EPCOT's The Seas with Nemo and Friends Now Closing Early at 7 PM Daily

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The Seas with Nemo and Friends Early Close Notice

Posted: Thursday January 16, 2025 12:23pm ET by WDWMAGIC Staff

The Seas with Nemo & Friends pavilion at EPCOT is now closing at 7 pm daily, two hours earlier than its usual operating hours. It is unclear whether this change is a seasonal adjustment due to lower guest demand in the evenings or if it is to accommodate ongoing work at the pavilion.

The Seas with Nemo and Friends Early Close Notice

The earlier closing time is reflected in Disney's official park hours calendar, which currently extends through mid-March 2025. There has been no official announcement regarding the reason for the change or how long the adjusted hours will remain in place.

The Seas with Nemo and Friends Early Close Notice

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HauntedPirate18 days ago

wdwfan2218 days ago

Not true at all. The seas with Nemo and Friends has quite a bit of maintenance work being done. The early closure will assist with this. It’s not permanent

Cmdr_Crimson18 days ago

Throughout the 00's most of FW would close at 7PM with the exception of M:S, TT, SSE, and Soarin since everyone shifted to WS by then..Unless their was an EMH and you had the wristband on they would allow you to get in some of the early closed Pavillions..

Centauri Space Station18 days ago

Sporadically at the very least, not sure if they extended it during certain times of the year, but I visited several times when most of it closed at 7. Not sure the exact year but WOM is listed here and it states Future World closes at 7 directly above The Land pavilion on the map.

Mr. Sullivan18 days ago

I don't remember the time at all happened, but I absolutely do a remember a time when World Showcase opened later than Future World in the morning and then Future World closed and World Showcase stayed open later in the evening. Phased closure of EPCOT has been something they can do at the very least since i was a little kid, but they've not done it in several years.

HauntedPirate19 days ago

Are sure about your “facts”? Funny thing is, I don’t remember FW closing at 7pm in 1997. Or in 2000. 🤔

Tony the Tigger19 days ago

If you’re going to be open, be open.

Centauri Space Station19 days ago

So like they did from 1994 to the mid 2000s?

HauntedPirate20 days ago

Just the first step to closing all of Future World at 7pm this summer (except Guardians, because of that sweet, sweet LL cash)... :cautious:

Animaniac93-9820 days ago

Is Coral Reef also closed by 7pm?

GhostHost100020 days ago

It’s sad Disney continues to charge more and more while having less hours, attraction uptime, basic maintenance around the parks, offerings they once had in general (ex. magical express, free magic bands, etc etc). The trends are painful to see for us long time fans We have been getting more DVC resorts, lounges, after hours events, popcorn buckets, cupcakes, and loungefly backpacks though. Hooray! Disney makes a ton of money now through LLs they once didn’t, so where is it all going? Paying for bad movie decisions, bad park decisions (harmonious destruction, Epcot lights or TBA animatronics that don’t work?) cruise ships, E-suite bonuses, etc?

MisterPenguin20 days ago

It is unclear whether this change is a seasonal adjustment due to lower guest demand in the evenings or if it is to accommodate ongoing work at the pavilion. Probably to raise the park's GSATs, like with removing Stitch's Great Escape!

Disgruntled Walt20 days ago

Probably just cost-cutting. It was probably a ghost town after 7pm anyway. Though I haven't been there since 2017 and have seen no data. Just guessing.