Been a few years since we stayed at WL. Does the launch boat go from Contemporary to WL in evening? If we leave MK at closing, would like to walk to Contemporary and then take boat back to WL.
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Question about Wilderness Lodge transportation
- Thread starter YankeeMouse
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There's a boat that goes from MK directly to WL. I would take that over walking to Contemporary to take the boat. That boat makes the loop around Bay Lake to WL & Ft. Wilderness.
ETA: The WL boat runs up to an hour and a half after the park closes. You want the RED FLAG boat.
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OneofThree
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Agreed. With a launch directly to WL, it makes no sense to walk to CR.
epcotisbest
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There are multiple reasons to walk to CR. Perhaps OP plans to dine there before heading to WL. Perhaps OP wants to just walk around and enjoy the concourse, maybe visit the gifts shops. Maybe they have friends who are staying there and they are headed over to watch the EWP with them. Maybe they want to see the goat on the mural. Maybe they want to see the Christmas decorations (did not mention the timeframe of the visit). Maybe they have fond memories of walking from a previous visit and want to relive a special moment. I'm sure there are multiple other reasons I have not even thought of that make plenty of sense.
OneofThree
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That all sounds very quaint -and completely different from the OP's apparent logistics concern.
epcotisbest
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correcaminos
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Ask too which direction the boat is going. There are two routes and one will go to WL the other Ft Wilderness
nickys
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It doesn’t matter though!
We went to HDDR. Everyone rushed towards the boat going to FW first, and there was a mad scramble to board.
We just shrugged, waited and got on the one heading to WL. Although we arrived at the FW dock after them, we had disembarked before the last passengers from the first boat.
HongKongFu
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What apparent logistics concern are you talking about? Our thread maker did not address his/her reasons for walking to Contemporary, none whatsoever.
kelknight84
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The blue flag boats run until 11:30 every night.
correcaminos
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That's not the norm for us. But good to ask what direction and how much longer
ninjaprincesst
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I would take the direct WL boat. Depending on when the park closes there is a good chance the launch from the CR will be done.
If we leave upon closing, trying to avoid the mass crowd at the bus station or the boat going to WL. That's the reason
Heppenheimer
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In my experience, the boat going to the Wilderness Lodge is the least crowded option leaving the Magic Kingdom at night. If you stay there, it's kind of heartening when you see the huge masses trying to squeeze into the monorails, parking ferryboats and buses...and then there's that small group waiting for the Wilderness Lodge boat.If we leave upon closing, trying to avoid the mass crowd at the bus station or the boat going to WL. That's the reason
OneofThree
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If we leave upon closing, trying to avoid the mass crowd at the bus station or the boat going to WL. That's the reason
Now imagine that; who would've thought?
No advantage whatsoever trying to get back to WL by way of CR, FWIW. The launches from MK to WL are pretty efficient.