Park Hours during Thanksgiving week???

[beck00]

I saw in another thread that the parks usually open at 8 a.m. every morning of Thanksgiving week...at least, that's what was done the last couple of years. Any others experience this on Thanksgiving Day, particularly at Animal Kingdom?? Trying to make some ADR decisions. Thanks!

 

[Robo]

I saw in another thread that the parks usually open at 8 a.m. every morning of Thanksgiving week...at least, that's what was done the last couple of years. Any others experience this on Thanksgiving Day, particularly at Animal Kingdom?? Trying to make some ADR decisions. Thanks!

Expect DAK to open all that week (thru Friday) at 8AM, regular hours.
Any AM EMH at DAK will have a 7AM opening time.

Same for MK.
Not so for Epcot and DHS.

 

[itchin2go]

Here were the hours last year for comparison:

http://www.wdwinfo.com/wdwinfo/hours/nov14.cfm

We visited during Thanksgiving week last year. I had pulled the 2013 calendar before the 2014 one was available. I noted the 8:00 opening hours, but when the 11/14 calendar came out, it originally showed 9:00 openings for all parks. Based on the previous year's calendar, I was kind of afraid the hours would be moved to 8:00 for MK and AK. I booked a pre-opening breakfast at MK anyway. Sure enough, at some point (can't remember exactly when, but it was pretty close to trip-time), the hours were changed showing 8:00 openings all week for MK and AK. I cancelled the pre-opening reservation - should have known better.

Good luck and have a great trip!

 

[SPOERLX3]

Is there any chance they will add or switch around magic hours?
Is there a good chance they will extend the closing hours too?

Currently touring plans matches disney world . com exactly for hours and magic hours however when i look at wdw info . com there are a couple of hours that are different and several magic hours that are different for our dates Nov 18-Nov 25 so I am curious as to which one I should be looking at

 

[Robo]

1. Is there any chance they will add or switch around magic hours?
2. Is there a good chance they will extend the closing hours too?

Currently touring plans matches disney world . com exactly for hours and magic hours however when i look at wdw info . com there are a couple of hours that are different and several magic hours that are different for our dates Nov 18-Nov 25 so

3. I am curious as to which one I should be looking at

1. A chance? Yes.
2. A chance? Yes.
3. While NO calendar is (or could be) 100% accurate, the WDW Travel Agent Calendar
is consistently the earliest-listed and best-maintained (frequently updated) of all of the on-line calendars.

Click for>> November TA Calendar (Posted the preceding Mid-April)

Expect these early-posted hours to be updated by Disney as the actual dates get closer.
(Just keep re-checking this calendar as time goes by.)

 

[SPOERLX3]

1. A chance? Yes.
2. A chance? Yes.
3. While NO calendar is (or could be) 100% accurate, the WDW Travel Agent Calendar
is consistently the earliest-listed and best-maintained (frequently updated) of all of the on-line calendars.

Click for>> November TA Calendar (Posted the preceding Mid-April)

Expect these early-posted hours to be updated by Disney as the actual dates get closer.
(Just keep re-checking this calendar as time goes by.)

 

[beck00]

Thanks to all! Makes me feel better about some ADRs I'm about to cancel