Hello Jen and welcome to
planDisney. I see that your
Most Magical Vacation is just in a few weeks' time. I bet you are getting so excited!
To get to
Disney's Animal Kingdom Lodge from
Disney's Port Orleans Resort - Riverside is really quite simple. The first route I would suggest is taking a bus from your resort over to
Disney's Animal Kingdom Theme Park. From there, you'll change buses to be on the one marked for Disney's Animal Kingdom Lodge and you'll be there in no time. The theme park and the lodge are very close, it's a super short bus ride. The other option that you have is to hop on any bus that shows up to take you to the theme parks.
EPCOT is pretty close to Disney's Port Orleans Resort - Riverside park being roughly about a mile away. Once you are at any theme park, you can then transfer buses to the one marked for Disney's Animal Kingdom Lodge. The traveling time might just be a bit longer depending on what theme park you choose to go to first. You'll need to do it this way because Walt Disney World does not offer direct resort-to-resort transportation. So stopping off at a theme park first is the only way to go.
The other way you could get from resort to resort is to use a ride-share service. This is something I do quite often because it saves a lot of time and really isn't all that costly. Both major companies service the area and I've never really had any problems getting a car. Sometimes one of the companies will be running a discount or a special in the area so I always check both before using the service. A ride-share service will be able to pick you up right out front of your resort hotel's lobby and drop you off in the same spot at the other's. It's great!
I hope this helps, Jen. If you have any other questions before you go, please feel free to stop back by and
ask me. I'm happy to help.
Have fun!
Jackie H.