Trip Report The "12 Disney World Resorts in exactly 9 hours", no parks trip report

I've been an annual passholder for almost 20 years now, and 2 years ago we finally became "locals", and now live just a few miles from WDW. We visit so frequently that I like to come up with "challenges" to make our visits more interesting.

Today's challenge was "visit all the resorts attached to Magic Kingdom, Epcot, and Hollywood Studios by boat, monorail, or Skyliner in one day." I did not think it was actually possible to do this in the summertime when afternoon storms frequently shut down a lot of transportation options, but I decided to take the risk anyway. I spent the day yesterday coming up with a plan and had no idea if it would actually work. I decided to take my almost 23 year old son with me and left my husband home with our small kids to make it easier.

My son and I parked in the Hollywood Studios parking lot at about 12:15 and walked to the bus station from there. The bus we were after pulled up at precisely 12:24 p.m., which officially kicked off our adventure.

 

[k8einwdw]

Which resorts do you visit? We usually check out GF, Contemporary, sometimes yacht club, and sometimes WL. Are there more that are worth seeing?

Beach Club and Boardwalk both have gingerbread displays, and the tree at AKL is amazing, although it’s a little off the beaten path. We usually do Boardwalk, Yacht and Beach, the monorail resorts, and Wilderness Lodge. A few years ago, we rented a golf cart and drove around Ft. Wilderness to see all of the decorated campsites - we definitely want to do that again one day, it’s a fun way to spend an evening.

 

[Laura]

Beach Club and Boardwalk both have gingerbread displays, and the tree at AKL is amazing, although it’s a little off the beaten path. We usually do Boardwalk, Yacht and Beach, the monorail resorts, and Wilderness Lodge. A few years ago, we rented a golf cart and drove around Ft. Wilderness to see all of the decorated campsites - we definitely want to do that again one day, it’s a fun way to spend an evening.

Oh nice. While we were at Fort Wilderness yesterday we talked about renting a golf cart at Halloween to see the campsites. Didn’t even think about Christmas.

 

[Swissmiss]

Your sunset pictures are awesome!

 

[Wicked Sisters]

What a fun tour to do. Thanks for sharing it with us.

 

[rshell68]

Thanks for sharing!! Fun idea! @TheMouseFan see you aren't the only one taking pics of trash cans LOL

 

[brifraz]

Definitely inspired to complete some kind of similar quest on a future visit!!