Extra long AK hours every weekend in feb

[chartle]

When did they start having such long hours for AK on the weekends? I'm seeing 8PM closings every weekend in Feb.

I thought AK 8PM closing was purely a Holiday thing. During slow times I always thought 6PM was a late night for them.

 

[to be tink]

It could mean that they don't consider February a slow time anymore.
Hope that's not the case since we will be there in 2 weeks!

 

[GovieMom]

It could mean that they don't consider February a slow time anymore.
Hope that's not the case since we will be there in 2 weeks!

That's when we'll be there, too. And from what I've been reading, a WHOLE lot of others will be joining us. Typical.

 

[jimandami]

I would absolutely expect fairly substantial crowds from President's Day through Feb 25 or so. If it weren't going to be crowded, WDW wouldn't be charging peak rates for those dates.

 

[castleri]

yep we'll be there the 21th the 25th. Just hoping for some good weather which we really haven't had much of so far here in Florida and at least one day with a decent crowd level. We have DS, DDIL, & DGD coming down and they will probably think it is warm no matter what after the weather they have been having in RI but a few warm sunny days would be nice.

 

[chartle]

I would absolutely expect fairly substantial crowds from President's Day through Feb 25 or so. If it weren't going to be crowded, WDW wouldn't be charging peak rates for those dates.

I checked the calender at easywdw and every weekend in Feb and its 8 this weekend including tonight and last weekend also.

 

[notfrostyjosh]

Weather is lousy but it's open until 8 today and looks pretty dead. Safaris is already closed:

DINOSAUR
10 Min

Expedition Everest
5 Min

It's Tough to be a Bug!
5 Min

Kali River Rapids
10 Min

Primeval Whirl
20 Min

TriceraTop Spin
10 Min

Would expect the same over the weekend after 6pm.

 

[Lyndarella]

Oh boy! That's exactly when I'm going too!

When I booked, the RO rates were lower at that time, even following Pres Day. I thought that was unusual, but the lowest $ nights was what I was looking for, so it's what I reserved.

I've never gone to WDW in Feb, but it may be more crowded than I've expected it to be....

 

[notfrostyjosh]

Feb 14 - 23 is slammed. Other dates are pretty chill.

 

[KAT4DISNEY]

For about as long as I remember they used to have one or two nights a week that the would have late hours. Those would be the days/nights we would go to that park and loved being there after dark. Even last Feb they had 8pm closings on the weekends when we were there but shortly after that they began their shortened hours. I had heard they were going to bring back the evenings again - glad it's actually happening!

 

[MidnightParade]

Hmm...maybe they are just testing it out keeping it open longer to see what interest/revenues it helps generate during non holidays?

 

[kaybird]

Nothing beats Everest in the DARK!!!!

Maybe they are prepping for the rumored dark River of Light parade? (She says tentatively, keeping her fingers crossed!?!)

 

[to be tink]

We go the last week in February every 2 years (NH school vacation week). The first half of the week tends to be a bit busier due to overlapping other state school vacations the week before. Over the years the crowds have seemed to grow but they are not unbearable. Our family does use the fastpass system quite a bit so our experience might be different this year. We also are night owls and love night EMH. Sometimes it feels like we have the park to ourselves!