Solo Traveler --> WDW in August

jerseyleo: welcome to WDWFG you will find the answers to your question from many of our members and some specialize in solo travel. At the Boardwalk you will find Jellyrolls and Atlantic Dance club and the ESPN Zone all great places to visit, also most of the pools have "adult friendly" places to sit and relax. Down Town Disney has had most of the clubs closed so as far as I am concerned it has lost much of its attraction and draw but there is still much to see and visit.
Is this your first visit to WDW or have you been before. We'll all be glad to help you plan your adventures at Disney.

There are a couple of places left to dance. Atlantic Dance Hall is the first one that comes to mind. You can definitely get up and dance at some of the place at Downtown Disney, although all the Pleasure Island clubs are closed.

Welcome to the boards!

Hey Jerseyleo! Welcome to WDWFG!!!

Vettelover covered just about everything, but I can highly recommend Jellyrolls! It's a blast and is great for solos.

I also love the wings at ESPN Zone -- great place to watch sports.

to my knowledge, jellyrolls has dropped Its cover charge for cast members, so quite a few do hang out there. I know that tuesday night is unofficially 'cast member night' there, so those are hoppin. Jellyrolls is known for getting crowded every nite though! Lots of fun!

Welcome!!

I've heard great things about Jellyrolls!

Also, it's not exactly a direct bus route but when we stayed at POR the bar was packed every night! We hung out there several times and had a great time. Not exactly a "dance club" kind of place but it was great! We met lots of people those nights!

What about Ye-Haw Bob at POR! His show is a LOT of fun, and while it's not a "nightclub" vibe, it is a great show.

There is Disney transportation to get anywhere in the World. The busses, I believe, stop running about 12 or 1 am during the week and about 2 Am on weekends. Could be wrong because we never stay up that late. No shutles run between resorts. You must go to a theme park or Downtown Disney to catch a ride to another resort. The monorail stops a 3 resorts and Magic Kingdon and the boats go to various places depending which waterway you are on.
It's not too complicated and you will never need a cab unless you leave property.
Just wait on the corner and I will pick you up!
Have a good time.
Joe

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Ha ha! that would be awesome if JOe was our personal driver!

Leo, here's another quick tip: if you want to get to a resort that's near a theme park (like one of the Magic Kingdom or Epcot resorts) take a bus to that theme park and walk/monorail to the resort. For example, if you take a bus to Epcot or DHS, you're just a short walk from Boardwalk, Beach club, Yacht club, and Swan/Dolphin.

Definitely check the park schedules, as busses stop running from the parks about an hour or two after the park closes. Busses run to and from Downtown Disney until 2am every night.

Hey Leo! The Boardwalk is a separate part of Disney World from Downtown Disney. Boardwalk is over between Epcot and Disney's Hollywood Studios, while DTD is over by Saratoga Springs.

I've heard that the Atlantic Dance Hall can be a bit of a dud, but if you do a little research and see if there's a particular night that's more crowded during the week I'd go then.

If you're looking for "dance clubs" like you'd find in metropolitan cities, I'd consider getting a taxi to a club somewhere else in Orlando. I think you're going to find Atlantic a bit slow...

What are your other plans for your trip? Good to hear things are coming together!

Another good place to hear music is House of Blues at DTD. They have free music on the front porch quite often. I've also heard great things about the Gospel Brunch on Sundays.

While in Orlando if you have an opportunity to see Hindu Cowboys DO IT!! They are fantastic, the lead singer Joseph Martens plays solo at HOB fairly often...look for him!

Millie:

Do they play shows in other places as well?

I don't think ANYPLACE in Disney is shirt and tie, is it?

^^^ I think Victoria & Albert's is.

Jellyrolls doesn't have a dress code, but the cover is $10 these days and they don't take the Key to the world card (a.k.a., bring cash ;-D)

Not sure about Atlantic. I would guess there's a "no cut-offs and no bathing suits" kind of dress code there.

Oh gosh, a solo travel question and I've been absent from the forum for way too long! I'm sooo embarrassed. Don't have much to add to what others have said. WDW is not a hotbed of nightlife, unfortunately. Jellyrolls, House of Blues, Raglan Road. Have you thought about pulling together a meetup of other Disney fans who are traveling there when you are to do a monorail bar crawl? That might be fun.

Hey SF! Congrats on the LA Times mention!

Good idea to pull together a bunch of other solo (or not solo) travelers. With twitter and facebook, it's usually easy to find other people going to WDW at the same time you are.

Leo -- Some of the deluxe resorts have wifi in the lobbies and around the pool areas. In the rooms, though, all resorts still have cable internet. You CAN bring your own router and hook it up to the cable to create your own wifi, though.

Thanks! My 5 minutes of fame.

Exciting! Have a great time!

So true! Did you love the parade? Had you seen the Main Street Electrical Parade before? Thank you so much for reporting back on your insights!!

Thank you for this info, Jerseyleo! How cool to see what you thought of your trip!

I don't even remember when Lady Tremaine and the step sisters had character heads! That would have been uber creepy.