Extended Evening Hours return to Magic Kingdom in early 2024

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Extended Evening Hours at Magic Kingdom

Posted: Wednesday October 25, 2023 7:00am ET by WDWMAGIC Staff

Extended Evening Hours will make a return to Walt Disney World's Magic Kingdom on January 3, 2024 from 9 pm to 11 pm.

Extended Evening Hours are back at Magic Kingdom early 2024

Extended Evening Hours at Magic Kingdom have been on hold since late September 2023 as the popular resort guest benefit shifted to Disney's Hollywood Studios and Disney's Animal Kingdom.

Magic Kingdom has a busy final three months of the year as the park hosts two after-hours events - Mickey's Not-So-Scary Halloween Party and Mickey's Very Merry Christmas Party.

Extended Evening Hours are available only to guests staying at the deluxe Walt Disney World Resort hotels, and provide two hours of additional park time after regular park close.

Walt Disney World Extended Evening Hours Participating Hotels

Disney Deluxe Resorts

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

Disney Deluxe Villa Resorts

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

Other Select Hotels

Walt Disney World Swan Hotel
Walt Disney World Dolphin Hotel
Walt Disney World Swan Reserve
Shades of Green on Walt Disney World

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Touchdown18 hours ago

I love Epcot Evening hours, my trips are usually Tues-Mon I was seriously bummed out when they moved Epcot night from Tuesday to Monday. Knowing I get bonus time post Luminous to hit Guardians, TT, Frozen and if I’m lucky Remy one last time is great.

ToTBellHop19 hours ago

And then they'll say, "gee, I guess no one wants these evening hours at DAK. So, when DHS and MK are unavailable, I guess we will just run this twice a week at Epcot for all our wealthy guests looking to get on Living with the Land again."

Ayla19 hours ago

Which kinda defeats the purpose, because if there is no where to eat, people will leave to go elsewhere ~ to eat!

ToTBellHop19 hours ago

They aren't really opening it late enough (even with this) for it to be dark. Agree on food, though. It's one thing to have less food at 11 pm, but at 6:30 pm, people want to eat.

Nottamus19 hours ago

This is great for AK, except - they should keep the food & drink choices open to match It’s a beautiful park at night.

easyrowrdw1 day ago

Why isn't Tron open during Early Entry hours? "It's like gets off on being withholding." ~Buster Bluth

Touchdown1 day ago

I don’t do AK Evening EMH, doing so requires me to choose between a night show or EMH, night show wins. Prefer any other park.

NelleBelle1 day ago

Ugh! This totally screws my plans…again! I wouldn’t care if the EEH actually extended later when the park is dark but given that it’s summer, that’s not happening. Just frustrating

Ayla1 day ago

Zero consolation for people visiting in June and first half of July.

ToTBellHop1 day ago

Hard disagree on DAK. The animals are more active in the morning and this time of year, that extra hour is actually comfortable.

Purduevian1 day ago

I assume part of the reason for AK opening so early is for the bus fleet. They can send a bunch of busses to AK for opening then shift them away from AK for the other parks opening.

Touchdown1 day ago

I love AK early morning, the animals are more active, the park fills up slower and I can power through all the rides, see FotLK and Nemo and be off to another park by 2pm.

GhostHost10001 day ago

Parks should open 1 hour early for resort guests but they won’t do that because they still want to sell lightning lanes. They should also not open AK so early and all parks be consistent