extending park hours...not usually til 40 days out?

[texasgingerbread]

If they are going to extend park hours will they not do this til 40 days out or has it shown up sooner than that "once they know"? thx.

 

[Robo]

If they are going to extend park hours will they not do this til 40 days out or has it shown up sooner than that "once they know"? thx.

Many times, more like 20 days out, and later.

 

[texasgingerbread]

Thanks @Robo

 

[Parker Clan]

I have to second this.. The last two years for our August trip, hours were updated in mid July. It's an annoyance but seems like a yearly occurrence now

 

[AngiTN]

It's too random to say it's X days out. It's when they feel like it and can even be that morning.

 

[TheBigErn]

Any guesses on why they do this? I would think they have a fairly good idea of crowd levels based on resort reservations and history especially during summers and around holidays.

 

[AngiTN]

Any guesses on why they do this? I would think they have a fairly good idea of crowd levels based on resort reservations and history especially during summers and around holidays.

I wish I knew. It is baffling to me. Because I agree with you. They know darn well what they projected hours are going to be, within I'd say an hour or so. Everyone knows that they hours they post when a month is first released are changing. They'll end up being almost identical to last year. Why they don't start with hours closer to the final version to start with is a mystery that I don't think we'll ever solve.
A good example is December hours for the weeks closer to Christmas. They will open the park at 8:00 but when the December park hours are released they will be showing 9:00. They know darn well they are changing them to 8:00 at some point so why not put 8:00 when they first issue it? Beats me