Grad nights, what time do they shut down DCA?

[griffin123]

We are going in June, we are only doing 2 days at Disneyland but one day is a grad night. I was thinking of going to DCA that day then when they close it down head over to DL. I cant find anywhere that says what time they usually close on grad nights, does anyone know? Do you think we can get enough done at DCA on a grad night? We will be there before they open and stay until they kick us out lol. Thanks

 

[Imdboss]

According to Disneyyouth.com the attending grads get a private park experience from 10pm-2am so it sounds like you'd still get a full day to enjoy DCA.

 

[purple figment]

Grad night doesn't impact the closing time of DCA because it takes place after the regular closing time. There is a WOC performance at closing and many with hoppers will then go over to DL for the rest of the evening.

What does get impacted is DL, especially in the afternoon and evening because the grads have hoppers so most will spend the day at DL. The morning is fine, but as more arrive in the afternoon we've seen an increase in the crowds, especially in Tomorrowland and at the thrill rides (e.g. Indy, Splash). You'll see far fewer grads in DCA during the day since they will have the park to themselves at night.

 

[mrs_z]

This is good to know as we will have two grad nights happening in our upcoming trip.

 

[VandVsmama]

Grad night doesn't impact the closing time of DCA because it takes place after the regular closing time. There is a WOC performance at closing and many with hoppers will then go over to DL for the rest of the evening.

What does get impacted is DL, especially in the afternoon and evening because the grads have hoppers so most will spend the day at DL. The morning is fine, but as more arrive in the afternoon we've seen an increase in the crowds, especially in Tomorrowland and at the thrill rides (e.g. Indy, Splash). You'll see far fewer grads in DCA during the day since they will have the park to themselves at night.

Thank you so much for this! We're going during Grad Nights, so we will be sure to hit up DL in the mornings on a Grad Night day and spend the late afternoon/evening at DCA!

 

[RJmurphy]

That's good to hear that the Grad Nights shouldn't affect the crowds too much at DCA during the day. The first day we are there we want to do DCA and it's a grad night.