MK after hours event - how has it been?

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I haven’t seen any reports on the MK after hours events - I know Tiana’s was closed on the first one but how have the crowds been? And what time were the additional fireworks at?
 
DD and DSiL went last night (Monday Jan. 13) and had a blast. They said it wasn’t at all crowded and they rode everything they wanted. They were able to walk into the Hub just before fireworks started and get a good place to watch without any trouble. They were very happy they had gone and felt the cost was worth it.
 
I think they removed Tiana's from the list of attractions open for after hours. Not sure if they're going to add it back eventually.
 
We are going on the 27th; I can report back my thoughts if desired. We've never done any type of special ticketed event before so I will only be able to compare it to a regular park day.

I'm pretty disappointed that Tiana's was removed in addition to BTMRR closing announced after I had already bought the tickets (Big Thunder is my favorite ride at MK) but trying to see if Tiana will possibly be open during the time when we can get in while the regular park hours are still going... my kids were looking forward to seeing it and it's our only time in MK.
 
We are going on the 27th; I can report back my thoughts if desired. We've never done any type of special ticketed event before so I will only be able to compare it to a regular park day.

I'm pretty disappointed that Tiana's was removed in addition to BTMRR closing announced after I had already bought the tickets (Big Thunder is my favorite ride at MK) but trying to see if Tiana will possibly be open during the time when we can get in while the regular park hours are still going... my kids were looking forward to seeing it and it's our only time in MK.
I recommend keeping a close eye on the advertising of your day, or maybe ask a CM that day. I was over at Tiana as soon as the event officially started and the way they phrased it was "it wasn't advertised for this event", I think they were talking about this list on the website. Kind of sneaky!

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I recommend keeping a close eye on the advertising of your day, or maybe ask a CM that day. I was over at Tiana as soon as the event officially started and the way they phrased it was "it wasn't advertised for this event", I think they were talking about this list on the website. Kind of sneaky!

Yes, and I swore that it was previously on this list on the website and now it's not, or I'm crazy and it wasn't ever there... I don't know at this point!

As I understand it, we can get into the park as early as 7pm, and the park officially closes at 9..... so I will keep my eyes peeled that day in the app and see if it's running that day and if it's still running at 7pm when we get there and possibly try then. Seems like it's iffy. I've been checking the DW app for the last couple of days and seems like it's still down today too. Hasn't had a clickable wait time showing up for me in days.
 
Yes, and I swore that it was previously on this list on the website and now it's not, or I'm crazy and it wasn't ever there... I don't know at this point!

As I understand it, we can get into the park as early as 7pm, and the park officially closes at 9..... so I will keep my eyes peeled that day in the app and see if it's running that day and if it's still running at 7pm when we get there and possibly try then. Seems like it's iffy. I've been checking the DW app for the last couple of days and seems like it's still down today too. Hasn't had a clickable wait time showing up for me in days.
One thing to keep in mind is that it's still VQ/LLMP only so I guess a good question is can you try picking up a VQ at 7:00 am and hope they let you in after it inevitably expires? Can you get LLMP to use in that 7-10 pm window? I don't have an answer to those questions but maybe someone here knows.

And speaking of VQ I hope they remove it from there soon.
 
One thing to keep in mind is that it's still VQ/LLMP only so I guess a good question is can you try picking up a VQ at 7:00 am and hope they let you in after it inevitably expires? Can you get LLMP to use in that 7-10 pm window? I don't have an answer to those questions but maybe someone here knows.

And speaking of VQ I hope they remove it from there soon.

Oh shoot, totally forgot about the VQ thing. It's been a minute since we've been down. That's why it's not showing on the app then, right?
 
I hope a lot of the folks feel the same as the above poster who won't go without Tiana's and BTMRR. Make my St Patrick's Day AH less crowded! 🤞
 
Yes, and I swore that it was previously on this list on the website and now it's not, or I'm crazy and it wasn't ever there... I don't know at this point!
It was on the AH list but it was removed since Tiana's does not have the reliability to stay up the both regular hours and an AH event.

Dave
 
We are doing After Hours on the 20th. If we are in the park do we still need to check-in somewhere for the After Hours or will it just show up on our magic bands. Thanks
 
I hope a lot of the folks feel the same as the above poster who won't go without Tiana's and BTMRR. Make my St Patrick's Day AH less crowded! 🤞
Don't worry. I wouldn't go to Disney at all in March anyways, lol.
 
We are doing After Hours on the 20th. If we are in the park do we still need to check-in somewhere for the After Hours or will it just show up on our magic bands. Thanks

You have to check in & get a special event band. Your ticket is linked to your magic band & scanned to get your event band. As the event starts, you show your wrist with the event band as you move land to land & as you get on rides.
 













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