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9 Walt Disney World® Resort Useful Numbers

Walt Disney World® Resort, covering 43 sq miles (69 sq km), General Information
is the largest entertainment complex on earth. The main Tel (407) 939-1936.
draw is its theme parks: Magic Kingdom®, Epcot®, Disney’s Accommodation Infor­
Hollywood Studios®, and Animal Kingdom®. A self-sufficient mation/Reservations
vacation spot, the Resort offers more than 30 lodgings Tel (407) 939-5277.
right on site, along with golf courses, water parks, a sports Dining Reservations
complex, hiking and riding trails, lakes for boating, and Disney Tel (407) 939-3463.
Springs, the shopping district. Peerless in its imagination ∑ disney.go.com
and attention to detail, the Resort is also a hermetic bubble
cocooned from the real world. Everything runs like clockwork,
and nothing shatters its illusions of fantasy. Unless you’re a of Walt Disney World® is the
confirmed cynic, Walt Disney World® Resort will amaze you. Ticket and Transportation
Center (TTC). Connecting it to
the Magic Kingdom® are two
When to Visit Length of Visit monorail services. A third
The busiest times of the year Walt Disney World® offers at monorail links the TTC to Epcot®.
are Christmas and Easter, June least a week of entertainment. Ferries run from the TTC to the
to August, and the last week in To enjoy it to the full, give Magic Kingdom®. They also
February. At these times, the Magic Kingdom® and Epcot® connect the Magic Kingdom ®
parks approach capacity – some two days each, and a day each and Epcot® with resorts in their
90,000 people in the Magic for Disney’s Hollywood Studios® areas. Buses link everything in
Kingdom® alone. Even so, all and Animal Kingdom®. Keep Walt Disney World®, including
the rides operate and the parks three nights to see the splendid direct links to Magic Kingdom®.
remain open for much longer. fireworks displays at Magic Residents and pass holders can
During the off-season, 10,000 Kingdom® and Epcot®. use the entire transportation
visitors a day might visit the system for free, while one-day
Magic Kingdom®, and certain tickets allow holders to use the
attractions may be closed for Getting Around ferries and monorails between
maintenance. The weather is An extensive transportation the TTC and Magic Kingdom®.
also a factor – in July and August, system handles an average of
hot and humid afternoons are 250,000 guests each day. Even
regularly punctuated by thunder- if you stay outside Walt Disney Disabled Travelers
storms. Between October and World® Resort, many nearby Wheelchairs can be borrowed at
March, the temperatures hotels offer free shuttle ser vices the park entrance, and special
and humidity are much more to and from the theme parks. bypass entrances allow disabled
comfortable and permit a Check when you make your guests to board rides without
more energetic schedule. reservation. The transport hub waiting in line. Staff, however,
are not allowed to assist with
lifting for safety reasons.
Walt Disney Resort Key
Magic Kingdom® Resort Area
Magic Disney Springs Resort Area Very Young Children
Kingdom®
Epcot® Resort Area Parents with pre-school age
kids can make use of the unique
Studio Resort Area
system known as “switching
Disney Springs off,” where they can enjoy
various rides and attractions
one at a time while the other
Ticket and parent stays with the child,
Transportation Center
Exit 27 without having to line up twice.
Epcot® The Resort can be
Disney’s Animal
Kingdom® exhausting, so it is a good idea
Exit 26B to rent a stroller from any park
entrance. Take frequent breaks
Disney’s Typhoon from the excitement and the
Hollywood Lagoon heat by building in time for
Studios® 0 meters 800 snacks or naps.
Exit 25B If you’ve come with young
0 yards 800 kids you should focus mainly
on the Magic Kingdom®.
For hotels and restaurants in this region see pp326–8 and pp329–31

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