Fastest Route from Animal Kingdom to Ecpot for Illuminations

disney4life2008

disney4life2008

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I am going to AK for evening EMHs and will leave at 8pm. I want to go straight to Epcot for Illuminations. I know that going to an Epcot resort would be best (preferably one that I can enter from World Showcase), but which one would be the easiest and fastest?
 
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fosse76

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disney4life2008 said:
I am going to AK for evening EMHs and will leave at 8pm. I want to go straight to Epcot for Illuminations. I know that going to an Epcot resort would be best (preferably one that I can enter from World Showcase), but which one would be the easiest and fastest?
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Why can't you just take a bus straight to Epcot?
 
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Mystic

Mystic

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fosse76 said:
Why can't you just take a bus straight to Epcot?
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Because there is no bus straight to EPCOT from AK. There is only a direct park bus to DHS. From AK if you want to get to Epcot, you either need to get to a EPCOT resort (BC - which is closest, YC or BW) or Bus to TTC then Monorail if you are going by Disney transport.
 
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luckyeye13

luckyeye13

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Mystic said:
Because there is no bus straight to EPCOT from AK. There is only a direct park bus to DHS. From AK if you want to get to Epcot, you either need to get to a EPCOT resort (BC - which is closest, YC or BW) or Bus to TTC then Monorail if you are going by Disney transport.
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Unless something has changed extremely recently, there are indeed buses between all of the theme parks, except Magic Kingdom, which requires a transfer to/from the monorail or ferry at the Transportation & Ticket Center. Further to that, the only way to get between Epcot and Magic Kingdom is to take the Epcot monorail to the TTC and transfer to the MK Express or Resort monorail (depending on time of day) or the ferry.

So, to answer your question, if you take the bus to an Epcot resort, the Boardwalk or Yacht or Beach Club would be your best bet. Just get off at the first of those stops or, if the destinations are split (as sometimes, though not often, happens) just get on the first bus that arrives to any of the three resorts and take the walkway to the International Gateway entrance. Otherwise, you should be okay by just taking a bus directly to Epcot and entering through the main entrance.
 
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Tinkrbell

Tinkrbell

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Since you're wanting to go for Illuminations, I suggest taking a bus to Beach CLub, Yacht CLub, or Boardwalk and enter through the International Gateway. You could take the bus to the front of Epcot, but then you still have walk through Future World. This way, you're already in World Showcase. Just a suggestion since it could end up being tight for time depending on who crowded the busses are.
 
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hansel1

hansel1

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In may we took the bus from AK to Epcot. I was suprised that there was a bus that did this, but very appreciative. It saved us probably 20 minutes or more.
 
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CleveRocks

CleveRocks

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Mystic said:
Because there is no bus straight to EPCOT from AK. There is only a direct park bus to DHS. From AK if you want to get to Epcot, you either need to get to a EPCOT resort (BC - which is closest, YC or BW) or Bus to TTC then Monorail if you are going by Disney transport.
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Completely factually UNTRUE.

There is, indeed, a direct Disney Transport bus between Animal Kingdom and Epcot.

No doubt about it.
 
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rkelly42

rkelly42

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Bus it to the Yacht/Beach club or if you do have a vehicle just drive it. But the bus probably would be faster getting out of the parking lot and for you to get into Epcot. Make sure you are one of the first ones in line for the bus though.
 
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