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Wow... I should know this answer... I'm almost ashamed that I'm asking it...
If you aren't staying at a resort that makes monorail stops, you can still take the monorail to/from it right? Like... if I wanted to go to Chef Mickeys, I can take the resort monorail from MK to the Contemporary right?
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I'm glad you asked it Jenn. I was wondering this myself. When we go we plan on dining at Chef Mickey's for breakfast one morning but we will be staying off property. So we will have to pay to park, jump on the monorail to the Contemporary and then jump back on to go to the park. I don't want to run the risk of parking at the Contemporary and heading on to the parks. I know I would get towed.Quote:
Originally Posted by BamaJenn
We stayed at the Downtown Disney hotels one year. They had their own buses but it was easier to walk to the Marketplace and get on the bus going to the Contemporary when we had dinner there. You might consider that- unless you are dying to ride the mnorail. I think you can park Downtown for free. The buses to and from Downtown run pretty late. Then take the monorail from the Contemporary into the park and then the bus to Downtown from the park to pick up your car. That is kind of a lot of transportation changes though.
Thats not a bad idea either. Do buses run from DD to all the Disney Parks? How about leaving the parks? Are there buses running from the Contemporary back to DD after closing?Quote:
Originally Posted by Cinderella2
I'm pretty sure they only run to the hotels from DD. There may be one that goes to the Ticket and Transporation Center, but that would be the only one probably. You can normally get a bus from a hotel to DD until 2:00 am or so. The transportation out of the parks usually runs up to an hour after closing. I have been rescued after that though by friendly neighborhood security people watching out for people like me who wish to lolly gag on the way out because I don't want to leave.
So it may be possible to take a bus from DD to the transportation hub and then on to MK or Epcot via the monorail? And then vice versa? I always worried about getting stuck in the park after close. Now I kind of hope I can get stuck. Maybe it would be like Kingdom Keepers!
Wouldn't that be cool! I'd be very scared of those darn pirates though. I'm not very good about running and hiding.
I am fairly sure you can go to the TTC, but we need to get an expert to weigh in. Pat? Where are you? She'll know. Brian might know too.
Don't ever worry about getting stuck at the park. They will find you...
Thanks for the vote of confidence, Cindy!
Actually, I'm not 100% sure on this but I believe they don't have a bus between ticket & transportation center and Downtown Disney. They definitely don't have them between the other parks to DTD. Problem had been people were abusing the free parking at DTD and taking buses to the parks. So the solution was to only run the buses between DTD and the resorts.
Now, you *could* take the DTD bus back to the Poly, and then make the short walk from there to the TTC, but remember, there will be no trams at 2 a.m. unless MK is open extra late. You could have quite a hike back to your car, and you'll probably get acquainted with Disney security as well.
Other problem I see with the idea of taking a bus from DTD in the morning to the Contemporary is that DTD shops don't open until 10 or 11 a.m., so buses are probably not running there very early. There may not be one that got you to your breakfast in time. Your original plan of parking at TTC and taking the monorail to the Contemporary is probably best. You can park at the Contemporary and then move the car to TTC after breakfast, if needed.
They are very good about making sure no one is stuck at a park after the regular transportation ends, so while you shouldn't try to test that out on purpose, you really don't need to worry about it.
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Why did that give me the chills......Quote:
Originally Posted by Cinderella2
Figured I'd hit a snag in the plan. Maybe we will hit Chef Mickey's on the day we go to Disney Studios. Moving the car from the Contemporary to the TTC just to ride the monorail back through the Contemporary sounds like a head ache with three kids and a wife with chronic pain. I'd rather eat and then drive to AK or the Studios.Quote:
Originally Posted by disneydame2004
There's absolutely definitely no bus from DTD to the TTC. The only Disney Transport buses to/from DTD are buses that are to/from WDW resorts.
In fact, if you are at TTC, the only Disney Transport buses you can get are a bus to AK and a bus to MGM.
The buses do NOT run to parks from Downtown Disney to the parks. It is frowned upon by parking there to get to the parks.Quote:
Originally Posted by ohiodisneydad