I am leave for Disneyworld in a month and just realized I scheduled all of our character breakfast an hour before the park opens. I realize that they will allow us to enter the park but how do we get there? Can we take the bus or do we need to take a taxi? Also, if we take a bus, will the bus be handicapped accessible?
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Character dining reservation an hour before park opens
- Thread starter stephbreynolds
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HouCuseChickie
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Depending on your resort, buses start running by 6:30 or 6:45a. You'll have to check with your specific resort on the timing of said resort's first bus. As for handicap access, I think all of the Disney buses are accessible.
Gaston's gal
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You will love getting into the park before everyone else. Make sure you take a picture!
materbuddy
Active Member
Yes the buses run early for breakfast reservations and EMH. All Disney buses are handicap accessible.
disneygirl76
Carey Poppins - Nanny and Disney Enthusiest
Make sure to take pics on main street!! Its awesome being in the park when no one else is there!
Can you drive yourself to the park early for a pre-opening breakfast?
LWB
Active Member
I actually prefer taking a taxi. Even though the buses do run before the park opens, depending on where we were staying, I found that sometimes there was one bus that circulated early enough to get us to the park for those super early reservations! I didn't want to just get there in time to run to the restaurant - I wanted to take time to enjoy walking down an empty Main Street etc since that's such a big reason for even getting the earliest reservation available!! Getting two little ones up and dressed and to the bus stop - and then finding out that the bus just left - can be hard if you've had a late night before! (And when we missed it, we ended up taking a taxi anyway!) I liked knowing that I could call from my room and ask that a taxi be ready for us when we got to the front of the resort and could take us exactly where we needed. My kids got a few minutes extra to sleep and I wasn't stressed and we knew we'd be on time - well worth the $20 taxi fare. My suggestion would be to check with the front desk and ask when the bus service will begin at your resort and how often the buses come by for those with early ADRs. They can be really helpful with that!
We do not have a car for our trip.
HouCuseChickie
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You can, but you'll need to allow more time...since parking won't be as close as bus drop off...or in the case of MK...trying to get transportation from the ttc.
While I know monorail schedules can change, we were at the Poly back in November...I had a 7:15a ADR at GFC and took the monorail from the Poly to the GF on the resort loop - no problem making the ADR whatsoever.
sophie_the_pooh
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I was wondering the same thing! Anyone knows if the buses run early for all the parks?
Tuvalu
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Yes. For exact times, check with the lobby concierge at your resort. Tell the concierge you have an early ADR for breakfast.
DanStat
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I agree with a taxi in some cases. The busses before park opening are very sporadic in our experience. Magic Kingdom more reliable than most, however. We're looking forward to a pre-opening breakfast at Be our Guest in May! Can't wait to walk down Main Street with limited people in front of us!