Park closings in Oct

[Tinachichi]

Just got back from 4 day trip thru Royal Pacific. All our trips (6) have been in July. Just got hit in the head with the knowledge that park closing times change. Had no idea. We will be there in Oct for HHNs for the first time and wonder how to find out what closing times for the parks will be while we are there. Oct 16th thru the 19th. We are going to HHN on the 18th. We are used to being in the parks till 10 or 11pm and is seems that is not the case in Oct. I know they must close down Universal for the HHN at 4 or 5 but what about IOA on those nights.

 

[RMulieri]

IOA will close 7pm and 8pm on the 18th and 19th
Parks close much earlier in the offseason

 

[Metro West]

The Studios will close at 5PM for HHN set up and IOA will close at either 7 or 8PM.

 

[DCTooTall]

It might be worth pointing out that even though the parks close earlier, they are a LOT less crowded. You may even find that you are able to get much more done in the parks that day even with the earlier close time than you are able to in July.

 

[smallworldnh]

It might be worth pointing out that even though the parks close earlier, they are a LOT less crowded. You may even find that you are able to get much more done in the parks that day even with the earlier close time than you are able to in July.

I found this to be true last year. We stayed in WDW for the week late last September, but took a day to go to US/IOA. We got there before opening and managed to comfortably do both parks with very little waits for the rides. In fact, Harry Potter was about 10 minutes and we got to do that one and a lot of others more than once. GREAT time of the year to go!