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[Naomeri]

First extended evening hours for Deluxe resort guests:

• Monday October 4 - EPCOT 10pm to midnight
• Wednesday October 6 - Magic Kingdom 9pm to 11pm
• Monday October 11 - EPCOT 10pm to midnight
• Wednesday October 13 0 Magic Kingdom 9pm to 11pm

https://twitter.com/x/status/1421202248986767367

These are much better than nothing. I’m a night owl and not having late park hours kills me.

 

[dato63]

Where is Hollywood studios? Or is that still to come? Epcot is the one we are least likely to stay late in.

we are wanting animal kingdom ourselves.

 

[mi*vida*loca]

If I remember correctly EMH at Epcot was never really great since most things in WS closed at regular time and then FW was packed. But since it’s just for deluxe guests FW shouldn’t be as bad.

 

[kylenne]

If I remember correctly EMH at Epcot was never really great since most things in WS closed at regular time and then FW was packed. But since it’s just for deluxe guests FW shouldn’t be as bad.

I hope they keep the food booths open but I doubt it. It’ll still be nice to stroll WS.

 

[JoJoGirl]

This should make for some fun 'conversations'.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1421203974523338757

Don’t get me wrong, I would be thrilled if every eligible person in the US were vaccinated. However, I hope this doesn’t have a detrimental effect on Disney’s efforts to retain current CMs and hire new ones. There aren’t enough of them as it is, and this will certainly add to that challenge. It’s a tough situation for an employer to be in.

 

[JoJoGirl]

If I remember correctly EMH at Epcot was never really great since most things in WS closed at regular time and then FW was packed. But since it’s just for deluxe guests FW shouldn’t be as bad.

Yes, I remember WS being almost spooky during evening EMH. And FW is not very well lit at night either. But we did have fun there — especially in the hotter months, it was pleasant to be able to walk around and enjoy things after dark.

 

[bookgirl2632]

I’m waiting for EMH for the week after they just announced. Of Monday and Wednesday holds, I can make that work. I hope Studios gets a night. I’m not holding out hope for AK. I’d love it, but I doubt they’ll do one there. Studios would be a game changer!

 

[Douglas Dubh]

Anyone think I might have a shot of riding between Aug 15-20?

No. There’s going to be cast previews before AP/DVC ones. The new cast for the attraction haven’t started training yet.

 

[Gary Stocker]

Now this looks like a blast!
https://www.fox35orlando.com/news/photos-kids-swim-in-flooded-streets-at-disneys-magic-kingdom

 

[Cynner]

First extended evening hours for Deluxe resort guests:

• Monday October 4 - EPCOT 10pm to midnight
• Wednesday October 6 - Magic Kingdom 9pm to 11pm
• Monday October 11 - EPCOT 10pm to midnight
• Wednesday October 13 0 Magic Kingdom 9pm to 11pm

https://twitter.com/x/status/1421202248986767367

I hate that I can't find a Disney direct source for this. Anyone?

We already had park reservations for the 4th at Epcot, just took the plunge and canceled our park reservations on the 5th and 6th to swap them and move MK to the 6th and HS to the 5th. That was nerve racking.

 

[elsbit]

Here you go https://disneyworld.disney.go.com/guest-services/extended-evening/

 

[Raychell]

So this may be off topic but... is the general consensus still to avoid parks when they have the extended evening hours if you don’t qualify to use them? If it is only deluxe guests, will it affect crowd patterns very much?

 

[CarolynFH]

So this may be off topic but... is the general consensus still to avoid parks when they have the extended evening hours if you don’t qualify to use them? If it is only deluxe guests, will it affect crowd patterns very much?

There’s no experience yet, of course, but given the very much more limited number of rooms/guests in the designated resorts, i don’t think it will influence park attendance during the day nearly as much as the previous EMH did that were open to all onsite resort guests. I’ve seen numbers of rooms in various posts here on the DISboards.

 

[bookgirl2632]

So this may be off topic but... is the general consensus still to avoid parks when they have the extended evening hours if you don’t qualify to use them? If it is only deluxe guests, will it affect crowd patterns very much?

Personally, I haven’t decided if I’m going to change my plans when it comes to Epcot. Now, if I’m to assume that the Monday/Epcot, Wednesday/MK schedule will be a regular thing, I don’t know if I’m changing my current plans for Monday. But since I’m staying at YC, I might pop into Epcot to ride some rides.

 

[Madteaparty001]

Don’t get me wrong, I would be thrilled if every eligible person in the US were vaccinated. However, I hope this doesn’t have a detrimental effect on Disney’s efforts to retain current CMs and hire new ones. There aren’t enough of them as it is, and this will certainly add to that challenge. It’s a tough situation for an employer to be in.

Facebook, Google, Delta, the federal government, Netflix, Saks Fifth Avenue, The Washington Post, most hospital systems, BlackRock, Morgan Stanley, Twitter, Union Square Hospitality Group (who are also requiring customers to be vaccinated as well), United, CNN, Fifty/50 Restaurant Group, Lyft, Walmart, Norwegian Cruise Lines...and the list goes on of employers requiring vaccination or frequent testing. The list of companies offering incentives such as Amazon or fines such as the NFL is even longer. Disney is just joining the growing list and pretty soon most employees won't have many options left if they want to remain unvaccinated. The hospitality industry is stalling big time from lack of workers and those workers are staying away for 3 reasons: money, health concerns, lack of child care. While wages are slowly ticking up, health is the faster cheaper option to tackle and child care is almost impossible to solve without the first two issues fixed.

In short, this is not a surprising direction on Disney's part and if things continue to spiral I don't think requiring park goers to provide proof of vaccine or negative test is out of the realm of possibility. I'd say more but I'm trying to keep my opinion out of it.

 

[mercuryvenus]

Facebook, Google, Delta, the federal government, Netflix, Saks Fifth Avenue, The Washington Post, most hospital systems, BlackRock, Morgan Stanley, Twitter, Union Square Hospitality Group (who are also requiring customers to be vaccinated as well), United, CNN, Fifty/50 Restaurant Group, Lyft, Walmart, Norwegian Cruise Lines...and the list goes on of employers requiring vaccination or frequent testing. The list of companies offering incentives such as Amazon or fines such as the NFL is even longer. Disney is just joining the growing list and pretty soon most employees won't have many options left if they want to remain unvaccinated. The hospitality industry is stalling big time from lack of workers and those workers are staying away for 3 reasons: money, health concerns, lack of child care. While wages are slowly ticking up, health is the faster cheaper option to tackle and child care is almost impossible to solve without the first two issues fixed.

In short, this is not a surprising direction on Disney's part and if things continue to spiral I don't think requiring park goers to provide proof of vaccine or negative test is out of the realm of possibility. I'd say more but I'm trying to keep my opinion out of it.

In terms of requirements on park goers: My understanding is it’s not legal in FL, right?

 

[jpeterson]

In terms of requirements on park goers: My understanding is it’s not legal in FL, right?

At this time, that is correct.

 

[Farro]

It seems the extra hours won't affect my trip at all - our park days are different than the extra hour days. Also, it's looking like Epcot will be open until 10 in October so that's late enough for me!

My only hope is AK has one on Thursdays and even though we can't ride the rides because we are not deluxe, we can wander the park.

What I did notice is that MK won't be open past 9 for regular park goers very much at all in October.
Boo Bash on Tues, Fri and Sunday an then extra hrs on Wed - that only leaves Mon, Thurs and Sat for hours past 9.

 

[HokieRaven5]

Hey folks!

Posted Wait Times - 7/30/21

 

[only hope]

In terms of requirements on park goers: My understanding is it’s not legal in FL, right?

Proof of vaccination can’t be required for entry/service for customers, but there are other methods to achieve high vaccination rates. I read an article in a local paper about a band playing a concert in Fl- they charged about $1,000 for tickets but if you voluntarily brought proof of vaccination to the concert, you got a discount that lowered the cost to about $30. A public university had a mandatory vaccination policy for everyone. After the law passed, they changed the policy to all classes remaining virtual until a certain percentage (70 I think) of students and falculty voluntarily submitted proof of vaccination.