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Walt Disney World Park Hours

For Thursday May 17, 2012

Magic Kingdom

(M) 9:00am - 11:00pm

Celebrate A Dream Come True Parade

3:00pm

Main Street Electrical Parade

9:00pm

Wishes Nighttime Spectacular

10:00pm

Main Street Electrical Parade

11:00pm


Epcot

9:00am - 9:00pm

IllumiNations: Reflections of Earth

9:00pm


Disney's Hollywood Studios

9:00am - 9:00pm

Pixar Pals Countdown to Fun!

3:00pm

Fantasmic!

9:00pm


Animal Kingdom

9:00am - 6:00pm

Mickey's Jammin' Jungle Parade

3:45pm


Water Parks

Typhoon Lagoon

10:00am - 5:00pm

Blizzard Beach

10:00am - 5:00pm


Walt Disney World Park Hours

For Friday May 18, 2012

Magic Kingdom

9:00am - 10:00pm

Celebrate A Dream Come True Parade

3:00pm

Main Street Electrical Parade

9:00pm

Wishes Nighttime Spectacular

10:00pm


Epcot

9:00am - 9:00pm (N)

IllumiNations: Reflections of Earth

9:00pm


Disney's Hollywood Studios

8:00am - 10:00pm

Pixar Pals Countdown to Fun!

3:00pm

Fantasmic!

9:00pm

Fantasmic!

10:30pm


Animal Kingdom

9:00am - 6:00pm

Mickey's Jammin' Jungle Parade

3:45pm


Water Parks

Typhoon Lagoon

10:00am - 5:00pm

Blizzard Beach

10:00am - 5:00pm


(M) Morning Extra Magic Hours *
(N) Night Extra Magic Hours *

* Extended Disney Park hours,
a benefit known as Extra Magic Hours,
are only available to Guests of select
Walt Disney World Resort hotels.

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Latest Walt Disney World Park Hours News

End of April and May Park Hours Update

April 24, 2012

Disney has updated park hours at 3 of it's 4 theme parks for a few days at the end of April and many days in May. Here is a list of the calendar changes.

Over at the Magic Kingdom, days affected in May include one, two or three extra hours added to the closing time along with the standard extra Main Street Electrical Parade:


April Opening Closing EMH/Show/Parade/Fireworks
30    

+ Main Street Electrical Parade


May Opening Closing EMH/Show/Parade/Fireworks
3, 4, 10, 12, 17, 20, 21, 25   +1 hour

+ Main Street Electrical Parade

19, 24, 26   +2 hours

+ Main Street Electrical Parade

5   +3 hours

+ Main Street Electrical Parade


At Disney's Hollywood Studios, many more days are affected in May with the usual addtional showing of Fantasmic. As well, we see some 8:00 am openings:


April Opening Closing EMH/Show/Parade/Fireworks
30   +1 hour

+ Fantasmic


May Opening Closing EMH/Show/Parade/Fireworks
5, 7, 12, 13, 14, 16, 21, 22, 23, 24   +1 hour

+ Fantasmic

18, 19, 20, 25, 26 + 1 hour
(8:00 am)
+1 hour

+ Fantasmic


There are few changes at Disney's Animal Kingdom. Of note is that with Extra Magic Hours on May 26, the park will open at 7:00 am:


May Opening Closing EMH/Show/Parade/Fireworks
19, 20   +1 hour

 

26 +1 hour +1 hour

 


For the month of May, there are no changes at Epcot, Blizzard Beach or Typhoon Lagoon.


Major Update to April Theme Park and Water Park Hours

March 24, 2012

At Walt Disney World’s flagship Magic Kingdom park, most days in April are affected. In the first two weeks of the month, Celebrate a Dream Come True parade is running twice. With Morning Extra Magic Hours, some days in April see 7:00 am openings. Here is a table of the April changes at MK:


April Opening Closing EMH/Show/Parade/Fireworks
1, 6   +1 hour

+ Celebrate a Dream Come True

+ Main Street Electrical Parade

2, 3, 4, 5, 7   + 2 hours

+ Celebrate a Dream Come True

+ Main Street Electrical Parade

8, 12, 13 +1 hour + 1 hour + Main Street Electrical Parade
9, 10, 11 +1 hour +2 hours + Main Street Electrical Parade
14, 16, 19, 22, 23, 26, 27, 28   + 1 hour + Main Street Electrical Parade
15, 20, 21   +2 hours + Main Street Electrical Parade

At Disney’s Hollywood Studios, most days in April are affected. Several days see 8:00 am openings on the new calendar while many days with an extended hour at closing see an additional Fantasmic. Of note is that the Morning Extra Magic Hours planned for April 28 have moved to April 27. Here is a table of the April changes at DHS:


April Opening Closing EMH/Show/Parade/Fireworks
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7   + 1 hour  
8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 16, 19, 20, 21, 23, 27, 28   + 1 hour + Fantasmic
27     + Extra Magic Hours Morning
28     - Extra Magic Hours Morning

Disney’s Animal Kingdom also sees most days in April updated positively. Like the Magic Kingdom, some days in April see 7:00 am openings when including Morning Extra Magic Hours. Here is a table of the April changes at AK:


April Opening Closing EMH/Show/Parade/Fireworks
1, 2, 6, 7 + 1 hour    
3, 4, 5, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 + 1 hour + 1 hour  
15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30   + 1 hour  
21   + 2 hours  

At Epcot, the only change on the April calendar is the swap of Night Extra Magic Hours from April 27 to April 28. Here is a table of the April changes at Epcot:


April Opening Closing EMH/Show/Parade/Fireworks
27     - Extra Magic Hours Night
28     + Extra Magic Hours Night

Finally, both Typhoon Lagoon and Blizzard Beach see their hours affected in a negative manner. Opening time has moved from 9:00 am to 10:00 am for the first 14 days of April. Here is a table of the April changes at the water parks:


April Opening Closing EMH/Show/Parade/Fireworks
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14 - 1 hour    

Major Park Hours Update for March 2012

February 24, 2012

Disney has made some big changes to the March schedule at three of the four Walt Disney World theme parks.

First however, some updates for the end of February. Over at the Magic Kingdom, an extra hour of fun has been added on February 26, 27 and 28.  On the 24-hour day of February 29, a showing of the Main Street Electrical Parade has been added at midnight. Disney’s Hollywood Studios sees its closing time expanded by one hour on February 26 with an additional Fantasmic.

Now back to the big changes for March. The Magic Kingdom is the park most affected with changes virtually every day. Some days see an extra hour added to the closing time (1, 2, 4, 7), an extra MSEP (21, 27, 28), an extra hour and an extra MSEP (3, 9, 11, 18, 19, 20, 22, 23, 24, 25, 29, 30), two hours added to the closing time (5, 6, 8), two hours plus an extra MSEP (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 26), three extra hours added to closing plus an extra MSEP (10), and finally an 8:00 am opening along with 2 hours added to closing with an extra MSEP (31).

Disney’s Hollywood Studios also sees significant changes. Closing time has been expanded by one hour with an additional Fantasmic showing on March 5, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 19, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30 and 31. Closing time has been expanded by two hours plus one Fantasmic on March 3 and 4. On March 10 an extra hour has been added to opening along with two hours at closing and an extra Fantasmic. March 1 sees an 8:00 am opening along with an extra performance of Fantasmic. Finally, March 18 sees an extra half-hour (!) added to closing time along with an extra Fantasmic.

Animal Kingdom’s calendar for March has been updated with an extra hour at closing time for March 6, 7, 10, 11, 15, 18, 19, 20, 21, 25, 26, 28 and 31. March 12, 13 and 14 have an extra hour at both opening (8:00 am) and closing.

There are no changes to the schedules for Epcot, Blizzard Beach or Typhoon Lagoon



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