Couple of Nov?s

[deanna2426]

We are going in Nov. 5-13th. Can anyone tell me if E-ride nights are usually available, traditional park hours and what time Wishes and Fantasmic are usually shown?

Thanks for any info!

 

[Disney_1derland]

and my research says that it is unlikely there will be an e-ride nights that MK will close at 6, MGM either 6 or 7 and AK at 5pm. Epcot WS will close at 9. I'm crossing my finger for an e-ride night and later hours! Fantasmic is usually only shown once or twice a week from what I can tell during this time of year and not sure about Wishes.

Anyone who can corroborate or debunk my research??? I'm hoping for later hours but not real hopeful about it.

 

[rscotty]

We're going during the same week and have been there in December as well. Our experience is that the likelyhood of an E ticket night is very remote. I found historical data posted on a web site (sorry, can't recall where) and in the last 4 years, there has been ONE e ticket night in November.

With that said, don't frett as the crowds are usually very light during this time of the year. The possible exception this year may be Epcot due to the extension of the food and wine festival into November (yum!).

 

[turnlisa]

We went during this time last year and will return this year. The hours quoted are right. Epcot is open until 9 p.m., MGM until 7 p.m., MK until 6 or 7 p.m. and AK closes at 5 p.m. No e-ride nights. While they may say that Fantasmic is only one or two nights, we found while we were there it was every night at 7:00 p.m. Wishes was every night also since we watched it from our room. Spectromagic was more infrequent and harder to catch.

 

[deanna2426]

Thanks for the info!

I'll be sure to look out for all of you. I'll be wearing my lime green!

 

[StuartMI]

I just thought I'd reply as we'll be at the WL from Nov 11 - Nov 13th

 

[LYNSUE]

My DH and I will be there 11-4 to 11-9. I too was disappointed with the hours, especially the MK. However, the lack of crowds should really make up for it as far as getting things done. This does allow for more nightlife when the parks close early.

I also will be sporting the lime green ribbon and Mickeyheads. Hope to see you there.

 

[MelanieC]

We sent last year during this time period. We usually go over Thanksgiving and the week after, but purchased Season Passes the year prior and had to go earlier than we did the year before.

It was the least crowded I have ever seen in WDW until about The Thursday prior to Thanksgiving.

There was one night in Epcot where the Countries were literally almost empty!! We had never experienced that before, even going the week after Thanksgiving.

The parks do close earlier, but they also do during the week of Thanksgiving, except for the couple days that the park is VERY VERY busy!

The difference is, you see less even though the park is open later because the crowds are huge. Go to early entry and take advantage of fast passes and you should be able to see a lot because the crowds are very manageable.

This time of year it's usually the following:

AK - 5pm
MK - 6pm
MGM 7pm
EPCOT - 9pm

I find that it's best to plan dinner after the park closes so you save time there. We find when the parks are open later we eat dinner anyway prior to the park closing so we really end up stopping around the same time anyway.