Two more offsite hotels join Disney hotels with eligibility for Early Theme Park Entry at Walt Disney World through 2024

Jun 02, 2023 in "Early Theme Parks Entry and Extended Evening Hours"

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Early Theme Park Entry process at Magic Kingdom

Posted: Friday June 2, 2023 5:03pm ET by WDWMAGIC Staff

Disney has added two more offsite hotels to the list of hotels eligible for Early Theme Park Entry at Walt Disney World through 2024.

Guests staying at Wyndham Garden Lake Buena Vista and Wyndham Lake Buena Vista will now be able to enter the parks 30 minutes before regular opening as part of Early Entry through 2024.

Walt Disney World Resort hotel guests head to Tomorrowland and Fantasyland for Early Entry at Magic Kingdom

B Resort & Spa Lake Buena Vista, Signia by Hilton Orlando Bonnet Creek, Waldorf Astoria Orlando, and Drury Plaza Hotel Orlando Lake Buena Vista are currently only offering Early Entry through 2023. However, with negotiations underway between the operators and Disney, it is likely they will soon be extended through 2024.

Early Theme Park Entry was introduced with the start of Walt Disney World's 50th anniversary in October 2021, and replaced the former Morning Extra Magic Hours.

The benefit is available to all Walt Disney World Resort hotel guests and guests of other select hotels (listed below) each day at each park, and offers 30 minutes of additional time through the end of 2024.

Disney's All-Star Movies Resort
Disney's All-Star Music Resort
Disney's All-Star Sports Resort
Disney's Art of Animation Resort
Disney's Pop Century Resort
The Campsites at Disney's Fort Wilderness Resort
Disney's Caribbean Beach Resort
Disney's Coronado Springs Resort
Disney's Port Orleans Resort - French Quarter
Disney's Port Orleans Resort - Riverside
The Cabins at Disney's Fort Wilderness Resort
Disney's Animal Kingdom Lodge
Disney's Beach Club Resort
Disney's BoardWalk Inn
Disney's Contemporary Resort
Disney's Grand Floridian Resort & Spa
Disney's Polynesian Village Resort
Disney's Wilderness Lodge
Disney's Yacht Club Resort
Bay Lake Tower at Disney's Contemporary Resort
Boulder Ridge Villas at Disney's Wilderness Lodge
Copper Creek Villas & Cabins at Disney's Wilderness Lodge
Disney's Animal Kingdom Villas - Jambo House
Disney's Animal Kingdom Villas - Kidani Village
Disney's Beach Club Villas
Disney's BoardWalk Villas
Disney's Old Key West Resort
Disney's Polynesian Villas & Bungalows
Disney’s Riviera Resort
Disney's Saratoga Springs Resort & Spa
The Villas at Disney's Grand Floridian Resort & Spa
Walt Disney World Dolphin Hotel
Walt Disney World Swan Hotel
Walt Disney World Swan Reserve
DoubleTree Suites by Hilton Orlando
Four Seasons Resort Orlando
Hilton Orlando Buena Vista Palace
Hilton Orlando Lake Buena Vista
Holiday Inn Orlando
Shades of Green on Walt Disney World Resort
Wyndham Garden Lake Buena Vista
Wyndham Lake Buena Vista

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JAB17 days ago

Of course, but I was simply responding to a post asking why anyone would go to PhilharMagic during Early Entry.

dmc49317 days ago

There's still plenty of attractions you can pull of that strategy with

JAB17 days ago

People used it as a "burner" LL to unlock Tier 1 selections, and because of the fact that you can tap into LL 5 min early, Early Entry guests could tap in before the park opened to non-resort guests, giving them a head start on picking up a 2nd Tier 1 LL.

SingleRider17 days ago

Who would want to do that during early entry anyway?

DCBaker17 days ago

Disney has removed Mickey’s PhilharMagic from the list of attractions open during Early Theme Park Entry at Magic Kingdom:

nickysMar 04, 2026

In light of the After Hours at DHS on the 14th, that’s interesting that they decided to do EEH there. I know there’s also an After Hours at MK on the 11th, so they’ve “run out” of parks to use! I assume maybe it takes less CMs to staff DHS.

DCBakerMar 04, 2026

According to posted park hours, Extended Evening Hours on Monday, May 11, will be held at Disney’s Hollywood Studios instead of EPCOT. Also, on Wednesday, May 13, Extended Evening Hours will be at Disney's Animal Kingdom instead of Magic Kingdom. Here's a look at the current schedule in May so far: Monday, May 4: Disney's Animal Kingdom Wednesday, May 6: Magic Kingdom Monday, May 11: Disney's Hollywood Studios Wednesday, May 13: Disney's Animal Kingdom

MissingDisneyFeb 24, 2026

Might as well skip it.

nickysFeb 23, 2026

Gartner are having their Orlando conference from 4th to 6th of May. My money is on a corporate buyout of Epcot that night.

DCBakerFeb 23, 2026

According to posted park hours, Extended Evening Hours on Monday, May 4, will be held at Disney’s Animal Kingdom instead of EPCOT.

ToTBellHopNov 24, 2025

Great. Now we can beat the crowd… …marching toward the exit.

DCBakerNov 24, 2025

Disney has added Zootopia: Better Zoogether! to the list of attractions available during Early Entry and Extended Evening Hours.

PianoWithSamNov 19, 2025

These EEH have really thrown off our planning…! We expected (and semi-planned for) EPCOT on Monday and MK on Wednesday, so have had to shift everything around. Hopefully back to normal the week after for our second week!