Walt Disney World is planning an expansion to the Magic Kingdom ferryboat dock, and the permit they filed in February has just been approved. The plans also include a floodplain compensation area.

Magic Kingdom Ferryboat Dock Expansion

The project covers the dock outside Magic Kingdom, on the north side of Seven Seas Lagoon, not at the Transportation and Ticket Center, on the south side of the lagoon. The floodplain compensation area would be along Seven Seas Lagoon past the bus stops. Though the project area includes a significant amount of space in front of the park’s entrance, the dock itself only accounts for a small section.

In the plans below, the expanded dock is the zig-zagging lines on the bottom left side of the image. The expansion would also include a larger waiting area for the ferryboats.

Ferryboats are one of two transportation systems guests use to travel from the Transportation and Ticket Center to Magic Kingdom. The other offering is the Monorail.

In 2021, Disney added second-level ramps for quicker unloading of the ferryboats. Guests still all board on the first level.

Currently, there are three ferryboats: the Admiral Joe Fowler, Richard F. Irvine, and General Joe Potter. We reported a few years ago on rumors that Disney would add a fourth ferryboat with the expansions to Magic Kingdom.

Now that the permit has been approved, we may begin to see physical signs of the expansion materialize in the coming months. Disney is currently working on Piston Peak and a Villains-themed land, so more transportation capacity in the coming years is certainly welcomed.

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