Uber/Lyft to Epcot or nearby hotel?

[Knightro407]

Good Morning. We will be visiting Epcot this week and staying at an offsite hotel. Our plan was to Uber/Lyft to and from Epcot, but I read some different blogs from last year stating that trying to do that prior to the park opening could result in a long wait time. The suggestion was to get a ride to a hotel and then walk to Epcot. I was not able to find any recent articles though.

Is that still the best option? Which hotels can we be dropped off at to walk to Epcot? I did read that you may be denied at some resorts if you don't have a dining reservation.

Also, we purchased our tickets online. If we go the route above, will there be a full service ticket counter/kiosk to do whatever is needed to get our tickets?

 

[UNCgolf]

Good Morning. We will be visiting Epcot this week and staying at an offsite hotel. Our plan was to Uber/Lyft to and from Epcot, but I read some different blogs from last year stating that trying to do that prior to the park opening could result in a long wait time. The suggestion was to get a ride to a hotel and then walk to Epcot. I was not able to find any recent articles though.

Is that still the best option? Which hotels can we be dropped off at to walk to Epcot? I did read that you may be denied at some resorts if you don't have a dining reservation.

Also, we purchased our tickets online. If we go the route above, will there be a full service ticket counter/kiosk to do whatever is needed to get our tickets?

The Boardwalk Inn is where you'd want to be dropped off to walk to EPCOT. I have no idea if they'd let you in to be dropped off there, though -- the hotel is closed right now other than DVC Villas.

There's a ticket center at Disney Springs, but I think you should be able to do anything you need at the entrance of each park -- someone else can verify that though.

I also don't think there will be that much traffic going to EPCOT in the morning (at least compared to the other parks), but I don't know that for sure. I guess you could potentially have a long wait for an Uber/Lyft itself, but that wait would exist regardless of your final destination.

 

[Knightro407]

The wait was more in reference to the toll booths being backed up due to the lots not being opened and/or temperature checks not being open yet. Thus excess time waiting in the uber/Lyft to be dropped off

 

[UNCgolf]

The wait was more in reference to the toll booths being backed up due to the lots not being opened and/or temperature checks not being open yet. Thus excess time waiting in the uber/Lyft to be dropped off

That's what I was referencing with the first part of that paragraph. My guess is that's less of an issue at EPCOT than the other parks because it's just not as busy, but I don't know for sure.