Official 2021 Disney Very Merriest After Hours Thread

[Kyhome]

I saw that rides are open from 8-9:00 for guests with party bands. Anyone know why there are no wait times for this time frame on the app?

 

[monte4623]

Great time. minimal lines. Great parade and not crowded

 

[Chickinvic]

last time I went everything was walk on. Now it’s 35 min and 25 min wait for mine train? Sheesh

I wouldn’t trust the app for after hours events though timeframes

When I went to the Christmas Party in 2018 and 2019, I had to wait about 30 minutes each time for Mine Train, and same with Peter Pan.

 

[EEva]

I saw that rides are open from 8-9:00 for guests with party bands. Anyone know why there are no wait times for this time frame on the app?

It looks like the app stopped showing wait times once the park closed at 8. Kind of a bummer. We were able to watch the wait times in the app during the first two parties. I wonder how attendees will know what the times are while at the after hours?

 

[sherlockmiles]

Hi All -
Attached I'm sharing a spreadsheet I created for my Dec 4-11 trip. Feel free to download and use it to help you with your own planning. It's a zip - once unzipped it is an excel file.

 

[boop0524]

When I went to the Christmas Party in 2018 and 2019, I had to wait about 30 minutes each time for Mine Train, and same with Peter Pan.

Did it cost almost $200 a ticket back then tho?

 

[Selket]

i would think there would tickets for sale the “day of” at least on nights that are not sold out....which would be most nights.

I have no doubts one could buy tickets for the day of if the event isn't sold out.

I am wondering about the sold out dates. I thought the first two parties were sold out?

 

[WNYDisneyDad]

It looks like the app stopped showing wait times once the park closed at 8. Kind of a bummer. We were able to watch the wait times in the app during the first two parties. I wonder how attendees will know what the times are while at the after hours?

Did the ride times return once it hit 9pm? It seems that the period from when the park closes at 8 and the event starts at 9 that the app does not show the times. I may be wrong, though. I’ll be at the party next Tuesday and am hopeful that this is the case, as I don’t want to have to walk across the park to see wait times.

 

[lostprincess_danie]

Did the ride times return once it hit 9pm? It seems that the period from when the park closes at 8 and the event starts at 9 that the app does not show the times. I may be wrong, though. I’ll be at the party next Tuesday and am hopeful that this is the case, as I don’t want to have to walk across the park to see wait times.

I looked in MDE around 10ish last night and they had returned.

 

[NotTheBatesMotel]

I’m curious for those that went to the 2nd party… were they actively checking wristbands? I was pretty surprised that they only checked our wristbands once the entire night especially since we went on a ton of rides. I was wearing a jacket so mine was completely covered and I was only asked once to show it. I understand when I went it was night 1 so maybe the CM’s forgot. They checked our bands the entire night with prior AH events I attended.

 

[Kyhome]

Did the ride times return once it hit 9pm? It seems that the period from when the park closes at 8 and the event starts at 9 that the app does not show the times. I may be wrong, though. I’ll be at the party next Tuesday and am hopeful that this is the case, as I don’t want to have to walk across the park to see wait times.

The ride wait times came back in the app at 9:00 for me, they just were not there from 8:00-9:00 last night. Odd.

 

[persnickity]

The ride wait times came back in the app at 9:00 for me, they just were not there from 8:00-9:00 last night. Odd.

Probably just a programming issue. Technically, the park closed at 8 and reopened at 9 for the party. So they haven't told the app to display the times for the period in between.

 

[EPCOT-O.G.]

For the data geeks out there, Thrill-Data.com has posted heat maps on the average waits for the rides, and appear to update each day. Here is the link from Tuesday:

Wait Times at Magic Kingdom - Thrill-Data

 

[andy_dangg]

How bad are the crowds looking for Enchantment on the After Hours nights? I do really want to see Enchantment, but would rather not be waiting an hour on Main Street for a decent spot. We have a 1:30p reservation at Steakhouse 71 so I feel like we will be getting hungry around 7-8 I was thinking we could mobile order Casey's at 7 for a quick dinner...don't really want hot dogs though, haha! Just wondering if we have time to squeeze in a quick meal or if we should just eat a snack beforehand.

edited to add: we only have tickets for the After Hours so we can only enter at 7

 

[HappilyEverAfter80]

For the data geeks out there, Thrill-Data.com has posted heat maps on the average waits for the rides, and appear to update each day. Here is the link from Tuesday:

Wait Times at Magic Kingdom - Thrill-Data

This is very cool - but is this for waits during the party? 70 min for mine train?

 

[EPCOT-O.G.]

This is very cool - but is this for waits during the party? 70 min for mine train?

Party doesn't start until 9. This is carryover from the day guests

 

[WNYDisneyDad]

How bad are the crowds looking for Enchantment on the After Hours nights? I do really want to see Enchantment, but would rather not be waiting an hour on Main Street for a decent spot. We have a 1:30p reservation at Steakhouse 71 so I feel like we will be getting hungry around 7-8 I was thinking we could mobile order Casey's at 7 for a quick dinner...don't really want hot dogs though, haha! Just wondering if we have time to squeeze in a quick meal or if we should just eat a snack beforehand.

Judging by the YouTube videos, it seems the Enchantment crowds are heavy on party nights. I don’t know how it looks on normal days, but is seems like a decent crowd.

 

[Lsdolphin]

I have no doubts one could buy tickets for the day of if the event isn't sold out.

I am wondering about the sold out dates. I thought the first two parties were sold out?

I don’t think first party sold out until the day of so they must have sold whatever tickets they did have the same day. So hopefully this means that they won’t be selling additional tickets for days that are listed as “sold out”

 

[Lsdolphin]

I do find it interesting that after a few After Hours nights people aren’t running to buy tickets....I guess if all the nights do sell out we can expect future events to continue to rise in price...I don’t know if Disney will see that many guests who buy tickets are compensating by staying fewer nights in a resort or spending less on food and shopping. I did modify our reservation to remove one night and made sure CM knew the reason...

 

[CampbellzSoup]

Christmas projections are on the castle!