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- Thread starter Charjen
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No. The navigable waterways do not connect.
The only resorts that offer boat service to Disney Springs are Port Orleans Riverside and French Quarter, Old Key West and Saratoga Springs.
The only resorts that offer boat service to Disney Springs are Port Orleans Riverside and French Quarter, Old Key West and Saratoga Springs.
Queen of the WDW Scene
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- In the Parks
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No.
You can take a boat to DS from POR/POFQ.
You can take a boat to DS from POR/POFQ.
TrainsOfDisney
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Was there ever a planned boat route from Epcot to Downtown Disney / Disney Springs? They are way closer than I realized.
Dr.GrantSeeker
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I believe way back in the day there was a Trolley route planned across property that did include stops at Epcot and DtD
Bocabear
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There definitely was a monorail route planned decades ago that was abandoned, but though it looks close on a map, they are actually pretty far apart for boat transpoort....and then having to connect the waterway systems would be more expensive than a monorail extension...
peter11435
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I don’t know of any plans to have connected the area by water to anything other than the four resorts currently serviced.
There were plans to extend a monorail line and at one point plans for a trolley connecting it to Port Orleans and Dixie Landings.
There were plans to extend a monorail line and at one point plans for a trolley connecting it to Port Orleans and Dixie Landings.
TrainsOfDisney
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I knew about the monorail but not the trolley. A New Orleans style streetcar would have been really cool.
Bocabear
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It would have, but the distance it has to travel would make it more of a bus and less of a trolley...
TrainsOfDisney
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??? Not sure I follow.
danlb_2000
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Monorail and Peoplemover were planned...
TrainsOfDisney
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That’s awesome. Didn’t know there was a real plan for a peoplemover linking dtd and the hotels... plus you could transfer from the peoplemover to a monorail to Epcot!
peter11435
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As designed it would have been on rails.
Bocabear
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Rails would be great, but I think the notion of a trolley is a short jaunt and jump on and off... this would be a longish ride much like a bus...is what I am saying...
TrainsOfDisney
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Oh I see. Many trolley / streetcars ran pretty considerable distances. The New Orleans St. Charles streetcar runs 13 miles which is double the distance of Animal Kingdom to Disney Springs.