**Disney After Hours - Magic Kingdom** FAQ & Discussion Thread

[maui2k5]

I noticed that too ! Fingers crossed

No error message for me when checking August. I wonder why they are holding back the dates? Price increase alongside park ticket increase announcement maybe?

 

[mommajo143]

When I went to do my daily check for DAH dates, I got the attached message.

Maybe because they are adding new dates???? I’m getting that message for all ticketing but not FPs, dining or resorts, so it’s not a normal system-wise MDE problem.

Looks like it may have been related to today’s ticket price increase ‍‍ *Booooo!*

WDW needs to get their act together / they created a system that requires minute by minute planning & then don’t give the needed info to make plans - ACK!

 

[Michael T Swauger]

I take today's ticket/parking increase as a sign that they will soon announce more DAH events. Obliviously with a $5 or $10 increase.

 

[maryj11]

Looks like it may have been related to today’s ticket price increase ‍‍ *Booooo!*

WDW needs to get their act together / they created a system that requires minute by minute planning & then don’t give the needed info to make plans - ACK!

Oh gee! I was waiting to see if they were adding more DAH dates before I bought more regular park tickets! How much was the increase?

 

[maryj11]

Every time I go in the Disney website to check the ticket prices it won't show them but has a phone number to call.

 

[WRLeGrand]

Looks like it may have been related to today’s ticket price increase ‍‍ *Booooo!*

WDW needs to get their act together / they created a system that requires minute by minute planning & then don’t give the needed info to make plans - ACK!

As I have posted here before, I could not agree with you more. If they are going to build everything around 180 and/or 60 days, they should be able to allow people to plan accordingly. In this case, there is NO reason they cannot tell us if DAH will be going on (or not) after April 11.

 

[Superchikk]

We are going in April. What have you guys been wearing in the evenings? Is it legit long pants & long sleeves weather in the evenings, or is it still too warm at arrival? Layers? I hate to be cold, but I don't want to be sweaty for the first few hours, either.

 

[Haley R]

We are going in April. What have you guys been wearing in the evenings? Is it legit long pants & long sleeves weather in the evenings, or is it still too warm at arrival? Layers? I hate to be cold, but I don't want to be sweaty for the first few hours, either.

Wait until about a week out and then plan what you’ll wear. It’s so hard to tell this far out how warm it’ll be.

 

[Ron Rico]

OK... New guy alert My wife and I are doing MK AH on April 11th. This will be our first time to WDW (yeah, I know... ) We are spending a full day in Epcot on Monday of that week and then hitting MK early on Wednesday morning (breakfast reservation), and hoping to get on Seven Dwarves, Big Thunder and maybe a couple of others and then head to AK for the rest of the day and evening.

MK AH will be our only event on the 11th, so what time should we show up at the park? 6pm? I have FP for Seven Dwarves, Big Thunder and Peter Pan booked for before the event, starting at 6:50 - 7:50 for the first window.

For the lanyards/wrist band, our tickets are linked to my MDE account. Can we pick up the lanyard/wrist band when we pick up our regular park hopper passes at guest services at Disney Springs on Sunday or do we have to wait for the day of the AH event?

Finally one non-AH question. We are staying off property at a time share. Is it worth getting magic bands? I don't really care about the money, but if we use the lanyards that we use on cruises to hold the pass card, would that be good enough?

Thanks!

...ron

 

[Superchikk]

OK... New guy alert My wife and I are doing MK AH on April 11th. This will be our first time to WDW (yeah, I know... ) We are spending a full day in Epcot on Monday of that week and then hitting MK early on Wednesday morning (breakfast reservation), and hoping to get on Seven Dwarves, Big Thunder and maybe a couple of others and then head to AK for the rest of the day and evening.

MK AH will be our only event on the 11th, so what time should we show up at the park? 6pm? I have FP for Seven Dwarves, Big Thunder and Peter Pan booked for before the event, starting at 6:50 - 7:50 for the first window.

For the lanyards/wrist band, our tickets are linked to my MDE account. Can we pick up the lanyard/wrist band when we pick up our regular park hopper passes at guest services at Disney Springs on Sunday or do we have to wait for the day of the AH event?

Finally one non-AH question. We are staying off property at a time share. Is it worth getting magic bands? I don't really care about the money, but if we use the lanyards that we use on cruises to hold the pass card, would that be good enough?

Thanks!

...ron

I'll be there the same night. From my understanding the DAH is the wristband now, and you have to pick it up that evening. If you don't have a MB, you typically have a card with your tickets and FP+. It is a credit card-style card that will fit in a lanyard just fine. I prefer MB for convenience, especially with scanning FP at the tapstyles. But if you don't already have them, it's totally up to you as to if it would be worth it. I hate wearing stuff around my neck, and the MB can be used for your park tickets all week.

 

[slduck]

OK... New guy alert My wife and I are doing MK AH on April 11th. This will be our first time to WDW (yeah, I know... ) We are spending a full day in Epcot on Monday of that week and then hitting MK early on Wednesday morning (breakfast reservation), and hoping to get on Seven Dwarves, Big Thunder and maybe a couple of others and then head to AK for the rest of the day and evening.

MK AH will be our only event on the 11th, so what time should we show up at the park? 6pm? I have FP for Seven Dwarves, Big Thunder and Peter Pan booked for before the event, starting at 6:50 - 7:50 for the first window.

For the lanyards/wrist band, our tickets are linked to my MDE account. Can we pick up the lanyard/wrist band when we pick up our regular park hopper passes at guest services at Disney Springs on Sunday or do we have to wait for the day of the AH event?

Finally one non-AH question. We are staying off property at a time share. Is it worth getting magic bands? I don't really care about the money, but if we use the lanyards that we use on cruises to hold the pass card, would that be good enough?

Thanks!

...ron

We will be there too! This is our first DAH but we have been to Disney tons but this is our first time off site. We have debated getting magic bands since we haven't been since the style changed. We are planning to visit guest services earlier in the week and handle the tickets. I booked fastpasses yesterday too! Interested in responses.

 

[Klane64]

We are going 3/28 as well and I was watching wait times last night, too. It was nice to see nothing seemed overly busy with a sell out!

Going 3/28. Haven’t done since I did a Dvc invitation when DAH was introduced. That was an awesome night! Got some great pictures.

 

[Haley R]

OK... New guy alert My wife and I are doing MK AH on April 11th. This will be our first time to WDW (yeah, I know... ) We are spending a full day in Epcot on Monday of that week and then hitting MK early on Wednesday morning (breakfast reservation), and hoping to get on Seven Dwarves, Big Thunder and maybe a couple of others and then head to AK for the rest of the day and evening.

MK AH will be our only event on the 11th, so what time should we show up at the park? 6pm? I have FP for Seven Dwarves, Big Thunder and Peter Pan booked for before the event, starting at 6:50 - 7:50 for the first window.

For the lanyards/wrist band, our tickets are linked to my MDE account. Can we pick up the lanyard/wrist band when we pick up our regular park hopper passes at guest services at Disney Springs on Sunday or do we have to wait for the day of the AH event?

Finally one non-AH question. We are staying off property at a time share. Is it worth getting magic bands? I don't really care about the money, but if we use the lanyards that we use on cruises to hold the pass card, would that be good enough?

Thanks!

...ron

Exciting about this being your first trip! You got some really good FPs before DAH so that's good. I would probably get to the park around 5:30 pm so you can get in line and they should hopefully let you in around 6 pm.

They no longer give out lanyards for the event. You won't be able to get your wristband until you arrive and go through the event entrance. They will put your wristband on right there at the entrance.

The magic band is up to you. If you don't mind buying one, pick one out that you like the design of. There are some cool bands to choose from and they're fun to have. There are some rides photos that use your magic band to get on your account (7DMT and SDD are the two I can think of). I think you can contact Disney Photo Pass about trying to find your picture if you don't have a magic band, but that could be a hassle. If you choose not to get magic bands, your lanyard that you already have should be able to hold the pass card. I have a lanyard with a plastic card holder that I put my pins on and I usually put my gift card in the plastic card holder which is the same size as the Disney tickets you should get.

 

[Ron Rico]

I'll be there the same night. From my understanding the DAH is the wristband now, and you have to pick it up that evening. If you don't have a MB, you typically have a card with your tickets and FP+. It is a credit card-style card that will fit in a lanyard just fine. I prefer MB for convenience, especially with scanning FP at the tapstyles. But if you don't already have them, it's totally up to you as to if it would be worth it. I hate wearing stuff around my neck, and the MB can be used for your park tickets all week.

Thanks!

It seems silly to worry about $40-$50 for the Magic bands after all that we are spending . But, I’m 62 and my wife isn’t far behind, so this is likely our only trip to WDW, and this was a last minute trip to celebrate our 35th anniversary, so the magic bands will just be one more thing to collect dust

 

[Superchikk]

Thanks!

It seems silly to worry about $40-$50 for the Magic bands aftere all that we are spending . But, I’m 62 and my wife isn’t far behind, so this is likely our only trip to WDW, and this was a last minute trip to celebrate our 35th anniversary, so the magic bands will just be one more thing to collect dust :-D

I get it. Every expense adds up, and MB are not an absolute necessity. If you were spending all week in Disney parks, it might be worth it, but just for a few days, it's totally doable with a lanyard, especially if you already have one.

 

[Ron Rico]

Exciting about this being your first trip! You got some really good FPs before DAH so that's good. I would probably get to the park around 5:30 pm so you can get in line and they should hopefully let you in around 6 pm.

They no longer give out lanyards for the event. You won't be able to get your wristband until you arrive and go through the event entrance. They will put your wristband on right there at the entrance.

The magic band is up to you. If you don't mind buying one, pick one out that you like the design of. There are some cool bands to choose from and they're fun to have. There are some rides photos that use your magic band to get on your account (7DMT and SDD are the two I can think of). I think you can contact Disney Photo Pass about trying to find your picture if you don't have a magic band, but that could be a hassle. If you choose not to get magic bands, your lanyard that you already have should be able to hold the pass card. I have a lanyard with a plastic card holder that I put my pins on and I usually put my gift card in the plastic card holder which is the same size as the Disney tickets you should get.

Thanks for the details! We’re not much on picture of us, so I’m not sure if that matters but we’ll see.

 

[Ron Rico]

I get it. Every expense adds up, and MB are not an absolute necessity. If you were spending all week in Disney parks, it might be worth it, but just for a few days, it's totally doable with a lanyard, especially if you already have one.

I think we may have 8 or 10 set of lanyards with card holders . Our TA keeps sending them whenever we book a cruise

 

[focusondisney]

For the lanyards/wrist band, our tickets are linked to my MDE account. Can we pick up the lanyard/wrist band when we pick up our regular park hopper passes at guest services at Disney Springs on Sunday or do we have to wait for the day of the AH event?

Did you get tickets mailed to you? Or get them emailed & printed off? The wristband is your credential to participate in the After Hours event, so CMs know you belong. But you need something to scan to get into the park. That would either be the actual ticket that got mailed to you, the printed ticket if it was emailed or a magic band linked to your my Disney experience account. So if you don’t have one of those, or you chose a will call pick up, ask guest services about printing you a ticket for DAH too when you go there.

 

[Ron Rico]

Did you get tickets mailed to you? Or get them emailed & printed off? The wristband is your credential to participate in the After Hours event, so CMs know you belong. But you need something to scan to get into the park. That would either be the actual ticket that got mailed to you, the printed ticket if it was emailed or a magic band linked to your my Disney experience account. So if you don’t have one of those, or you chose a will call pick up, ask guest services about printing you a ticket for DAH too when you go there.

Thanks... Tickets in e-mail with a bar code. I scanned that into the MDE app and the ticket show up in there.

I have read that if we don’t get Magic Bands (which Iam leaning towards getting), we would take that e-mail to Guest Services and they would give is cards with the RFID chip in them. Is that not the case?

 

[focusondisney]

Thanks... Tickets in e-mail with a bar code. I scanned that into the MDE app and the ticket show up in there.

I have read that if we don’t get Magic Bands (which Iam leaning towards getting), we would take that e-mail to Guest Services and they would give is cards with the RFID chip in them. Is that not the case?

Yes, that is what you need to do if you don’t have a magic band linked to your MDE account. If you do get & link a magic band before the DAH, you can scan the MB to get in. You need either the hard ticket or the MB to scan to get in.