Hi Derrick!
You are going to love the new
Disney Skyliner! It's such an easy and quick transportation method and it will be the perfect way to travel from your vacation "home" to
Disney's Hollywood Studios and
Epcot, as well as to the other Disney Resort hotels with Disney Skyliner stations!
Epcot's monorail station is located at the main entrance of the theme park, while its Disney Skyliner station is located at the park's International Gateway entrance. So if you would like to take the
monorail to Epcot, the only way to get from the main entrance to the International Gateway entrance is through the theme park, which requires you to use a
theme park ticket. This means that, unfortunately, this route won't work for you if you will not have valid theme park admission for Epcot on the day of your dinner.
However, you have a few other options to travel "home" from your dinner. You can always walk or take the monorail from
Disney's Contemporary Resort to
Magic Kingdom and then catch a
complimentary resort transportation bus to
Disney's Pop Century Resort. Or, if you want to enjoy beautiful nighttime views from the Disney Skyliner during your return trip, then you can take a bus from Disney's Contemporary Resort to Disney's Hollywood Studios and then catch the Disney Skyliner from Disney's Hollywood Studios to your vacation "home" as the bus station and the Disney Skyliner station are in the same area at this theme park.
Keep in mind that complimentary resort bus service from a Disney Resort hotel to the theme parks generally ends one hour before theme park closing time and service from the theme parks to the Disney Resort hotels generally ends two hours after the theme park closes. So depending on your dinner time, that may influence your transportation choices.
Derrick, I hope you're keeping an eye on the
Disney Parks Blog as you continue to plan your trip so you can get the latest news and announcements about all of the new magic headed to Walt Disney World Resort in time for your trip! Also, feel free to come back to see us if you have additional questions we can help you with. T-T-F-N, ta ta for now!
~Crystal