What park is Animal Kingdom closest to?

Geographically, Hollywood Studios is the closest park to Animal Kingdom, making for a quicker hopping experience than if you were to hop from EPCOT or Magic Kingdom. Just keep in mind that you could be held up at Disney's Hollywood Studios if your plans include riding Rise of the Resistance.



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Walking Between the Disney World Parks
  • Disney's Animal Kingdom to Magic Kingdom driving distance: 5.5 miles.
  • Magic Kingdom to Epcot driving distance: 4.0 miles.
  • Epcot to Hollywood Studios driving distance: 4.3 miles.
  • Hollywood Studios to Animal Kingdom driving distance: 3.0 miles.


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Driving from Magic Kingdom to Animal Kingdom Simply take the Disney World Monorail or a watercraft from the Magic Kingdom to the Transportation and Ticket Center, grab your car from the lot, and drive the just under 7 miles to Animal Kingdom.

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Can I walk from Animal Kingdom Lodge to Animal Kingdom? The short answer to this question is NO.

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Full day park if you want to do everything & savor it. With good crowds, and doing almost everything, Animal Kingdom is like a 85% of your day park. Magic Kingdom is like a day and a half park.

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Some Guests feel that Disney's Animal Kingdom park is a half-day park. But you and I know that those naysayers are incorrect! With so much to do and see throughout the park, my family and I always plan to spend an entire day at Disney's Animal Kingdom. It also happens to be our favorite of the four Theme Parks.

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Geographically, Hollywood Studios is the closest park to Animal Kingdom, making for a quicker hopping experience than if you were to hop from EPCOT or Magic Kingdom. Just keep in mind that you could be held up at Disney's Hollywood Studios if your plans include riding Rise of the Resistance.

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Did you know that Disney World provides FREE bus transportation from Animal Kingdom Lodge to Hollywood Studios? And the best part is that the bus stop is right outside the entrance at both Jambo House and Kidani Village. Just take a left when you walk outside and follow the walkway to the bus stop.

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Many write off Animal Kingdom as a half-day park or a glorified zoo. This park is indeed a premier animal care facility, but the attractions are as good as any of the other parks in Walt Disney World.

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Consequently, you can spend a full day in Animal Kingdom if you pace yourself to avoid the aforementioned animal fatigue. Nevertheless, Animal Kingdom is the easiest park to accomplish in a partial day; you can either arrive early or stay late at Animal Kingdom and do the entire park with relative ease.

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Normally, it will take approximately 15-25 minutes to travel via bus from Disney's Animal Kingdom theme park to Disney's Hollywood Studios. Katie, you can learn more about the many transportation options at Walt Disney World Resort by visiting this link.

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A; As a general rule of thumb we find EPCOT to be the best park for adults visiting Disney World and Animal Kingdom to be the better park for guests who enjoy animals and live stage shows. We do find that EPCOT and Animal Kingdom are great parks to consider combining when you plan to park hop at Walt Disney World.

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As you can see, Magic Kingdom covers the smallest area of land. However, in terms of sidewalks, Hollywood Studios wins out with the fewest miles of the total walkways. Based on our calculations, Hollywood Studios requires the LEAST amount of walking, and Epcot requires the MOST amount of walking.

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It is possible to walk between EPCOT and Disney's Hollywood Studios. However the Magic Kingdom and Animal Kingdom are isolated by distance from all the other parks. To walk between EPCOT and DHS, you use the paths described above from the EPCOT Deluxe Resort Area which exit the area on opposite sides.

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Total time to get into the Animal Kingdom once parked: 10 minutes.

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To get there, you'll have to drive or take a Disney resort bus. In fact, Animal Kingdom is the only park on Disney property that is totally isolated in this way. However, if you're staying in one part of Animal Kingdom Lodge, there are walking paths to the other.

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Animal Kingdom often closes earlier than other theme parks at Walt Disney World large due to its dual status as a home and refuge for many wild animals that require 24/7 care.

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Typically, Disney's Animal Kingdom Theme Park does not have an evening fireworks show, as it would upset the animal residents of the park at night. What you will enjoy, however, is the Tree of Life Awakenings show!

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Objectively, the best days to visit Animal Kingdom are weekdays. Across the board, average daily wait times are lower Monday through Friday than they are Saturday or Sunday.

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