August Hours

[mirage0306]

Yeah, we're disappointed over here. I can handle the 9 am opening better than the 11pm closing at DL. Getting to the parks at 8 means we can have breakfast before rope drop, but I wish DL were open until midnight. Oh well.

 

[Daisybelle]

Yeah, we're disappointed over here. I can handle the 9 am opening better than the 11pm closing at DL. Getting to the parks at 8 means we can have breakfast before rope drop, but I wish DL were open until midnight. Oh well.

Yeah, when I booked our trip I justified paying the un-discounted hotel price by saying 'we have the parks 7 to midnight!' Oops. I was wrong.

That all being said, we are still ridiculously excited about our trip and will no doubt have a blast nonetheless.

 

[lifeguardette]

So, I noticed that the week of the 18th has begun being posted and the hours for DL is open till midnight. I'm guessing that they are expecting it to be pretty busy with the pass holders unblocked. I am going Aug.23-27, hopefully it won't be too bad...

 

[ScottyK86]

So, I noticed that the week of the 18th has begun being posted and the hours for DL is open till midnight. I'm guessing that they are expecting it to be pretty busy with the pass holders unblocked. I am going Aug.23-27, hopefully it won't be too bad...

I am scared now, we are going the 18th-21st.

When does school go back?

 

[lifeguardette]

I am scared now, we are going the 18th-21st.

When does school go back?

Well, I have looked at the Las Angeles Unified School district and they go back generally Aug. 15th and the Orange County school district goes back in the 18th of August. I don't know what other district there are.

 

[hyperminimalism]

I am scared now, we are going the 18th-21st.

When does school go back?

It varies, but typically toward the middle/end of August (third and fourth week) to the first week of September. Regardless, not all school districts go back to school at the same time, and southern California has many districts with quite a lot of kids.

 

[momof4fans]

We were there August 11-15, 2013. The opening time was 8am. Perfect in my opinion. Just early enough to deter the late sleepers. The crowds were so light in the morning! I sure hope it changes back to 8am in 2015.

 

[gerilyne]

We were there August 11-15, 2013. The opening time was 8am. Perfect in my opinion. Just early enough to deter the late sleepers. The crowds were so light in the morning! I sure hope it changes back to 8am in 2015.

Yup. It was perfect last year. I think we may try going a week earlier in 2015 to try and get an 8am opening.

 

[jkolkemo]

I am also disappointed in the later mornings. We were there the last week of August last year and it was sooooo hot, that extra hour in the morning is so nice. I like that I might get an extra hour of sleep, but the trade off with the weather may not be worth it. This year we will be there 17-24th, just hoping that there is no heat wave that week.

 

[lifeguardette]

Well, now I'm feeling disappointed. On Monday Aug. 25, DL closes at 10 and CA closes at 9!

 

[Rubygoose]

Well that's weird... Sun Aug 24th the parks open at 8am but the 2 weeks before and the days showing after all open at 9am. This is our day that we switch from Hojo to DLH, so we were actually hoping the parks would open at 9 so that we could switch hotels at 7am and make EE by 8am and still be ahead of the crowds. Now I guess we'll get there by 6am or show up at the tail end of EE.

 

[dec2009mama]

Well, now I'm feeling disappointed. On Monday Aug. 25, DL closes at 10 and CA closes at 9!

where did you see this posted? i only see up to aug 24 on the DL website

 

[jcarwash]

where did you see this posted? i only see up to aug 24 on the DL website

Here: https://disneyland.disney.go.com/accessible-calendar/daily/2014-08-25/

The calendar/month view has been showing one less day than the daily view. So on the calendar it looks like they have hours posted through 8/24, but if you look by day they are up through 8/25.

 

[DaveNinja]

Its weird that sunday the 24th has a 8am opening time whereas saturday the 23rd has 9am. Monday (25th) is also 9am.
That saturday is unblocked for all passes, isnt it? Why would it be open fewer hours than on sunday?

 

[Rubygoose]

Its weird that sunday the 24th has a 8am opening time whereas saturday the 23rd has 9am. Monday (25th) is also 9am.
That saturday is unblocked for all passes, isnt it? Why would it be open fewer hours than on sunday?

It looks like Sunday the 24th is the last day of the high season entertainment schedule, so maybe that's why they've added the extra hour. The two weeks before, the parks open at 9am, even on the weekends. On Monday and Tuesday they only have one Soundsational parade and no Fantasmic and the parks are closing early.

 

[chabelita545]

What's with August? For us Oregonians, it's still summer vacation until Labor Day.

 

[sunflare]

As a note, the park hours for Thurs-Sunday for the HM weekend are published in the event guide. No entertainment schedule though, but I seem to recall they had two parades/Fantasmics that weekend last year.

http://as1.wdpromedia.com/media/rundisney/pdf/disneyland-half/2014/DLHM14_Program_Online.pdf

 

[TinkFlies]

What's with August? For us Oregonians, it's still summer vacation until Labor Day.

Most schools around here (NorCal) and I understand in SoCal go back mid August.

 

[chabelita545]

Most schools around here (NorCal) and I understand in SoCal go back mid August.

But what about the rest of the country? I thought DLR was visited by lots of tourists. Do you think a large chunk of guests are locals?

 

[hyperminimalism]

But what about the rest of the country? I thought DLR was visited by lots of tourists. Do you think a large chunk of guests are locals?

Yes, a large chunk of park goers at DLR are locals as opposed to WDW where the majority are tourists.