Extended Evening Hours

[Belle1962]

I’ll be there starting March 3 for a week. Evening hours are listed for every park every night. Could this be right?

 

[bambialways4ever]

I’ll be there starting March 3 for a week. Evening hours are listed for every park every night. Could this be right?

It is not. Try here instead: https://disneyworld.disney.go.com/guest-services/extended-evening/

 

[kenmoore]

Question for Epcot Extended Evening - We will be staying at Boardwalk with 2 kids and inlaws. We have friends staying off site. We plan on leaving the kids with inlaws and hanging with friends at Epcot that night. Do they just check credentials when going on rides? Does World Showcase stay open? Could they just borrow Magic Bands of others in our party? (they plan on purchasing tickets to get into park)

 

[Kirsti]

World Showcase is closed as are most of the food and drink options. We saw a couple of carts with popcorn or snacks but that was it. As I said above, they block access to World Showcase between Norway and France so you can’t stroll around that part of the park. Bands display your name when you tap into the ride, and are linked to your account, so my guess is that trying to use a duplicate band would be caught and might not go well. I wouldn’t risk it.

 

[Nabas]

World Showcase is closed as are most of the food and drink options. We saw a couple of carts with popcorn or snacks but that was it. As I said above, they block access to World Showcase between Norway and France so you can’t stroll around that part of the park. Bands display your name when you tap into the ride, and are linked to your account, so my guess is that trying to use a duplicate band would be caught and might not go well. I wouldn’t risk it.

At one point, the Rose & Crown Pub was open for takeout drinks. But we haven't been for late nights in a while. I don't know if it's still open.

 

[Kirsti]

At one point, the Rose & Crown Pub was open for takeout drinks. But we haven't been for late nights in a while. I don't know if it's still open.

We only passed by them at around 10:45 (with an 11pm close) and they were definitely shut then. Judging by the number of very drunk people hanging around outside them (we had an interesting conversation about ghosts with a couple who randomly accosted us...), they may have been open past the 9pm park close.

 

[ultimatefans]

Attractions for Hollywood Studios are listed (Wednesday April 13 only)
https://disneyworld.disney.go.com/guest-services/extended-evening/

 

[Neener16]

Attractions for Hollywood Studios are listed (Wednesday April 13 only)
https://disneyworld.disney.go.com/guest-services/extended-evening/

Thanks. I’m still bitter Magic Kingdom not opened that week for extended hours.

 

[MMSM]

Attractions for Hollywood Studios are listed (Wednesday April 13 only)
https://disneyworld.disney.go.com/guest-services/extended-evening/

I too wish it was MK. But maybe lots of people will go there now and less people at MK?

 

[Jacq7414]

Attractions for Hollywood Studios are listed (Wednesday April 13 only)
https://disneyworld.disney.go.com/guest-services/extended-evening/

That looks like a good list! So strange it’s only for that one date though.

 

[Kae]

That looks like a good list! So strange it’s only for that one date though.

I am hoping it is some kind of trial run

 

[TheSouthernBelle]

I am hoping it is some kind of trial run

I hope they do add more extended eve hours to DHS, but given it's one day only, I am guessing it's to help with how busy DHS will be that week given Good Friday/Easter are that weekend.

 

[TheSouthernBelle]

Also, if you hang around for long enough at MK, you can get shots like these. The one Disney Photo Pass photographer who was on Main Street closed her line around half an hour before the end of the evening, so if you want one of their pics, you need to leave a little sooner than we did...
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WOW- that is incredible. Haven't seen main street that empty since our trips when the parks opened back up after the 2020 closures,

 

[Kirsti]

WOW- that is incredible. Haven't seen main street that empty since our trips when the parks opened back up after the 2020 closures,

Admittedly his was taken at 11.45 when extended hours were from 9-11pm... so we were pretty much being swept out of the park by then...

 

[Neverbeast]

Is it pretty typical for the fireworks to overlap the EE hours? Like enchantment at 9 and EE 9-11? Or would it normally be more of a gap between fireworks, official park close, EE (ex: 8pm enchantment, 9-11 EE)?
I don’t know why but I’m having trouble wrapping my mind around how this works with not missing half the time for fireworks and all the day guests jumping in line during fireworks etc.

 

[CarolynFH]

Is it pretty typical for the fireworks to overlap the EE hours? Like enchantment at 9 and EE 9-11? Or would it normally be more of a gap between fireworks, official park close, EE (ex: 8pm enchantment, 9-11 EE)?
I don’t know why but I’m having trouble wrapping my mind around how this works with not missing half the time for fireworks and all the day guests jumping in line during fireworks etc.

If the park closes at 9, day guests won’t be allowed to get in line any later than 8:59. It does take a little bit for the line to clear, but not so long since the LL closes then too. For especially popular rides like SDMT, it’s often a good idea to ride other attractions at the start of Extra Hours and save the especially popular rides for later.

 

[Neverbeast]

If the park closes at 9, day guests won’t be allowed to get in line any later than 8:59. It does take a little bit for the line to clear, but not so long since the LL closes then too. For especially popular rides like SDMT, it’s often a good idea to ride other attractions at the start of Extra Hours and save the especially popular rides for later.

So helpful!
Are the fireworks usually over before that happens? Or would we be missing 30 minutes of rides in EE to watch fireworks? I’m trying to decide how many nights we need in MK to decide on PH- if we can see enchantment and make the most of EE I think we might skip PH

 

[CarolynFH]

So helpful!
Are the fireworks usually over before that happens? Or would we be missing 30 minutes of rides in EE to watch fireworks? I’m trying to decide how many nights we need in MK to decide on PH- if we can see enchantment and make the most of EE I think we might skip PH

If park closes, fireworks begin and EE begin all at the same time, yes, you have to decide between fireworks and EE. I have no idea how often that happens, though!

 

[brockash]

So helpful!
Are the fireworks usually over before that happens? Or would we be missing 30 minutes of rides in EE to watch fireworks? I’m trying to decide how many nights we need in MK to decide on PH- if we can see enchantment and make the most of EE I think we might skip PH

I think so far, definitely for this week MK fireworks have been before extra magic hrs. For example this past week MK fireworks were at 8, with EE hours 10-midnight.

 

[mouschievous]

If I remember correctly, fireworks lasted 15 minutes. The biggest issue would be trying to get out of the mob of people to get to the rides, but if you're strategic in where you watch from, you should still be able to get some rides in.