News 2024 Fourth of July Fireworks, Extended Hours, and Entertainment

Doberge

Doberge

True Bayou Magic
Premium Member
I believe MK closed at 11pm last year on July 3 and 4, and then crowds were "low." I wonder if they're expecting bigger crowds this year compared to last?
 
Disone

Disone

Well-Known Member
LivinDISLife said:
I'm too hesitant to change my plans. Does anyone know if there has ever been a double showing of the Independence Day fireworks offering at Epcot?
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Epcots 4th of July fireworks tag, called the heartbeat of freedom, has historically been presented only once and only on July 4th.

It looks like this year it will be presented once on July 3rd and once on July 4th.

So two performances but only once per night. With 9pm closings there is not an option to present it twice in the same night. It's barely dark enough at 9pm to do fireworks.
 
LSLS

LSLS

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So this is all going on still and it's just the site is messed up? I'm not seeing anything on the park hours page, and my app is showing the same thing.

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DisneyFanatic12

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LSLS said:
So this is all going on still and it's just the site is messed up? I'm not seeing anything on the park hours page, and my app is showing the same thing.

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Disney is historically slow to update their webpage and MDE. I believe I heard somewhere that the updates are once or twice a week, which programmatically would make sense.

Sadly, Disney’s own webpages are often out of date! I remember a little while back someone reported the app saying that the monorail was still closed due to Covid, even though they had long been open.
 
LSLS

LSLS

Well-Known Member
DisneyFanatic12 said:
Disney is historically slow to update their webpage and MDE. I believe I heard somewhere that the updates are once or twice a week, which programmatically would make sense.

Sadly, Disney’s own webpages are often out of date! I remember a little while back someone reported the app saying that the monorail was still closed due to Covid, even though they had long been open.
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Oh, for some reason I thought this was posted last week. But yeah, weird, they haven't updated.
 
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DCBaker

Premium Member
@Starship824 Noted this on another post:

Starship824 said:
Yeah about that....
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Looks like it was a mistake, the article got updated...
disneyparksblog.com

11 Ways to Celebrate July 4th at Walt Disney World - Disney Parks Blog

Check out all the exciting ways to celebrate the 4th of July at Walt Disney World, from Independence Day fireworks to patriotic parades and special events.
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Looking at the updated Parks Blog article, Disney has also removed the extended hours announcement.

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Vacationeer

Vacationeer

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In the Parks
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Not for nothing but this would irk me, same way EEH switcheroos to only EP did last fall. I realize fine print reserves all rights but there has been alot of carrots dangled in recent years where people make plans and WDW just shrugs. Oopsie 🤭 Not actually happening.
 

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