Hi Catherine!
Welcome to the Disney Parks Moms Panel! You're going to love your Walt Disney World Resort vacation because once you board your Disney bound bus each day, you can leave the driving up to someone else all day long. Some people want to go sit on a sandy beach all day, I just want someone else to shuttle me around so I don't get lost.
The Ticket and Transportation Center, commonly referred to as the TTC, is kind of like a really big hub airport where planes make connections between smaller airports. Except instead of airplanes, here
you'll find buses and boats and monorails to get you to where you want to go. The most common form of
resort transportation is Disney's famous buses. From the TTC you'll find a bus to each park and each Disney Resort Hotel. There will be plenty of signs directing you where to go, as well as helpful Cast Members should you need more assistance.
Both Magic Kingdom Park and Epcot are linked to the Ticket and Transportation Center via the world-famous Monorail. There are only three lines of traffic: one is a loop between the TTC and Epcot, and the other two are loops that go to Magic Kingdom Park. Of the two Magic Kingdom lines, the 'Express Monorail' only stops at the park and the TTC, whereas the 'Resort Monorail' can get you to Magic Kingdom Park, but it will also stop at three Disney Resort Hotels along the way. There is also a large Ferry Boat that between the Ticket and Transportation Center and Magic Kingdom Park should you want to mix things up a bit.
To hop between Disney's four theme parks you do NOT have to first go back to the Ticket and Transportation Center as each park will have it's own bus that visits the other three.
I hope this helped, Catherine, and We'll See You Real Soon!
~Kristen