Magic Kingdom has reopened after being closed to some guests due to reaching capacity

By WDWMAGIC Staff · Monday December 31, 2018 11:55am ET · "Magic Kingdom"

The Magic Kingdom has reopened as of 5:30pm following a capacity closure for most of the day. All parks are currently open to all guests.

PREVIOUSLY:

As of 11:40am December 31 2018, the Magic Kingdom is currently closed to some guests due to reaching capacity. This is the first capacity closure of this holiday season at Walt Disney World.

Wait times at the Magic Kingdom are 3 hours for Splash Mountain, Space Mountain, and Seven Dwarfs Mine Train. The longest wait currently at Walt Disney World is over at Epcot, with Soarin' at 190 minutes.

Guests being denied entry are being issued a $50 gift card that can be redeemed at any other Walt Disney World theme park today.

Learn more about Walt Disney World theme park phase closing statuses.

Phase B Closing

No admission of guests with one day tickets, and no re-entering or crossing over from another park unless they have one of the following:

  • WDW Resort Guests, including The Four Seasons Resort, Swan, Dolphin or Shades of Green, Hotel Plaza Boulevard hotels arriving by bus (Best Western Lake Buena Vista Resort Hotel, The Buena Vista Palace, DoubleTree Suites by Hilton Hotel, B Resort, Wyndham Lake Buena Vista Resort, Hilton), Golden Oak residents and guests.
  • WDW Premier Passport, Annual & Premium Passholders
  • Guests with Memory Maker
  • Guests with dining reservations
  • Magic Kingdom Guests with reservations for Bibbidi Bobbidi Boutique, Harmony Barber Shop or The Pirates League.
  • FastPass+ reservations and is a WDW Resort hotel guest.

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Already a big line for the parking lot

Lines in the Magic Kingdom are already long. 7DMT is already over two hours!
As I said before don’t let the lack of phase closings fool you into thinking attendance is down this holiday season.

Some records have already been beaten.
↩ replying to peter11435
Are crowds just more distributed, or are they being looser with the phased closings?
↩ replying to mikejs78
I may be wrong but I think it's the latter.
What phase is it Steve @wdwmagic ?
It might be a revolving door thing. With nothing to do in MK all day long except to be in line for at most four rides, people leave. And more enter.

It's self-deportation!
I’m here at the dolphin - planning on Epcot tonight. The MDE app just sent a message that MK isn’t accepting any more guests at around 11:35
MK hit Phase B at 11:35 am
Magic Kingdom closed to some guests due to reaching capacity
↩ replying to wdwmagic
Boy, that was fast!
And here are some wait times according to a backup source (my app still doesn't work):

Soarin' Around the World has the highest wait at 190 minutes
Splash and Space Mountain have 180 minute waits.
Peter Pan and Flight of Passage are 155 minute waits
Slinky Dog Dash and Frozen Ever After are 120 minute waits
60 minute wait for Figment-WAIT, WHAT?

Continuing on, we have:

50 minutes for Philharmagic
Alien Swirling Saucers actually has a pretty low wait time at 50 minutes! Surprising!
Lowest wait not counting shows is 25 minutes for Dinosaur.
Soarin' is leading the way with wait times of 215 minutes.
Why anyone would consider visiting a park during Heck Week without FP+s puzzles me.
↩ replying to wdwmagic
Also, there's a 40-minute backup to enter Disney World. Google says its' due to a car crash.
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New Construction Confirmed!
↩ replying to MisterPenguin
Wall Street can understand this concept... they call it CHURN.