The short answer
You can walk to a park from eleven Disney resorts. The walks run from 5 minutes to 31 minutes, and every one of them gets called “walking distance.” We timed them door to gate in Google Maps in August 2026. EPCOT is measured to the International Gateway, the entrance these resorts actually use.
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Your ages, budget and parks re-rank all 32. Free, about a minute.Walking to Magic Kingdom
| Resort | Walk | What that means |
|---|---|---|
| Contemporary Resort | 12 min | A real walk, fine twice a day |
| Bay Lake Tower at Contemporary Resort | 12 min | A real walk, fine twice a day |
| Grand Floridian Resort & Spa | 17 min | A real walk, fine twice a day |
| The Villas at Grand Floridian Resort & Spa | 17 min | A real walk, fine twice a day |
| Polynesian Village Resort | 31 min | Long. Most people ride instead |
| Polynesian Villas & Bungalows | 31 min | Long. Most people ride instead |
Walking to EPCOT
| Resort | Walk | What that means |
|---|---|---|
| Beach Club Resort | 5 min | Shorter than the wait for a bus |
| Beach Club Villas | 5 min | Shorter than the wait for a bus |
| Yacht Club Resort | 6 min | Shorter than the wait for a bus |
| Boardwalk Inn | 8 min | An easy walk |
| BoardWalk Villas | 8 min | An easy walk |
Walking to Hollywood Studios
| Resort | Walk | What that means |
|---|---|---|
| Boardwalk Inn | 17 min | A real walk, fine twice a day |
| BoardWalk Villas | 17 min | A real walk, fine twice a day |
| Yacht Club Resort | 23 min | Long enough to think twice |
| Beach Club Resort | 26 min | Long. Most people ride instead |
| Beach Club Villas | 26 min | Long. Most people ride instead |
The order reverses between the two parks
The EPCOT-area resorts get lumped together as if they’re interchangeable. They’re not! Beach Club Resort is closest to EPCOT, at 5 minutes, but it’s 26 minutes from Hollywood Studios. Boardwalk Inn is the other way around: 17 minutes to Hollywood Studios, 8 to EPCOT. Which one is right for you comes down to which park you’re doing more of.
How these were measured
Google Maps walking directions, resort to park gate, on August 22, 2026. Where Maps offered more than one route, we used the walking-only one, so anything involving a boat is left out. Villa buildings share their main resort’s path, so they share its time too. These are walking times, not ride waits, and they’re the same in both directions.
Two things the numbers can’t tell you. Central Florida heat makes a 25-minute walk in August a whole different thing from the same walk in January. And a walk you’re happy to do at 9am is a different walk at 11pm with a sleeping kid on your shoulder.
Walking distance is one measure of 28
How close you are to a park isn’t the same question as which resort suits your family. The tool scores all 32 on ages, budget, room size and the parks you’re actually doing.
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