Taking the Bus at Disney’s Fort Wilderness Resort (With Travel Times)
Disney’s Fort Wilderness is a behemoth of a resort with many bus stops scattered throughout. Given the resort’s size, it offers an extensive internal bus system. So, upon arrival, you’ll want to locate the bus stop nearest your accommodations. You’ll board an internal bus from that bus stop to reach one of the resort’s two primary bus stops. From there, you’ll transfer to your destination.
For starters, you’ll need to travel to the Settlement bus stop near Pioneer Hall to catch a bus to Magic Kingdom or Disney’s Wilderness Lodge. Once you reach the Settlement bus stop, you also have the option to walk to the boat dock and take a boat to Magic Kingdom. (After 3:00 p.m., an additional boat service is available to Disney’s Wilderness Lodge and Disney’s Contemporary Resort.)
If you’re traveling to Epcot, Disney’s Hollywood Studios, Disney’s Animal Kingdom, the water parks, or Disney Springs, you’ll take an internal bus to the Outpost and board a transfer bus to any of those destinations.
It’s important to know that Fort Wilderness shares a bus service with Wilderness Lodge to Magic Kingdom and Epcot. Here’s a chart that explains how the shared service works.
Fort Wilderness and Wilderness Lodge share a bus service to Magic Kingdom. The buses follow this order:
- Disney’s Wilderness Lodge
- Fort Wilderness (The Settlement)
- Magic Kingdom
On the return trip from Magic Kingdom, you’ll stop at Disney’s Wilderness Lodge.
Wilderness Lodge and Fort Wilderness also share a bus service to Epcot. It follows this order:
- Disney’s Fort Wilderness (The Outpost)
- Disney’s Wilderness Lodge
- Epcot
For this route, you’ll stop at Disney’s Wilderness Lodge on the way to Epcot.
*Extra buses usually service both resorts first thing in the morning when more guests travel to the parks. So, you might not always have that extra stop.
Here are our bus travel times from Disney’s Fort Wilderness. It’s important to note that these times do not include how long we waited for the bus. Wait times signs are available at the resort bus stop, indicating when the next bus will arrive. The times below are how long it takes to get from the resort to the destination, including the extra bus stop where applicable. They are the average of several trips and do not consider extenuating circumstances like significant traffic.
| Buses From: | To: | Time: |
|---|---|---|
| Fort Wilderness | Magic Kingdom | 7 minutes |
| Fort Wilderness* | Epcot | 12 minutes |
| Fort Wilderness | Disney’s Hollywood Studios | 13 minutes |
| Fort Wilderness | Disney’s Animal Kingdom | 16 minutes |
| Fort Wilderness | Disney Springs | 12 minutes |
*When bus service is shared, it takes approximately 21 minutes to travel to Epcot, including the stop at Wilderness Lodge.
We hope you enjoyed this preview of the bus times for Disney’s Fort Wilderness. For a more detailed look at the buses, you might enjoy our guide: Everything You Need to Know About Disney’s Buses. To save a copy to your mobile device, click the button below.
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