MK hours this summer

[philbrody]

what's the general consensus at how late MK will be open this summer? 10 since HS is open late once TSL opens up (same as last summer when Pandora opened) or more of the midnight closing similar to years past?

 

[holden]

During our June trip MK is open til 11 each night. One night has EMH til 1:00am.

 

[Robo]

What we do know is that some of what is posted now will be expanded.

 

[GADisneyDad14]

what's the general consensus at how late MK will be open this summer? 10 since HS is open late once TSL opens up (same as last summer when Pandora opened) or more of the midnight closing similar to years past?

Since inconsistency is the only consistent thing when it comes to Disney park hours, tough to say.

But, since I find year-over-year comparisons interesting, below is some MK regular park hour closing data. June is the only "mostly" reliable park hour info we have for 2018 at this point (although even these could change). Sitting here today, July and August are in the "higher probability to be changed" category so it's harder to say what will shake out for those months.

June 2017 / June 2018
10pm - 11 nights / 6 nights
11pm - 19 nights / 21 nights
12am - 0 nights / 3 nights

July 2017
10pm - 25 nights
11pm - 5 nights
12am - 0 nights
1am - 1 night

One thing we DO know is that there are 5 Disney After Hours events in July that have 10pm-1am hours. Those nights are guaranteed to be 10pm MK closings.

My personal opinion is that we'll continue to see more abundant 10pm MK closings in July and August 2018, like we did in 2017... but again... we really don't know for sure until we get closer.

Hope that helps.

* Park hour source for the 2017 data above is TouringPlans.