We go to Disney World every day and we love to share our best tips with you to help make your vacation more enjoyable!
From personal experience, we don’t just know the best Disney World bathrooms, we also know the worst ones! There are a few bathrooms that we always avoid, so don’t worry; we are going to tell you where you should go instead!
Let’s start with the absolute WORST one: The bathrooms in Hollywood Studios, located where you enter the park on Hollywood Boulevard, are our biggest restroom offender. You will see them as soon as you enter the park, and since they are the first ones, they are usually crowded and not always very clean.
To top it off, sometimes characters appear on the balcony above these restrooms, so guests wanting to take photos and videos occasionally block them. It’s just a little too chaotic for us to rely on.
Thankfully, there are some much better restrooms before you enter the park. Outside of security, there’s a set of bathrooms to the left of the entrance. They’re usually very quiet, with plenty of stalls inside.
While we think the Hollywood Boulevard bathrooms are the worst, some other bathroom offenders made our list. The next set of bathrooms that we could live without are also in Hollywood Studios. These are the ones located in the middle of Sunset Boulevard, about halfway down the street. For some unknown reason, they’re one of the hottest and stickiest places in all of Disney World, and they’re pretty much always busy.
Save yourself some sweat and use one of the other three bathrooms on Sunset Boulevard. There are some next to Tower of Terror and some by Rock ‘n’ Roller Coaster, but our personal favorites are the relatively unknown ones by the recently-closed Lightning McQueen’s Racing Academy, which will be replaced by the up-and-coming Disney Villains show, slated to open next summer!
Let’s move on over to Magic Kingdom in Tomorrowland. One of the most popular restrooms is right next to Star Traders, and since they are so popular, that is the exact reason why you need to avoid them! These bathrooms are out in the open, so they’re usually really busy and not always the cleanest.
Instead, head over to Space Mountain, where there’s another set of restrooms behind the Rockettower Plaza Stage. These have quite a few stalls and are usually much calmer and cleaner.
Also, in Magic Kingdom, Storybook Circus has so many things going for it — cute theming, lots of activities for kids, and great character meets. But what is the one thing you should avoid there? The bathrooms!
In our experience, the bathroom floors inside Storybook Circus tend to be…wet. There’s a splash pad for kiddos right outside these bathrooms, so they’re constantly being tramped through. Instead, there’s a great set of quiet restrooms behind Gaston’s Tavern in New Fantasyland — which are usually less of a slip-and-fall hazard.
Now, on to EPCOT! We encourage you to avoid the restrooms at the front of the park by Spaceship Earth because both the restrooms to the left and right always seem to be so busy — yet there are much better (and less busy) options nearby.
If you’re heading toward World Discovery, stop inside Connections Eatery. The restrooms are much newer, have some of the nicest changing tables in Disney World (if you need a place to change your baby), and have plenty of stalls, too! As long as you’re not in there during the meal rush, they’re typically not too crowded.
And if you’re heading toward World Nature, there are some quiet, hidden bathrooms in The Seas Pavilion, as well. Not many people visit them because they’re on the back of the first floor, but they’re still a great place to take a pit stop away from the masses.
Finally, let’s head to Animal Kingdom, where we don’t have too many complaints about the bathrooms, to be honest. But the one next to Chester and Hester’s Dinosaur Treasures in DinoLand, U.S.A. is a lot like the one on Sunset Boulevard in Hollywood Studios — it’s just unusually hot and sticky.
Instead of using those while you’re soaking up your last moments inside DinoLand U.S.A. before it’s rethemed, make your way over to Restaurantosaurus. The dining location’s restroom has an outside entrance as well. And because it’s inside a restaurant, it’s typically much cleaner and has better AC.
Well, there you have it! Keep this list in mind to help make your trip to the bathroom at Disney World a little more pleasant. For more Disney World tips like these, make sure to continue to follow along with Disney Food Blog!
Lorraine Pollachek says
You forgot something very important to me and many other WDW guests. I am handicapped and cannot visit WDW at all unless I pay a high fee to rent an ECV. It is difficult to use the regular restrooms. Mothers with young children believe their handicap is greater than mine and are perfectly happy to tell me so. I have also waited 10-20 minutes for 2-3 teenage girls to finish playing in the handicap stall then laugh in my face when I remind them they can use the regular stalls while I cannot. Your article failed to even mention companion restrooms for the handicapped and young families. i need a list of companion restrooms in the parks, particularly EPCOT, and Disney Springs.
Tammy says
I think the small restrooms by Canada in Epcot are the worst….followed closely by Germany.