October Park Hours

[PuppyPrincess]

Does anyone know when Disney will release October park hours? I am trying to work on my trip and it seems like they are releasing hours one day at a time - ugh. I am trying to finalize my ADR's and this is driving me crazy, trying to figure which park I want to go to on what day.

TIA.

 

[Thiago Acquaviva]

They do release park hours one day at a time, always 6 months ahead.
So, October 1st park hours should be released on April 1st

 

[GADisneyDad14]

Does anyone know when Disney will release October park hours? I am trying to work on my trip and it seems like they are releasing hours one day at a time - ugh. I am trying to finalize my ADR's and this is driving me crazy, trying to figure which park I want to go to on what day.

TIA.

The “rolling 180 day / one day at a time” pattern has been in place for many months now. Presumably that will continue to be the case for the foreseeable future, until Disney changes it.

You can see 10 days in advance of the 180 day mark by doing the following:

Hover over "My Disney Experience"
Click "My Itinerary"
Click "Add Plans" --> Click "Add Parks & Places"
Change the date at the top

Some have reported this not working for them, but it works for me - YMMV.

BUT all park hours that far in advance are subject to change, especially with Disney’s trend of not updating ‘real’ hours until much closer to the month in question lately.

It’s a bit frustrating, I know.

 

[PuppyPrincess]

My last trip was last November, and I was able to get the entire month in advance of making my ADR's. Thanks for the tip of seeing the 10 days in advance of the 180 mark. I will try that! I know Disney has been known to change park hours at whim closer to the actual date, but I liked to see Extra Magic Hours, etc when planning. I am going with 2 other couples, One who hasn't been in over 10 years, another over 6 years, and we go every year. Trying to get everyone's flavor of what to see, what's new, etc. and places to eat. Wanted to have as much info as possible at my fingertips for early planning.

Thanks for the quick response.

 

[mom23boyz]

I have a couple of questions...first off, if you look back at the 2017 park hours for the date/day you want, what are the chances the hours will be the same? I've been trying to use that as a guide for planning our ADR's.

Also, if park hours are listed as 9am-9pm for example, and there is a morning magic hour, that means it opens at 8? Same if its evening magic hour, they close at 11?

 

[CAS239]

I have a couple of questions...first off, if you look back at the 2017 park hours for the date/day you want, what are the chances the hours will be the same? I've been trying to use that as a guide for planning our ADR's.

Also, if park hours are listed as 9am-9pm for example, and there is a morning magic hour, that means it opens at 8? Same if its evening magic hour, they close at 11?

You could use last years dates as an estimate, but I'd say it's about 50/50 chance.

When there's early morning magic the park hours are beginning at 9am for regular guests. For Early Morning Magic ticket holders it's 7:45am-9am. Early Morning Magic is a ticketed event purchased separatly and is different from Extra Magic Hours.

For evening extra magic hours it's be 2 hours after regular park closing. It'll all be listed by Disney. So if there's EMH at night at MK closes at 9pm, then on site guests can partake in EMH until 11pm when park closes. Off site guests can remain in the park at night too, they just can't ride anything during EMH.

If it's AM EMH, then on site guests only can get into the park 1 hour before regular opening.

EMH=Extra Magic Hours: for on site guests
EMM=Early Morning Magic: for ticket holders

 

[mom23boyz]

Thank you for helping clarify!