What’s the easiest way to get to Magic kingdom whilst staying offsite?

[OP95]

Hi everyone,

I will be staying off site for the first time for my trip and plan on visiting the Disney parks. I understand that most of parks have a dedicated uber stop near the front. However I know that you have to go to the TTC for MK. What would be the easiest way to avoid having to go on the monarail? Would it be best to get an uber to a nearby resort and then take their bus? Would this be a good idea as well for Disney springs? If anyone has done this before before would love to know how easy it was.

Appreciate the help!

 

[Best Aunt]

Hi everyone,

I will be staying off site for the first time for my trip and plan on visiting the Disney parks. I understand that most of parks have a dedicated uber stop near the front. However I know that you have to go to the TTC for MK. What would be the easiest way to avoid having to go on the monarail? Would it be best to get an uber to a nearby resort and then take their bus? Would this be a good idea as well for Disney springs? If anyone has done this before before would love to know how easy it was.

Appreciate the help!

Re taking an Uber to a nearby resort to get to the MK:

Disney doesn't want you to do that.

Contemporary and Grand Floridian having walking paths to MK. The guard at the gate for those resorts probably won't let an Uber in unless the person has a hotel reservation or a table service restaurant reservation. You might get a guard who is lax, but I wouldn't count on it.

Polynesian is near MK, but you take a monorail from there to MK, or walk to TTC and take a monorail (or ferry boat) from there.

Wilderness Lodge has a boat and a bus to MK. I don't know how strict the guards are at that gate. But in general, if you're parking there (or at any hotel), you're potentially taking a parking space away from someone who needs it because they are staying there or eating at a table service restaurant there.

I don't see how going to Disney Springs and taking a bus would be easier than going to TTC and taking a monorail or ferryboat. I personally don't think buses are a better form of transportation than monorail or ferryboat, but that's just my opinion.

 

[focusondisney]

Hi everyone,

I will be staying off site for the first time for my trip and plan on visiting the Disney parks. I understand that most of parks have a dedicated uber stop near the front. However I know that you have to go to the TTC for MK. What would be the easiest way to avoid having to go on the monarail? Would it be best to get an uber to a nearby resort and then take their bus? Would this be a good idea as well for Disney springs? If anyone has done this before before would love to know how easy it was.

Appreciate the help!

You won’t be allowed to ride share to a MK resort. Resorts are not park drop off locations. You need an adr at a table service restaurant or you will be turned away & directed to the actual drop off location, the TTC. If you don’t want to take the monorail, take the ferry.

As for ride sharing to a different resort or Disney Springs, you won’t save any time, by the time you get to the resort & wait up to 20-25 minutes for their bus & then travel to the park. Also, depending on the resort, access is limited at park open & close at other resorts too. Just go direct to your park.

 

[Miffy]

OP, If what you're trying to avoid is the monorail, you can take the ferry from the TTC instead.

If what you're trying to avoid is the TTC, you are going to waste a lot of time ubering to a non-monorail resort--here I'd suggest avoiding any Deluxe resort since they might turn you away without an ADR--and then waiting for a bus to MK.

Going to DS saves you no time, since the buses from DS go to resorts, not parks. You could wait 30 minutes for a bus to a resort and another 30 minutes for a bus to MK.

Take your ride to the TTC is really the easiest and fastest thing to do.

 

[scrappinginontario]

Disney resorts (value, moderate, deluxe, DVC) will turn guests away at security checkpoint without an ADR.

Your best way to avoid the monorail is to take an Uber to TTC and take the ferry to MK. There really are no other options.

 

[Kooks and Bay Bay]

My advice is don't try to get around it.
Just go to the TTC and use the ferry, monorail, or bus.

Disney does not want you to Uber to a resort unless you have a dining reservation or a room reservation.

And no it would not be easier to Uber to a resort to go to Disney Springs.
Just Uber directly to Disney Springs.

 

[bettertheangel]

I believe you can order a Minnie Van via Lyft that will drop you off at MK directly.

https://disneyworld.disney.go.com/minnie-van/#drawer-card-drawerMinnieVanService

 

[Lewisc]

I believe you can order a Minnie Van via Lyft that will drop you off at MK directly.

https://disneyworld.disney.go.com/minnie-van/#drawer-card-drawerMinnieVanService

Minnie Vans will NOT pick up from offsite locations; nit pick Club guests can get MV from MCO.

PP are correct, 10 minute ferry ride will take less time then the alternatives

 

[scrappinginontario]

I believe you can order a Minnie Van via Lyft that will drop you off at MK directly.

https://disneyworld.disney.go.com/minnie-van/#drawer-card-drawerMinnieVanService

OP is staying offsite so Minnie Van is not an option for them.

 

[Brian Noble]

What would be the easiest way to [get to MK]

I've done this many different ways. The time you "save" by getting dropped off at a walkable resort is eaten up pretty quickly by getting to that resort (and back out) in the first place because those roads can't really handle all the traffic they have now during peak times---and that's when you are doing this. And that's before you factor in the wait for the uber in the first place.

After long experience, I just drive to the TTC. It's easy because the roads are designed to handle that traffic, and it is not much slower than doing anything else.

 

[jimmymc]

Just get dropped off at the TTC and take the monorail or boat. It's easier than any resort that would let you in or other options.

 

[Mle8308]

Hi everyone,

I will be staying off site for the first time for my trip and plan on visiting the Disney parks. I understand that most of parks have a dedicated uber stop near the front. However I know that you have to go to the TTC for MK. What would be the easiest way to avoid having to go on the monarail? Would it be best to get an uber to a nearby resort and then take their bus? Would this be a good idea as well for Disney springs? If anyone has done this before before would love to know how easy it was.

Appreciate the help!

If you want to avoid the monorail at the TTC, take the ferry.

 

[NH-to-FL]

We went through the transition from on to off site. We discovered that the ferry was the nicest way to make the trip over to the MK. I actually enjoy the ride, watching the MK appear over the lake.

Yes, it does take some time but, as previous posters note, probably not longer than waiting for a bus at a resort, especially if it is a busy time and you end up waiting for a second bus, and then the ride on the bus. The ferrys run fairly frequently, especially during busy times. And if you are going to uber to the TTC you will get dropped off near the TTC. We would drive and have to take the tram to the TTC.

 

[_19disnA]

The times we have stayed offsite, we always rented a car. Gave us more flexibility to come/go whenever we wanted and makes it way easier to find non-Disney restaurants for dinner. We might decide to shop/sightsee and our car was always there for us. Those online taxi services can't drop off at places like the Contemporary since it was causing problems with congestion as they lined up all the way back to the main road.

Where we parked was determined by which park(s) we planned to visit that day. If going to Epcot, made way more sense to park there compared to the TTC and taking the monorail. Didn't see that as any benefit unless you enjoy the long monorail ride to/from the park.