What kind of hours are these!!!!!!

[onceuponadream]

IF Disney does increase the park hours at MK ...when will we find out? . I'm concerned as we are traveling with my husbands parents and our 4 kids who HAVE to have an afternoon break because of the heat. It was because of the kids school schedules that we had to take a summer trip. Using the guide books and Tourguide Mike we planned our PS and park days around a break and returning to the park in the evening. If the parks are close at 7 we will have to rethink our afternoon break strategy (or just cut some of the attractions out of our days in order to prevent heat stroke Will we find out before hand if park hours are extended or is it typically announced the day before or is it you don't find out until you ask when you walk in the park that day? It would really help to know before we leave...

 

[Pat_Elliott]

Originally posted by onceuponadream
Will we find out before hand if park hours are extended or is it typically announced the day before or is it you don't find out until you ask when you walk in the park that day? It would really help to know before we leave...

To the folks that wonder what all the fuss is about, it's stuff like this.

onceuponadream, there's not much you can do. Keep an eye on the Disney hours. They changed a lot for May, much of it coming in the middle of April. And some of the changes you won't find until you're down there and get the week schedule. Also, you can call (I'd say two weeks before is a good time to start) and press them for hours. I'd say go with the online hours, but they don't always seem to jibe with the actual park hours.

Good luck. I'm making my plans and taking what I get, it seems to be the best thing to do. But I know where you're coming from. It's not right, in my opinion.

Pat

 

[jdonat]

Just keep an eye out on the schedule
on the Disney website. The schedules
change almost daily, if not daily. The hours
are based on projected attendancance. A
good part of that projection is from the
resort vacacncy rates. We did a spring
break vacation in 2002 and watched
the hours for the MK change every day.
When we startted looking, the hours
were 9-10. By the time we got there,
the hours were 8-12mid !!!!. Epcot's hours
changed for the better too.
With the economy and other factors, people
are reserving rooms at WDW and the outlying
hotels much later than a couple of years ago.
Summer '02 July was 8-10 for the MK
JED

 

[KFISCHER]

and they're the best, not even they can please everybody's PERSONAL wants.

This site proves it.

MY LAST NIGHT IS A FRIDAY, AND I WANT THEM OPEN LATE, AND I WANT FIREWORKS, AND IF THEY DON'T, I'M GONNA E-MAIL, AND THIS MIGHT BE MY LAST TRIP EVER.

Wow.

One person even compared WDW to Six Flags. There is no comparison.

Friendly suggestion: before you book a trip, don't do it, until AFTER the hours are posted.

And I agree that the hours will probably be extended.

If not, all of WDW doesn't shut down just because a park closes at 7:00. There's plenty of fun to be had.

 

[Master Grayson]

KFISCHER................

Let me get this right, the problem with the hours is the lack of ressies, so your bright idea is not to make them until the hours are out which are inside of thirty days and most normal people have to plan their vacations months in advance?


Why didn't I think of this


Also they're not going to change the hours anyway so you might also tell all the families that have dinner ressies to what.......
Oh I know just leave them the way they are it SHOULD be ok.

The only thing this site proves is if you don't live eat and sleep all that is Disney and think they can do no wrong then people leave stupid comments on these threads!

 

[colleen costello]

I do not believe that shorter hours will "ruin" our wonderful vacation time together this June. I DO believe however, that I look at the hours we can possibly spend in a park, and if they are too short to make a ticket "worthwhile" I will not go to a park that day. This may change if I get annual passes. I could then visit the parks for a short time each day and not worry as much about "value."

At this point though, the hours are less-than-great and making meal reservations around "what park you'll be at that day" is near impossible. I printed out the March hours on Disney's site right before our Spring trip. Planned to be in the MK on one of the "late" days (8pm) so Mom could experience Spectromagic. By the time I checked in a few days later, the hours had been shortened significantly and there was NO night we could see Spectromagic. Once again, many of us remember when the MK was open til midnight or even 1am in the summertime. It was wonderful! You could swim all afternoon and return for hours of fun. All you had to worry about in terms of planning was weather, because there was a parade and fireworks EVERY night. I miss that. Whatever the reason!

 

[KFISCHER]

Bright people would realize my comment about booking AFTER the hours came out was facetious.

Guess I was wrong.

No, Disney's not perfect.
That's true.
Some of their biggest fans get all riled up when they close a bit too early.
Even though I'm sure that a business giant like Disney would stay open late on a June night if they thought it would be profitable.
(Gosh, I sure hope that wasn't a stupid comment, Master Grayson!)

I was the 83rd person to post on this thread which began with a criticism of WDW....which is fine.

But, it's so nice to be able to offer another view.

 

[nativetxn]

Okay. As much as I hate to do it--I'm going to lock this thread.

Venting is one thing, arguing with each other is a totally different thing and happens to be against DIS posting guidelines.

This thread is turning into an argument <i>again</i>. So, I'm locking it. I will send a link to this thread to the webmasters so that if they think I am mistaken they can open it again.

If you believe that this should not have been locked please send an email to admin@wdwinfo.com.

Sorry CoachV, but I'm locking it. I understand your frustration and disappointment in the new shorter hours, everyone.

Katholyn