to 10mph, and adding time for passing thru the stations and possibly transferring at CBR, I'm estimating trip time at 20 minutes, plus queueing.
I wasn't meaning to say that they would be slow. IMHO, 20 minutes is pretty darn good compared to the boats, and even not bad compared to most bus trips when you factor in wait time. And they'll be consistent: once you size up the queue, you'll be able to predict your arrival time pretty accurately, without worrying whether the next boat or bus will arrive in 5 minutes or 30 minutes. I'm expecting queue time to be pretty low, except at park exit.I pretty much know the gondolas won't be that fast but the gondolas will be like a ride with transportation attached as well as helping to spread out the crowds so maybe the boats will have less people waiting and at times like when a park lets out that's a big deal as having to wait for a second boat because the line is too long happens all the time.
Since the EP gondola station is adjacent to the IG boat dock, you could size up the situation and make a decision which means of transportation to use for EP to HS in real time.I wasn't meaning to say that they would be slow. IMHO, 20 minutes is pretty darn good compared to the boats, and even not bad compared to most bus trips when you factor in wait time. And they'll be consistent: once you size up the queue, you'll be able to predict your arrival time pretty accurately, without worrying whether the next boat or bus will arrive in 5 minutes or 30 minutes. I'm expecting queue time to be pretty low, except at park exit.