Disney’s Fort Wilderness Resort Bus Guide (Schedule, Stops, and Average 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 the order of the bus stops:

• 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 first.

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.

Want a quick reference? Get a copy of our Fort Wilderness Travel Times printable. We hope you enjoyed this overview of the bus schedule at Fort Wilderness. For more on how transportation works at this resort, see our Fort Wilderness Transportation Guide. You might also like the following coverage of the resort:

• How to Get to Hoop Dee Doo Revue
• Dining Options at Disney’s Fort Wilderness Resort
• Disney’s Fort Wilderness Resort Pool Guide
• Chip and Dale’s Campfire Sing-Along

You might enjoy our Resorts Gal Guide to Disney’s Fort Wilderness. For more on the buses at Disney World:

• The Complete Guide to Disney’s Bus System
• Disney World Bus Schedule Guide
• List of Average Bus Travel Times at Disney’s Resorts
• Disney Resorts with Multiple Bus Stops

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