Entertainment and attraction operating schedules for the 24 hour 'Coolest Summer Ever' event at the Magic Kingdom

May 20, 2015 in "Coolest Summer Ever"

Posted: Wednesday May 20, 2015 11:18am EDT by WDWMAGIC Staff

Walt Disney World Resort will kick off the 'Coolest Summer Ever' with a 24 hour special event May 22-23 at the Magic Kingdom, hosted by Olaf from Disney's animated hit “Frozen."

The Magic Kingdom will be open 24 hours to guests from 6 am to 6am, Friday May 22 to Saturday, May 23 2015. We've got a the full schedule of attraction operating hours, entertainment line-up and transportation timetables to help plan your trip.

As always, be sure to check with the times guide once inside the park for any last minute changes.

Coolest Summer Ever - Magic Kingdom 24 Hour Event Schedule

Entertainment

Welcome Show
Friday: 5:50am, Main Entrance

Flag Raising
Friday: 6:30am, Town Square

Flag Retreat
Friday: 5pm, Town Square

#INCREDIBLESSuperDanceParty
Friday: 9:30am to 2:20pm, Tomorrowland

Disney's Up All Night Dance Party
Saturday: 2am - 5:45am, Cinderella Castle hub

A Frozen Fantasy Pre-parade to the Main Street Electrical Parade
Friday: 10:45pm and Saturday: 12:45am

Frontierland Dance Party
Saturday: 2am - 5:30am, Frontierland

Disney Channel Club Chill 
Friday: 4:30pm to 11pm, Tomorrowland

Frozen Movie Screening
Saturday: 12am - 5am, Tomorrowland

Move It!, Shake It!, Dance and Play It!
Friday: 9:30am, 5:40pm, Main Street, U.S.A.

Disney Festival of Fantasy Parade
Friday: 12pm and 3pm, Parade Route
Disney Channel Grand Marshals appearing in the 3pm parade.

Celebrate the Magic
Friday: 8:45pm, 9:45pm, Saturday 12:15am, Main Street, U.S.A.

Wishes
Friday: 9pm

Main Street Electrical Parade
Friday: 11pm
Saturday: 1am

Kiss Goodnight
Saturday: 5:45am Railroad Station Main Street, U.S.A.

Character Meet and Greets

Main Street, U.S.A.

  • Pluto - Intermittently 7:00am–2:00pm
  • Snow White - Intermittently 7:00am–2:00pm
  • Marie - Intermittently 9:30am–2:00pm
  • Aurora - Intermittently12:30pm–6:30pm
  • Town Square Theater
    Mickey Mouse - 6:00am–6:00am
    Tinker Bell - 6:00am–6:00am

Adventureland

  • Aladdin and Jasmine - Intermittently 9:30am–6:00pm

Frontierland

  • Woody and Jessie from Disney•Pixar’s “Toy Story” Exit of Splash Mountain - Intermittently 10:00am–5:00pm
  • Chip 'n' Dale - Intermittently 8:30am–1:00pm Liberty Square
  • Characters from “The Princess and the Frog” Liberty Square bridge - Intermittently 6:30am–8:00pm

Fantasyland

  • Ariel at Ariel's Grotto - 6:00am–6:00am
  • Gaston - Intermittently 10:00am–6:00pm
  • Merida from Disney•Pixar’s “Brave” Fairytale Garden - Intermittently 9:15am–6:15pm
  • Pete's Silly Sideshow - Minnie, Donald, Daisy, Goofy - 8:00am–11:00pm
  • Princess Fairytale Hall - Anna and Elsa from "Frozen" - 6:00am–6:00am, Cinderella and Rapunzel - 6:00am–6:00am

Tomorrowland

  • Buzz Lightyear - Intermittently 9:00am–5:45pm
  • Stitch - Intermittently 6:30am–2:15pm

Attraction Hours

FastPass+ will be available from 6am to 3am.

Adventureland

  • Jungle Cruise - 6am to 6am
  • The Magic Carpets of Aladdin - 6am to 6am
  • Pirates Adventure - 6am to 6am
  • Pirates of the Caribbean - 6am to 4:30am
  • Swiss Family Treehouse - 6am to 6am
  • Walt Disney’s Enchanted Tiki Room - 6am to 6am

Frontierland

  • Big Thunder Mountain Railroad - 6am to 6am
  • Country Bear Jamboree - 6am to 6am
  • Splash Mountain - 6am to 5am
  • Tom Sawyer Island - 8am to approx 7:30pm

Fantasyland

  • Ariel’s Grotto - 6am to 6am
  • Casey Jr Splash n Soak Station - 6am to 6am
  • Dumbo - 6am to 2am and 4:30am to 6am
  • Enchanted Tales with Belle - 6am to 6am
  • “it’s a small world” - 6am to 3:30am
  • Mad Tea Party - 6am to 11:15pm and 3am to 6am
  • Mickey’s PhilharMagic - 6am to 6am
  • Peter Pan’s Flight - 6am to 5am
  • Prince Charming Regal Carrousel - 6am to 6am
  • Princess Fairytale Hall - 6am to 6am
  • Seven Dwarfs Mine Train - 6am to 6am
  • The Barnstormer - 6am to 10pm and 2:30am to 4:30am
  • The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh - 6am to 6am
  • Under the Sea - Journey of The Little Mermaid - 6am to 4:30am

Liberty Square

  • Liberty Square Riverboat - 10am to 8pm and 9:30pm to 12am
  • The Haunted Mansion - 6am to 4:30am
  • The Hall of Presidents - 6am to 6am

Main Street U.S.A.

  • Sorcerers of the Magic Kingdom - 6am to 6am
  • Town Square Theater - 24 hours
  • Walt Disney World Railroad - 6am to 8pm and 9:30pm to 6am

Tomorrowland

  • Astro Orbiter - 6am to 6am
  • Buzz Lightyear’s Space Ranger Spin - 6am to 5am
  • Monster’s Inc Laugh Floor - 9am to 6am
  • Space Mountain - 6am to 3:30am
  • Stitch’s Great Escape! - 6am to 6am
  • Tomorrowland Speedway - 6am to 6am
  • Tomorrowland Transit Authority PeopleMover - 6am to 6am
  • Walt Disney’s Carousel of Progress - 6am to 6am

Food and Beverage

Quick Service Restaurants

  • Be Our Guest Restaurant - 6:30am to 2:30pm
  • Casey’s Corner - 6am to 6am
  • Columbia Harbor House - 10am to 2am
  • Cosmic Ray's Starlight Cafe - 9am to 5:30am
  • The Diamond Horseshoe - 11am to 3pm
  • Tomorrowland Terrace - 11am to 3:30pm
  • Tortuga Tavern - 10am to 12am
  • Pinocchio Village Haus - 10am to 2:00am
  • Pecos Bill Tall Tale Inn & Cafe - 9:30am to 3am

Table Service Restaurants

  • Be Our Guest Restaurant - 2:30pm to 12am 
  • Cinderella’s Royal Table - 7am to 11:30pm
  • The Crystal Palace - 6:15am to 12am
  • The Diamond Horseshoe - 4:30pm to 9:30pm
  • Liberty Tree Tavern - 11:30am to 10:30pm
  • Plaza Restaurant - 11am to 3am
  • Tony’s Town Square Restaurant - 11:30am to 10:30pm

Snacks

  • Auntie Gravity's Galactic Goodies - 11am to 3am 
  • Aloha Isle - 9:30am to 3am
  • Cheshire Cafe - 6am to 5am
  • Cool Ship - 10am to 5am
  • Friar's Nook - 6am to 5am
  • Gaston's Tavern - 6am to 6:00am
  • Golden Oak Outpost - 10:30am to 3am
  • The Lunching Pad - 6am to 6am
  • Main Street Bakery - 6am to 6am
  • Plaza Ice Cream Parlor - 6am to 6am
  • Prince Eric's Village Market - 9am to 9pm
  • Sleepy Hollow - 6am to 6am
  • Storybook Treats - 11am to 6am
  • Sunshine Tree Terrace - 7am to 5am
  • Westward Ho - 6am to 6am

Breakfast Locations

Friday and Saturday

Main Street Bakery
Casey's Corner
Cheshire Cafe
Sunshine Tree Terrace
Sleepy Hollow
Liberty Square Market
Westward Ho

Friday Only

Be Our Guest Restaurant

Saturday Only from 2am

Cosmic Ray's - Hot breakfast sandwich
Friar's Nook
Lunching Pad - Breakfast dog

Transportation

From Walt Disney World Resort hotels, bus transportation is set to begin at 5:15am on Friday, continuing through the entire 24 hour event.

Resort watercraft operation begins at 5:15am.

If you are arriving by car, the Transportation and Ticket Center parking lot will be opening at 4:30am on Friday, with Ferry service beginning at 5:15am.

The Resort monorail will be operating from 5:15am on Friday to 3am on Saturday, then from 5:30am on Saturday to 2am on Sunday

The Express monorail will be operating from 5:20am on Friday to 6:30am on Saturday.

The Epcot monorail will be operating from 8am on Friday to 6:30am on Saturday, then from 9:00am on Saturday to 11pm on Saturday.

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RSoxNo1May 28, 2015

Your post didn't make sense.

Horizons1May 28, 2015

Dense, you are.

SonconatoMay 28, 2015

I read in yesterday's paper (the Orlando Sentinel) about the 60th anniversary in July, stating that they were prepared for the crowds that would come to the event, however this article was published in the LA Times (http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-disneyland-crowds-20150519-story.html) on May 19th, and not on the 27th, which is when I received it. By the way, the 19th was only three days before the 24 hour event, in which it was obvious they were not ready for the crowds. Why did they put it in my paper eight days later? Any ideas?

NowIncMay 28, 2015

Ah, the annual 24 hour event. Finally home and caught up on life n stuff so I guess I can give my usual views on it: Right at the beginning Disney made it quite obvious who this event caters to by showcasing everybody's favorite reminder that some people are more special (read: Entitled) than others...Ferdalump...right there dancing on the train station with the Frozen girls right from the get go..and the Lifestylers ate it up...oh did they love it. And that...is who these events are aimed for...judging by the amount of attention the more "popular" social media "Celebrities" got the entire night. The place was over-run by people hoping to be the "next big thing" on the ol' Disney-grammer scene. The amount of "meet ups" and butt kissing going on was incredible. I especially love those who are trying to claim they did the entire event using the hashtag #teamnosleep, even tho they went back to their hotel halfway through the day to take a nap before coming back saying how tired they are...and then boasting how they were the "last ones out". I purposely shied away from all sorts of meetings, and appreciated those who sent me messages on social media before coming up to me. I am not a mean person by far, but I think my deliberate "delayed posting" as to my location made it obvious I was there to be in my own world and not in one where everyone is trying to be part of a clique of other lifestylers. Right...anyway..enough on that topic..on to the event itself.. Personally, I WAS there the entire time (not boasting at all, honestly I am a bit ashamed by it), and it was more crowded but FAR better handled than the previous years. A big part of it was the LACK OF SPECIAL EVENTS/CHARACTERS. It was by most accounts just another normal day at the MK..just with longer hours. No long lines to meet a character they drag out once our twice a year, very few special food options, and aside from an added parade showtime here and there..it was just business as usual. So why did I go, and ultimately stay the entire time? Photos. As some of you may know from following my social media accounts, I go to the parks quite often..driven mainly by a passion for the company and a passion for capturing it with my camera. Its a hobby, it makes me happy, and I got really absorbed in the 24 hour event that I lost track of time and before I knew it I was past the point of no return (by my definition, thats about 15 hours in). I rode rides, but refused to wait on any line longer than 30 minutes (Which interestingly enough, the mine train opened on last years event..with no fastpass it had a max wait time of an ACTUAL 90 minutes, this year it peaked at 130 minutes..yay progress!). It isnt about the rides..its about the atmosphere on these sort of events. Sure its cool to say you stayed the entire time (if you did indeed ACTUALLY stay instead of not counting your mid day nap..be it at your hotel or on the floor of the Space Mountain gift shop). Everybody has their own reasons for doing it, be it for atmosphere, or "bragging rights"..for me it was just because I don't often get dual sunrise opportunities. Do I recommend this event to anyone else? Absolutely. It is fun and has a different vibe from the guests there, but don't try too hard to "do it all". If you are tired..call it quits. Seriously. I was saddened by not only the hobo-esc nappers on the hub grass (keeping it trashy) or on gift shop floors, but by the parents dragging a sleeping child along at the wee hours of the morning as well.

RSoxNo1May 27, 2015

Not sure who you're referring to.

RSoxNo1May 27, 2015

He wants to be a good guy, but could be a good guy, you aren't committing one way or another?

asianwayMay 27, 2015

Is the guy who would scan old marketing collateral, slap his watermark on it, and call it a blog post gone too?

Horizons1May 27, 2015

Never said he wasn't a good guy. Just said he wants to be.

Horizons '83May 26, 2015

How the heck do they have that place functional in just 2 hours after the 24 hour party?

RSoxNo1May 26, 2015

He's also distanced himself from MiceChat lately. The podcast is no longer hosted on MiceChat.

RSoxNo1May 26, 2015

Jeff is a good guy and has done a series of books with Rolly Crump that are well done.

asianwayMay 26, 2015

Guests who expect nothing will get nothing, which is what they deserve - TDO mission statement

Horizons1May 26, 2015

There's something brown on your nose there.

Monorail_Red_77May 26, 2015

Here is a panorama of the entrance plaza just prior to rope drop starting.