Do Fantasy Land rides stay open until the park closes?

[abwdreaming]

Hi, I realize this may seem a silly question. However, I really want to know if all the rides in Fantasy Land remain open until the park closes. I am thinking there may be less crowds and then shorter lines late in the evening. Or is this just wishful thinking?

 

[longtimedisneylurker]

Hi, I realize this may seem a silly question. However, I really want to know if all the rides in Fantasy Land remain open until the park closes. I am thinking there may be less crowds and then shorter lines late in the evening. Or is this just wishful thinking?

Well, based on my limited experience late at night and comments I have read here on the board, it may just be wishful thinking. The Fantasyland rides do stay open until closing. Be aware though that most of the Fantasyland rides are closed during the fireworks. They are re-opened once the post-fireworks all-clear is given which I think is at least 15 minutes after the show ends.

 

[figment_jii]

As longtimedisneylurker said, the attractions will generally remain open until the park closes (unless there is some mechanical difficulty). (Although, for some reason, I think Storybook Canal and Casey Jr sometimes run on their own schedule - I can't say for sure.) The FL rides (at least PP, Snow White, Pinocchio, Carousel, and Mr. Toad) close during fireworks; I can't remember if Alice and Mad Tea Party are running. I think Anna & Elsa also do not meet during fireworks (at least they weren't there on Saturday). The attractions stay closed until the all clear is given. The line for PP starts forming before they re-open FL over by the Mad Hatter Hat Shop (heading towards Mad Tea Party) and then CMs escort the line to Peter Pan before opening the rest of FL.

I do think the lines for some FL rides are shorter at closing (e.g., Snow White, Pinnochio, Mr. Toad, Carousel), but I haven't noticed a major drop in the line for Peter Pan.

 

[GatorChris]

During the Christmas season with fireworks every night, FL will usually close about 45 minutes before launch. And when we're there, the park closes right after that so FL stays closed except on weekends when the it's open to 10pm or midnight.

 

[TheDoleWhipper]

They do stay open until the parks close! But keep in mind that they will close for the fireworks (along with neighboring toontown, where the fireworks are shot from), but I am pretty sure that during the fireworks you can still the show from Fantasyland, just not go on the rides. One time I read that you can go on the Storybook canal boats just before the fireworks begin and if your timing is right, the boats will stop and you can watch the show from the boats. Not sure if it is correct, though. Shortly after the fireworks, they will reopen, and the lines will be minimal for the hour before the park closes if it closes late. Unfortunately, Peter Pan's line just never dies down all day, so the only time to see it with a short wait is first thing after the park opens on a non-early entry day (or a early entry day if you are elligible for the program). But the other rides should have pretty short waits, but still, the best time to do them is first thing in the morning, as none of them have fastpass and are all low-capacity and not worth really long waits.

 

[longtimedisneylurker]

During the Christmas season with fireworks every night, FL will usually close about 45 minutes before launch. And when we're there, the park closes right after that so FL stays closed except on weekends when the it's open to 10pm or midnight.

Ah, good point. I am almost never there when the park closes before 10 PM. We go weekends, holidays, and summer.

 

[AZpharmacist]

We were just there a week ago and FL rides closed about an hour before fireworks. They apparently reopened at 8:30 (park closed at 9), but we left after fireworks so I'm not sure. Kind of a bummer for the 2 year old we were traveling with as he didn't get to ride Peter Pan. I would hit up FL during the parade. It seemed like everyone in the park was at the parade

 

[SMD]

Some FL rides close during the parade. Storybookland is one, I can't remember if Peter Pan is or not. I have seen the area roped off during the day, but I can't remember if it was because of a parade, or because of something going on in front of the castle.

 

[summerw]

Storybook may close occasionally during the parade as I agree with pp that it and Casey have their own schedule. They sometimes don't reopen after fireworks and are sometimes just randomly closed. Small world seems to do that sometimes too but it's rare. No other rides close for the parade. Everything from the big thunder trail to the path at the side of the castle at the Alice bathrooms gets roped off and closed for fireworks including Alice and the teacups. I would say snow and Pinocchio usually get short lines after the fireworks and often mr toad and dumbo especially in cooler weather. Peter might drop a little right at closing but not much. However they run the ride faster after closing and the handicap line doesn't grow so it goes much faster then.

 

[4Mickeys]

When we were there in September we did some of the FL rides right up until closing on a few nights. As long as you were in the line prior to right near closing time they kept going until all in the line had ridden. We didn't come off Alice until about 12.30am one night and we were the last and only people to ride Casey Junior on another night that was pretty cool having the ride all to ourselves. But alas the other posters are correct PP always looks busy!