A popular Disney World hotel perk is finally RETURNING!

Disney World hotels have lots of great perks that guests can take advantage of, like free transportation between the parks and hotels, Early Entry at all four theme parks every day, and fun activities like campfires and crafts. However, one perk has been MISSING for a while now. We’re happy to announce that it’s finally coming back super soon!

We recently reminded y’all that boat service between Disney’s Fort Wilderness Resort & Campgrounds and Disney’s Wilderness Lodge is currently not available. That transportation perk has been missing for quite a while now, but it will finally RETURN on October 1st!

Starting on the 1st, the “blue route” will take guests across Bay Lake between Disney’s Fort Wilderness Resort & Campgrounds, Disney’s Wilderness Lodge, and Disney’s Contemporary Resort. Note that this service will not begin until 3PM each day.

If you want to get between these resorts earlier in the day, you have a few options:

• The easiest option to get between Fort Wilderness and Wilderness Lodge is to take the bus instead. Yes, there is a bus that runs directly between these resorts (which is pretty unique for Disney World — other hotels aren’t connected to each other via bus). The Yellow Line bus runs between Fort Wilderness and Wilderness Lodge. It’ll take you between the front entrance of Wilderness Lodge and the Settlement at Fort Wilderness. (Disney has said that they anticipate this route will continue, although they can’t be sure it won’t change in the future — we’ll keep an eye out for more updates.)
• You can also take a boat from one resort to Magic Kingdom, disembark, and then board another boat to your destination (e.g., sail from Wilderness Lodge to Magic Kingdom, disembark, and board the Contemporary Resort boat). This could definitely take a while — likely at least an hour — so keep that in mind if you’re on a time crunch and need to be somewhere quickly, such as if you have restaurant reservations.

A while back, there was one boat route that sailed between Wilderness Lodge, Fort Wilderness, and Magic Kingdom. However, those routes will continue to remain separate for now, with one boat between Wilderness Lodge and Magic Kingdom and a different route between Fort Wilderness and Magic Kingdom. The only route that connects the two will be the returning blue route.

With the blue route, you can more easily get between the hotels. That means you can enjoy even more restaurants during your trip, like Steakhouse 71 at the Contemporary, Hoop-Dee-Doo Musical Revue at Fort Wilderness, and Whispering Canyon Café at Wilderness Lodge, just to name a few.

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