Latest Walt Disney World Park Hours News

Last Minute Changes to Park Hours for President’s Visit

January 17, 2012

President Obama will be making a special announcement regarding the tourism industry on Thursday, January 19, at the Magic Kingdom. It appears Main Street U.S.A. will be closed for a good part of the day. Due to the President’s speech, park hours have been adjusted by Disney.

Magic Kingdom loses Extra Magic Hours and Celebrate A Dream Come True Parade has been rescheduled for 3:30 pm. At Disney’s Hollywood Studios, Night Extra Magic Hours have been added along with a special fireworks show titled, Rock the Night Fireworks Spectacular at 7:00 pm. Night Extra Magic Hours have been added to Epcot and Morning Extra Magic Hours added to Animal Kingdom (moved from January 18). As always, please remember that schedules are subject to change without notice.

Walt Disney World Park Hours Updated for January

December 20, 2011

Magic Kingdom hours have been updated on several days in the new year. On Janaury 1, an extra hour has been added in the morning and at night. On the 2, 3, 7, 15, 21, and 28, an extra hour has been added to the closing time. On the 14, two hours have been added at the end of the day. There are no changes to showings for Wishes or the Main Street Electrical Parade.

At Disney's Animal Kingdom, only a few days in January see changes. One extra hour has been added to both the opening and closing times for the 1, 2, 3, and 4. One extra hour has been added at night for the 5, 14, and 15.

There are no changes so far for January at Disney's Hollywood Studios or Epcot.

In a side note, closing hours have been expanded by 1 hour on today's December 20 schedule at MK, DHS and AK.

UPDATE DECEMBER 21: Minor update today. Epcot drops from an early 8:00 am opening to 9:00 am on December 25 (Extra Magic Hours still scheduled however, so starting at 8:00 am instead of the originally scheduled 7:00 am). Disney's Hollywood Studios expands closing times from 6:00 pm to 9:00 pm on April 24 and 25, 2012.

Disney World Holiday Hours Updated

November 24, 2011

Holidays hours have been updated today and there are MAJOR changes at the Magic Kingdom and Disney’s Hollywood Studios.

At the Magic Kingdom, most days in December (5, 10, 11, 12, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31) have expanded hours and many days see an additional Main Street Electrical Parade. The park will open at 8:00 am on a fair number of days. On December 2 and 3, Celebrate A Dream Come True Parade will run at 5:00 pm due to the Christmas Day Parade tapings. Of note as well is that Holiday Wishes and Mickey's Once Upon A Christmastime Parade begin December 19, with the daytime parade running twice a day Christmas week.

MK also sees some expanded hours in January (9, 13, 16, 17, 20, 21, 23, 27) and February (5, 10, 11, 12, 13, 16, 27). As of January 2, Celebrate a Dream Come True Parade moves from 3:30 pm to 3:00 pm.

At Disney’s Hollywood Studios, most days in December (1, 4, 6, 9, 10, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31) see calendar changes. Closing times are expanded by 1 or 2 hours and most of the affected days see an extra Fantasmic or two. Christmas week the park opens at 8:00 am and there are 3 showings of Fantasmic!

As previously reported, Fantasmic goes down for rehab at the beginning of January and returns on February 13.

There are no changes at Animal Kingdom in December. Note that Mickey's Jingle Jungle Parade will have its last holiday run on January 2 instead of January 3. Mickey's Jammin' Jungle Parade picks up on January 3.

Only minor changes at Epcot in December with the park opening time changed to 8:00 am for Christmas week (not including Christmas day).

There are no changes at Typhoon Lagoon. The park goes down for refurbishment as originally planned on December 4.

There are no changes at Blizzard Beach. As originally scheduled, the park opens from it’s refurbishment on December 4.

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