Early Entry and Extended Evening Theme Park Hours benefit at Walt Disney World extended through 2025

Feb 26, 2024 in "Early Theme Parks Entry and Extended Evening Hours"

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Posted: Monday February 26, 2024 1:12pm ET by WDWMAGIC Staff

Disney has announced that its Early Entry and Extended Evening Theme Park Hours benefit for select Walt Disney World Resort hotel guests will continue through 2025.

EPCOT and Magic Kingdom are available during Extended Evening Hours at Walt Disney World

Early theme park entry gives a 30 minute early entry every day, across all four theme parks for Disney resort hotel guests. For those staying at Disney Deluxe Resorts and Deluxe Villas, Disney will also be continuing to offer extended evening hours on select dates at select parks through 2025. Early theme park entry and extended evening hours require valid theme park admission and a Resort ID.

Extended Evening Hours Participating Hotels

Extended evening theme park hours is a benefit for registered Guests staying at Disney Deluxe Resorts and Disney Deluxe Villa Resorts, which include:

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

What’s Available at the Theme Parks during Extended Evening Hours

During the extended evening theme park hours, select merchandise and food and beverage locations will be available.

In addition, the following attractions are scheduled to be in operation:

Magic Kingdom

“it’s a small world”
Astro Orbiter
The Barnstormer
Big Thunder Mountain Railroad
Buzz Lightyear’s Space Ranger Spin
Country Bear Jamboree
Dumbo the Flying Elephant
Haunted Mansion
Mad Tea Party
The Magic Carpets of Aladdin
The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh
Mickey’s PhilharMagic
Monsters Inc. Laugh Floor
Peter Pan’s Flight
Pirates of the Caribbean
Prince Charming Regal Carrousel
Seven Dwarfs Mine Train
Space Mountain
Swiss Family Treehouse
Tomorrowland Speedway
TRON Lightycle Run
Under the Sea ~ Journey of The Little Mermaid
Walt Disney’s Enchanted Tiki Room

EPCOT

Frozen Ever After
Gran Fiesta Tour Starring The Three Caballeros
Guardians of the Galaxy: Cosmic Rewind
Journey of Water, Inspired by Moana - New!
Mission: SPACE
Remy's Ratatouille Adventure
Soarin’ Around the World
Spaceship Earth
The Seas with Nemo & Friends
Test Track

Early Entry Participating Hotels

Early theme park entry is a benefit for registered Guests staying at Disney Resort hotels and select other hotels, which include:

Disney Resort Hotels

Bay Lake Tower at Disney's Contemporary Resort
Boulder Ridge Villas at Disney's Wilderness Lodge
The Cabins at Disney's Fort Wilderness Resort
The Campsites at Disney's Fort Wilderness Resort
Copper Creek Villas & Cabins at Disney's Wilderness Lodge
Disney's All-Star Movies Resort
Disney's All-Star Music Resort
Disney's All-Star Sports Resort
Disney's Animal Kingdom Lodge
Disney's Animal Kingdom Villas – Jambo House
Disney's Animal Kingdom Villas – Kidani Village
Disney's Art of Animation Resort
Disney's Beach Club Resort
Disney's Beach Club Villas
Disney's BoardWalk Inn
Disney's BoardWalk Villas
Disney's Caribbean Beach Resort
Disney's Contemporary Resort
Disney's Coronado Springs Resort
Disney's Grand Floridian Resort & Spa
Disney's Old Key West Resort
Disney's Polynesian Village Resort
Disney's Polynesian Villas & Bungalows
Disney's Pop Century Resort
Disney's Port Orleans Resort – French Quarter
Disney's Port Orleans Resort – Riverside
Disney’s Riviera Resort
Disney's Saratoga Springs Resort & Spa
Disney's Wilderness Lodge
Disney's Yacht Club Resort
The Villas at Disney's Grand Floridian Resort & Spa

Other Select Hotels

Walt Disney World Dolphin Hotel
Walt Disney World Swan Hotel
Walt Disney World Swan Reserve
B Resort & Spa Lake Buena Vista
DoubleTree Suites by Hilton Orlando
Drury Plaza Hotel Orlando Lake Buena Vista
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
Signia by Hilton Orlando Bonnet Creek
Waldorf Astoria Orlando
Wyndham Garden Lake Buena Vista
Wyndham Lake Buena Vista

What’s Available at the Theme Parks during Early Entry

Magic Kingdom

“it’s a small world”
Astro Orbiter
Buzz Lightyear’s Space Ranger Spin
Dumbo the Flying Elephant
Mad Tea Party
Mickey’s PhilharMagic
Peter Pan’s Flight
Prince Charming Regal Carrousel
Seven Dwarfs Mine Train
Space Mountain
The Barnstormer
The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh
Tomorrowland Speedway
Tomorrowland Transit Authority PeopleMover
Under the Sea ~ Journey of The Little Mermaid
Walt Disney’s Carousel of Progress

EPCOT

Beauty and The Beast Sing-Along
Frozen Ever After
Mission: SPACE
Remy's Ratatouille Adventure
Soarin’ Around the World
Spaceship Earth
Test Track
The Seas with Nemo & Friends

Disney's Hollywood Studios

Alien Swirling Saucers
Mickey & Minnie’s Runaway Railway
Millennium Falcon: Smugglers Run
Rock ‘n’ Roller Coaster Starring Aerosmith
Slinky Dog Dash
Star Tours – The Adventures Continue
Star Wars: Rise of the Resistance
The Twilight Zone Tower of Terror
Toy Story Mania!

Disney's Animal Kingdom

Avatar Flight of Passage
DINOSAUR
Expedition Everest – Legend of the Forbidden Mountain
It’s Tough to be a Bug!
Na’vi River Journey
TriceraTop Spin

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FettFan1 day ago

WDW is literally being run by the spiritual successors of John Hammond.

larryz3 days ago

Remember, Splash was renovated by the same crew who built Rise of the Resistance...

Tha Realest4 days ago

Splash was never removed from the EH inventory. Yet another way they diminish the value proposition of their offerings.

surfsupdon4 days ago

Millions of dollars spent but not to increase capacity. That’s the humour.

HauntedPirate7 days ago

*Disney adds TBA to the EMH hours ride lineup* --48 hours later-- *Disney removes TBA from the EMH hours ride lineup*

DCBaker7 days ago

Poof. As of last night, Disney removed mention of Tiana's Bayou Adventure on the available attraction list during Extended Evening Hours from both MDX and the website.

arich359 days ago

I hope this means Fantasmic! will be moved up in time in September

DCBaker9 days ago

Tiana’s Bayou Adventure has officially been added to the available attraction list during Extended Evening Hours and will be available via a Virtual Queue: An Extra Opportunity to Join the Virtual Queue Guests staying at a Disney Deluxe Resort, Disney Deluxe Villa Resort or other select hotels will have additional opportunities to join virtual queues. At 6:00 PM on nights with extended evening theme park hours at Magic Kingdom park, these Guests can request to join the virtual queue for: Tiana’s Bayou Adventure TRON Lightcycle / Run

mattpeto9 days ago

I wouldn't draw any conclusions. The only truly safe bet is Epcot will have Monday EEH. Last year, they switched away from MK to DHS/AK/Epcot during the holiday stretch and sometimes used Thursdays instead of Wednesdays. Or had a 2nd Epcot EEH on Thursdays. Best bet is watch the rolling 70 day calendar unless Disney confirms the further out dates which they did with AK last year.

nickys9 days ago

Not necessarily. They could go with two Epcot evenings instead. Fingers crossed for DHS though.

Schweino9 days ago

So for the holiday season, there's only one Wednesday where there is a party and thats 11/27. Safe to say that is when HS will be extended and only on that date?

DCBaker9 days ago

In an update to park hours, Disney has confirmed Extended Evening Hours return to Hollywood Studios on Wednesday, September 25, 2024:

surfsupdonMar 21, 2024

The Cabins used to be lumped in as a Moderate, so it's nice to see a change with the higher price point. I would love Evening Hours to come back for other Resorts. Now with the parks opening so very early, and closing relatively early, I imagine a lot of the early rope droppers, especially with kids, wouldn't make it to late night. Just last week, the parks were opening at 7 and 730am (except for Epcot) which sure is early when you do it day after day.