Eating/shopping during MK extended hours?

[Hali55DIS]

Has anyone been recently and noted which stores/food services were open during the MK extended evening hours for deluxe resorts?

The Disney website just says “select merchandise and food/beverage locations”…

Thanks!

 

[TheSouthernBelle]

Not recently but as per usual, it's not much. I recall when we did this last April in tomorrowland the lunching pad was open until shortly before 1am, Cosmic Rays was open until around 11, Pecos Bills was open until 10pm. I don't recall what else might have been open but even on late closing nights at MK without EEH, the park doesn't keep much open late. For shopping, we noticed there were still stores open on main street like the emporium but we aren't shoppers so not really anything I would have noticed.

 

[Narcoossee11]

The HUGE draw/purpose is to ride the top tier attractions.
Shop and eat some other time.

 

[mickeyluv'r]

Has anyone been recently and noted which stores/food services were open during the MK extended evening hours for deluxe resorts?

The Disney website just says “select merchandise and food/beverage locations”…

Thanks!

Not much in MK, and even less in Epcot. To make matters worse, after the EEH are over, most WDW hotel options are also closed for the night. Even DS isn't open very late.


With a car, one late night option we discovered is Miller's Ale House. There are a few of them located just off WDW property. Miller's isn't anything exceptional, but the burgers are decent, and they do drive-up carry out. If you order online, the order is ready when you arrive. They have been reliably quick. Just make sure to drive to the correct location. There are also other late night options just off WDW property.

Otherwise, your best onsite option is to try to eat before the EEH starts.

Last, because of this, after getting caught empty-handed multiple times over the years, we also always make sure to have a few snacks in our room.

 

[Mrs.AMC]

Casey's was open. The Ice Cream shop itself was on our date (with a HUGE line)
Not much else. Not even ice cream or pop corn stands. Most of all those shut down with the park regular hours.
My complaint about the event is no where to even get a bottle of soda/water or light snack. I didn't want Casey's but a Mickey bar would have been nice. The items they sell in those stands are just about 100% profit (which is one of the reasons they were free during the paid after hours events) so they could staff a few at least.

 

[Hali55DIS]

Not recently but as per usual, it's not much. I recall when we did this last April in tomorrowland the lunching pad was open until shortly before 1am, Cosmic Rays was open until around 11, Pecos Bills was open until 10pm. I don't recall what else might have been open but even on late closing nights at MK without EEH, the park doesn't keep much open late. For shopping, we noticed there were still stores open on main street like the emporium but we aren't shoppers so not really anything I would have noticed.

Thank you, this is helpful!

 

[Hali55DIS]

The HUGE draw/purpose is to ride the top tier attractions.
Shop and eat some other time.

Agree in theory but as we are keeping our kids up unusually late to take advantage of this, we can’t predict whether they might get hungry and need to be prepared - can’t very well tell them not to be hungry.

Also this is our only MK day and given we can no longer send purchases to our hotel trying to plan ahead for whether we can make any purchases on our way out or will need to purchase earlier and drag around with us during EEH.

 

[Hali55DIS]

Casey's was open. The Ice Cream shop itself was on our date (with a HUGE line)
Not much else. Not even ice cream or pop corn stands. Most of all those shut down with the park regular hours.
My complaint about the event is no where to even get a bottle of soda/water or light snack. I didn't want Casey's but a Mickey bar would have been nice. The items they sell in those stands are just about 100% profit (which is one of the reasons they were free during the paid after hours events) so they could staff a few at least.

Good to know - we’ll make sure we have water and a couple snacks packed for the kids - we don’t want ‘hanger’ interfering with ride time!

 

[Mle8308]

Agree in theory but as we are keeping our kids up unusually late to take advantage of this, we can’t predict whether they might get hungry and need to be prepared - can’t very well tell them not to be hungry.

Also this is our only MK day and given we can no longer send purchases to our hotel trying to plan ahead for whether we can make any purchases on our way out or will need to purchase earlier and drag around with us during EEH.

If you do buy a lot, you can rent a locker, too!

 

[Kingoglow]

Casey's has recently discovered that people will buy hot dogs well into the night. While I cannot promise that they will be open for the entire EEH window, you should be able to grab a hot dog with said window.