What time does the first bus leave from Art of Animation?

What is the bus schedule at Art of Animation? Bus service to the theme parks typically begins 45 minutes before the park opens and ends 1 hour after closing. Bus service to Disney Springs begins when they open and ends 1 hour after closing. Once they start, the buses run continuously throughout the day.



At Disney's Art of Animation Resort, the first bus to the theme parks typically begins running approximately 45 minutes to one hour before the official park opening time. For example, if the Magic Kingdom opens at 9:00 AM, you can expect the first bus to arrive at the resort station between 8:00 AM and 8:15 AM. However, if there are "Early Theme Park Entry" hours for resort guests (which usually start 30 minutes before the general public), the buses will adjust their schedule to start running 45-60 minutes before that early window begins. For many guests, this means the buses start as early as 7:00 AM or 7:30 AM. It is important to note that the Art of Animation resort also uses the Disney Skyliner for transportation to EPCOT and Disney’s Hollywood Studios, so bus service to those two specific parks may be limited or only provided when the Skyliner is not operating (e.g., during high winds or maintenance). For the most accurate, real-time information during your stay, you should check the "Bus Times" feature in the My Disney Experience app, which provides live countdowns for the next bus arriving at the resort's single centralized bus stop.

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Our complimentary Resort transportation—including buses, monorails and boats—generally operate from 45 minutes before a theme park's opening time until one hour after a theme park's closing time.

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Art of Animation's bus stops sit along the front wall of the Animation Hall lobby. Buses run about every 20 minutes, but varies through the day.

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Bus service to Magic Kingdom typically begins 45 minutes before the park opens and ends 1 hour after it closes. Once they start, the buses run continuously throughout the day. I have found that you can typically expect a bus to arrive around every 20 minutes.

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Transportation – Frequently Asked Questions A: Our complimentary Resort transportation—including buses, monorails and boats—generally operate from 45 minutes before a theme park's opening time until one hour after a theme park's closing time.

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Generally you can expect the buses to begin running to a theme park about one hour prior to park opening and continue until about one hour after park. Buses run from the resort to Disney Springs about an hour before Disney Springs opens.

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It's a character name, Kronk is from The Emperor's New Groove. You see buses with character names sometimes when they're not ferrying guests around, I think it's Disney's version of out of service or off duty right now.

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There is a main bus stop, the South Depot, which is located right outside of the Sassagoula Steamboat Company main building, as well as three smaller bus stops located around the resort.

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There should be a bus arriving every 20 minutes or so. The bus will pick you up in front of Animation Hall. This is the main resort building. As you exit the hall, take a right and you'll find the bus stop.

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Disney's Art of Animation Resort at Walt Disney World is such a fun place to stay. I think you will be happy to know that there are mini-refrigerators in every room at this resort. There is no need to request one.

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There are no theme parks that can be reached from the ART OF ANIMATION on foot. You can walk to the POP CENTURY Resort, approximately . 3 miles away, via paved, lighted walkway. To DISNEY'S HOLLYWOOD STUDIOS: There are paved, lighted walkways.

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The Art of Animation Resort is Disney's newest resort offering guests family suites or typical resort rooms. The location is not far from both Epcot and Hollywood Studios making it convenient in many ways. You can see the tops of some fireworks at both Epcot and Hollywood Studios but your views will be minimal.

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Q: How early and how late do the buses run between the parks and my Walt Disney Resort hotel? A: Our complimentary Resort transportation—including buses, monorails and boats—generally operate from 45 minutes before a theme park's opening time until one hour after a theme park's closing time.

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Early Theme Park Entry allows Disney Resort Guests (as well as guests from other select hotels) the opportunity to enter any of the 4 theme parks (Magic Kingdom, Epcot, Animal Kingdom, and Hollywood Studios) 30 minutes before non-Disney Resort guests.

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Every time you make a Disney transportation transfer, you may encounter a wait of up to about 20 minutes. If it's late at night or there's bad weather, you might find that paying for a taxi/Uber/Lyft for direct transportation is preferable to an indeterminate wait.

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When can you park hop? Before Disney World's closure and reopening, you could park hop at any time. However, that has changed. You now can only park hop AFTER 2PM.

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Bus service from your Disney Resort hotel should begin operation about 45 minutes prior to the early entry period. If you'll be staying at a Resort hotel on the Disney Skyliner, you'll be able to hop on a gondola to head to your destination one hour before the early entry window opens!

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