When do park hours/event schedule come out?

[MeLaNie9]

We are too used to the intense planning of a WDW trip...
We arrive at GCH on Nov 1st, were going to make our 60-day-out dining reservations this week including Napa Rose, maybe Blue Bayou. However, park hours and event schedule seems to be only available to mid-Oct. If parks are going to be closed early every night, we will opt to eat after closing. If fireworks will be late, we would do Blue Bayou for lunch and stay late for fireworks. We can't find any info about events...Schedules for Sept and Oct seem to be different every day so I don't feel like we can assume that every Monday X happens at Y time, every Tuesday etc...
When do these schedules come out? If we wait for the schedules, will we still get dining reservations? We're so used to calling right with WDWdine opens on our 90-day mark! Help!!!
TIA

 

[specialks]

It seems they are 4 weeks out lately. Literally day by day it is updated. When I called to make our reservations they had the park hours a few weeks further out than what was shown online. I would call the reservation line and ask them what you should do.

 

[HydroGuy]

Use park hours from previous years as hours do not change much year to yea at DLR. Normally this link is best but it is broken for Nov 2008. Use 2007.

http://www.laughingplace.com/Guide-Cal-dlr2-200804.asp

Alternately use the park update nearest to Nov 1 and click the park hour section...

http://www.mouseplanet.com/search.php?type=c&cid=dl

And relax! DLR is more low key than WDW. At least in this area.

 

[MrsJackSparrow4Life]

I wouldn't worry too much about calling right on the 60 day mark. I have gotten a PS for blue bayou as late as 2 days ahead of time and I have never had any issues getting the time I want if I call 30 days ahead of time. Planning meals at DL is nothing compared to planning at WDW.

The only thing you need to worry about calling right on time is the Fantasmic desert reservations.

 

[MeLaNie9]

Thanks everyone - Relax??? While planning a Disney vacation???? Unheard of!!! Well actually, quite a relief since we are taking the trip because for the first part I have to give some presentations for work and I am frantically trying to get them together! So glad that we don't have to be freaking out about this stuff.
Anyways, I did call to get Napa Rose PS for the night we arrive (we won't go to parks that day). The CM didn't have any park hours or event schedules yet although she said that in Nov there would be no Fantasmic and fireworks only on the weekends, so we will miss both of those Oh well...

 

[JustAKid]

Thanks everyone - Relax??? While planning a Disney vacation???? Unheard of!!! Well actually, quite a relief since we are taking the trip because for the first part I have to give some presentations for work and I am frantically trying to get them together! So glad that we don't have to be freaking out about this stuff.
Anyways, I did call to get Napa Rose PS for the night we arrive (we won't go to parks that day). The CM didn't have any park hours or event schedules yet although she said that in Nov there would be no Fantasmic and fireworks only on the weekends, so we will miss both of those Oh well...

Wow! That's the pits . Sorry to hear it . It's not the same, but I reckon Disneyland without Fantasmic and fireworks is better then no Disneyland at all, eh?