A Look at Disney’s Skyliner Travel Times
One of the most anticipated additions to the Walt Disney Resort this year is the Skyliner. Guests have been following along with the construction throughout the property and more recently hoping to catch a glimpse of what to expect.
Just the other day, Disney’s newest transportation system reached another milestone. The Skyliner officially began testing between Hollywood Studios and Disney’s Caribbean Beach Resort.
As the opening date draws nearer and nearer, many are wondering what to expect as far as Skyliner travel times. Will the Skyliner be more effective than Disney’s bus system? And more importantly, will it be faster?
A while back, @bioreconstruct did some investigating and provided us with some estimates on the Skyliner travel times between each location.
Source: Twitter @bioreconstruct
Art of Animation/Pop Century
Estimated travel times (including line transfers), for guests who will be boarding the Skyliner at Disney’s Art of Animation and Disney’s Pop Century Resorts, are as follows:
- Caribbean Beach Resort: 3 minutes 16 seconds (appx 34 minutes by bus including transfer)
- Hollywood Studios: 12 minutes 5 seconds (appx 12 minutes by bus)
- Riviera Resort: 10 minutes 27 seconds
- Epcot: 17 minutes 29 seconds (appx 12 minutes by bus)
Disney’s Caribbean Beach Resort
The estimated travel times for guests boarding the Skyliner at Disney’s Caribbean Beach Resort are as follows:
- Hollywood Studios: 3 minutes 49 seconds (appx 12 minutes by bus)
- Epcot: 9 minutes 13 seconds (appx 12 minutes by bus)
- Riviera Resort: 2 minutes 11 seconds
- Art of Animation/Pop Century Resorts: 3 minutes 16 seconds (appx 34 minutes by bus including transfer)
Disney’s Riviera Resort
The estimated travel times for guests who will be boarding the Skyliner at Disney’s Riviera Resort are as follows:
- Epcot: 6 minutes 2 seconds
- Hollywood Studios: 11 minutes
- Caribbean Beach Resort: 2 minutes 11 seconds
- Art of Animation/Pop Century Resorts: 10 minutes 27 seconds
Conclusion
Overall, it seems that the Skyliner is going to be much more efficient than the current busing situation. Considering the gondola will run continuously and will not have to fight traffic, it may quickly become the preferred method of transportation.
Although, if you’re staying at Art of Animation or Pop Century and heading to Epcot, you may want to consider sticking with the bus.
Either way, we can’t wait for the Skyliner to begin running this Fall so we can try it for ourselves. In the meantime, keep following along with MickeyBlog for more updates.
Source: Twitter @bioreconstruct
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I think a lot depends on itineraries, how long a wait to get on the skylines, if your in a hurry take the bus if u feel better times wise I think either way it’s what u see that you won’t see on a bus. I will ride it either or. Like I say what’s in your intinariy .
Thanks MB,like you said its approximate time but if u think about it you get a sit down on the skyline not stand ( I hope) for 12 or longer as on a bus,I myself have trouble standing for a lengthy time, I’m 67 I can still get around good but with bad knees its tough standing, i hate standing. I hate standing n an overcrowded bus it’s hard standing still while moving. Thanks for the info
Hi Dean! I agree- standing in an overcrowded bus is no fun! I’m excited to see how things change once the Skyliner opens. Hopefully, it’s a much-needed reprieve for many of us.
I don’t see anything in your article about not having to wait for the bus. This can be a 0-20 + minute wait that, hopefully, we won’t have with the gondola. When you factor that in, the gondola wins from every resort.
Hi Shelly! We are comparing travel times- not wait times. You never know what the lines will look like at the Skyliner or when the next bus is arriving at the resort as you mentioned. For example, if lines are long for the Skyliner and a bus just arrives with no one in line for it, I personally would still take the bus. It will be interesting to see how everything plays out once it opens!