Disney Springs

Walt Disney World


The primary entertainment district in Walt Disney World® – with shops, restaurants and bars, live music and a movie theater – stretches along the waterfront. You can take buses from Disney resorts to Disney Springs, and a few hotels offer boat transport to the area, but you cannot take Disney transport from here to any theme or water parks. Admission and parking is free.


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Nearby Walt Disney World attractions

2. Typhoon Lagoon

0.66 MILES

An abundance of palm trees, a zero-entry pool with a white sandy beach, high-speed slides and the best wave pool in Orlando make this one of the most…

3. World Showcase

1.85 MILES

Who needs the hassle of a passport and jet lag when you can travel the world right here at Walt Disney World®? World Showcase, one of two themed sections…

4. Epcot

1.9 MILES

An acronym for 'Experimental Prototype Community of Tomorrow,' Epcot was Disney's vision of a high-tech city when it opened in 1982. It's divided into two…

5. Disney’s BoardWalk

2.23 MILES

Far less harried and crowded than Disney Springs, the very small Disney's BoardWalk area across from Epcot and along Crescent Lake echoes waterfront…

6. Disney’s Hollywood Studios

2.48 MILES

The least-charming of Disney's parks is home to two of WDW's most exciting rides: the plunging elevator in the Twilight Zone Tower of Terror and the…

7. Old Town

2.53 MILES

Plopped among the exhaust, chain motels and the treeless landscape of Hwy 192, Old Town brings on 1950s county fair Americana. It has regular live rock 'n…

8. Sunset Boulevard

2.55 MILES

The simple and sweet outdoor theater performance of Beauty and the Beast – Live on Stage follows the storyline, incorporates the classic songs, and doesn…