Transportation and Ticket Center

Transportation & Ticket Center

Walkway up to the Express Monorail Line Platform
Location 4600 World Drive
Bay Lake, Florida
Coordinates 28°24′21″N 81°34′46″W / 28.40583°N 81.57944°W / 28.40583; -81.57944Coordinates: 28°24′21″N 81°34′46″W / 28.40583°N 81.57944°W / 28.40583; -81.57944
Owned by Walt Disney World
Line(s) Walt Disney World Monorail System
Platforms 3 platforms with Spanish solution
Connections Ferry to Magic Kingdom
50 & 56[1]
Construction
Parking 12,156 (surface lot)[2]
Disabled access Yes
History
Opened 1971
Services
Preceding station   Walt Disney World Monorail   Following station
Magic Kingdom
Resort line
continuous loop clockwise
One-way operation
TerminusMagic Kingdom
Express line
continuous loop counterclockwise
Terminus
TerminusEpcot
Terminus

The Transportation and Ticket Center (TTC) is an intermodal monorail, ferry, and bus transportation hub on the Walt Disney World Resort. The station serves both the Magic Kingdom and Epcot spurs of the Walt Disney World Monorail System as well as conventional bus and taxis in the Greater Orlando Region.

Transport to Magic Kingdom

Magic Kingdom lies more than a mile away from its parking lot, on the opposite side of the man-made Seven Seas Lagoon. Upon arrival, guests are taken by the parking lot trams to the TTC, which sells tickets to the parks and provides transportation connections throughout the resort complex. It also has a small gift shop and the central lost-and-found facility for all four theme parks.

To reach the park, guests either use the Walt Disney World Monorail System, the Staten Island Ferry-style ferryboats, or buses, depending on the location of their hotel. The three hotels closest to Magic Kingdom, Disney's Contemporary Resort, Disney's Polynesian Resort, and Disney's Grand Floridian Resort and Spa, use either the ferry or monorail system to travel to Magic Kingdom. Guests staying at Disney's Wilderness Lodge and Disney's Fort Wilderness Campground can also ride a dedicated ferry boat to the Magic Kingdom docks. The other hotels take buses to travel to the park. The main monorail loop has two lanes. The outer lane is a direct nonstop loop between the TTC and Magic Kingdom (called the Express Line), while the inner loop has additional stops at Disney's Contemporary Resort, Disney's Polynesian Resort, and Disney's Grand Floridian Resort & Spa (called the Resort Line). Epcot is accessible by a spur monorail line that was added upon that park's opening in 1982.

Former bus service

Prior to December 2013, buses to and from Disney's Animal Kingdom and Disney's Hollywood Studios operated out of TTC instead of the Magic Kingdom bus stop. With the addition of a third bus loop at the Magic Kingdom, these buses moved to the Magic Kingdom and left the TTC without any regular Disney Transport bus routes.[3][4]

Walt Disney World Monorail System
Maintenance shed
(not open to public)
Magic Kingdom
Contemporary
Grand Floridian
Transportation and Ticket Center
Polynesian Village
Epcot
 Express and resort services
 Resort service only
 No passengers
 Ferry transfer

In addition, prior to the Magic Kingdom's bus stop being built in the late 1980's/early 1990's, buses also traveled to several other Walt Disney World resorts, including Fort Wilderness, Disney Institute, Swan and Dolphin, and Caribbean Beach, among others. Buses also served Downtown Disney, Fort Wilderness, and Wilderness Lodge in the past as well.

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Disney Area" (PDF). Lynx. Retrieved 28 January 2016.
  2. ↑ "Facts". www.wdwmagic.com. Retrieved 28 January 2016.
  3. ↑ "The Magic Kingdom's new bus stop loop opens on Sunday".
  4. ↑ "Walt Disney World Transportation Map in Metro Style". WDW Focus.
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