Almost at 180days for ADR, but when will park hours be released?

[terrilt]

We are 3 weeks away from our 180 day ADR date, we are going for 2 weeks Nov 25-Dec 9. When will the hours for the Parks for Nov. & Dec. be released? We can't really begin planning till we know what time the parks close AND when the EMH are - as we are planning our meals around the EMH and parks closing - because we are staying at AKL and want to eat a couple dinners there. Will the Park Hours for closing times and EMH be released for Nov. & Dec. in the next 2 weeks? If not, how do you all make ADRs?

 

[purple figment]

We are 2 weeks away from our 180 day ADR date, we are going for 2 weeks Nov 25-Dec 9. When will the hours for the Parks for Nov. & Dec. be released? We can't really begin planning till we know what time the parks close AND when the EMH are - as we are planning our meals around the EMH and parks closing - because we are staying at AKL and want to eat a couple dinners there. Will the Park Hours for closing times and EMH be released for Nov. & Dec. in the next 2 weeks? If not, how do you all make ADRs?

Preliminary hours for November have already been released. There will be changes between now and November, but it will give you a general idea:
https://media.disneywebcontent.com/StaticFiles/ParkHours/WDW_TAC_2017Nov.pdf

Preliminary December hours probably will be released sometime this week or next. When they are, the 2016 hours will be overridden:
https://media.disneywebcontent.com/StaticFiles/ParkHours/WDW_TAC_2016Dec.pdf

Here's a calculator for your 180 date. It looks like you are actually three weeks away:
http://pscalculator.net/pscalc.php

 

[Pumbaa_]

They will change. Lots of frustration last year when parks opened an hour early.mall those ppo ads were no longer ppo.

Make your plans but know that opening hours especially may be revised

 

[_auroraborealis_]

EMH and early open changed a LOT last fall. Don't pin your happiness on preliminary hours being final.

 

[nursejackie]

We have the same problem each year (10th-26th December). You can't even rely on the advertised hours when you book your fastpasses only 60 days out. For example, it says MK opens at 9am, we book fastpasses from 9am and then they change all the opening hours to 8am or even add EMH from 7am, messing up all our fastpass bookings. Same goes for PPO ADR's. Sooooo frustrating but it happens every year for us.

 

[JadeDarkstar]

I wish they would release it soon because I am waiting to plan my days out. My flights (waiting for southwest), the dining (waiting for the hours) so I can optimize my time the best I can.

 

[Bete]

You have to take a leap of faith and hope. I'm in your same window of dates and I feel your pain.

I think the two parks that may cause problems with changing are MK and AK. With the MVMCP dates that park is affected for EMHs for sure. I don't think party dates will have either EMH times, early or late.

Worse to worse, you can check in the future when Disney releases the official park hours to see if you guessed right. You may have to do new reservations and cancel the original ones; you will have to fine tune it. Of course, by that time the best times and restaurants will be booked pretty much, but there are cancellations if you watch religiously. I've done this myself and you can snag a reservation closer in if you have to change.

 

[laraashley4]

I'm in your same boat. We are Dec 2-9. This is our first trip and I'm trying my best to plan, but WDW is note helping at all. Without any information on park hours, CP, ROL, HS evening entertainment, etc, I fear that the ADRs I get at 180 days won't work even be for the right park once they start releasing information. Ugh!!!