Walt Disney World Park Hours Update

DCBaker

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Park hours at Magic Kingdom, Hollywood Studios and Animal Kingdom have been extended for the week of March 23, 2025.

Magic Kingdom
March 23: 9am-10pm (previously 9am-9pm)
March 24: 8am-10pm (previously 9am-9pm)
March 25, 28, 29: 8am-11pm (previously 9am-9pm)
March 26, 27: 9am-11pm (previously 9am-9pm)

Disney’s Animal Kingdom
March 23, 24, 28, 29: 8am-8pm (previously 8am-7pm)

Disney's Hollywood Studios
March 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29: 9am-9:30pm (previously 9am-9pm)

Note: Default park hours at Magic Kingdom shift to 9am-10pm (previously 9am-9pm) beginning May 11, 2025.
 

DCBaker

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Park hours at Magic Kingdom, Animal Kingdom, Hollywood Studios and Blizzard Beach have been extended for the week of March 30, 2025.

Magic Kingdom
March 30: 9am-10pm (previously 9am-9pm)
March 31: 8am-10pm (previously 9am-9pm)
April 1, 2, 3: 9am-10pm (previously 9am-9pm)
April 4: 9am-11pm (previously 9am-9pm)
April 5 : 8am-11pm (previously 9am-9pm)

Disney’s Animal Kingdom
March 30: 8am-8pm (previously 8am-6pm)
March 31: 8am-7pm (previously 8am-6pm)
April 4: 8am-7pm (previously 8am-6pm)
April 5: 8am-8pm (previously 8am-6pm)

Disney's Hollywood Studios
April 4, 5: 9am-9:30pm (previously 9am-9pm)

Blizzard Beach
March 30, 31: 10am-6pm (previously 10am-5pm)
April 1, 2, 3, 4, 5: 10am-6pm (previously 10am-5pm)
 

DCBaker

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Park hours at Magic Kingdom, Animal Kingdom, Hollywood Studios and Blizzard Beach have been extended for the week of April 6, 2025.

Magic Kingdom
April 6, 7, 8, 9, 10: 9am-10pm (previously 9am-9pm)
April 11, 12: 8am-11pm (previously 9am-9pm)

Disney’s Animal Kingdom
April 6, 12: 8am-8pm (previously 8am-6pm)
April 11: 8am-7pm (previously 8am-6pm)

Disney's Hollywood Studios
April 6, 11, 12: 9am-9:30pm (previously 9am-9pm)

Blizzard Beach
April 6, 7, 8, 9, 10: 10am-6pm (previously 10am-5pm)
April 11, 12: 10am-7pm (previously 10am-5pm)

Note: EPCOT has a delayed opening at 10am on Sunday, April 6 most likely due to the runDisney Springtime Surprise 10-Miler.
 

DCBaker

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Park hours at Magic Kingdom, Animal Kingdom, Hollywood Studios and Blizzard Beach have been extended for the week of April 13, 2025.

Magic Kingdom
April 13: 9am-10pm (previously 9am-9pm)
April 14: 9am-11pm (previously 9am-9pm)
April 15, 16, 17, 18, 19: 8am-11pm (previously 9am-9pm)

Disney’s Animal Kingdom
April 13, 16, 17, 18, 19: 8am-8pm (previously 8am-6pm)
April 14, 15: 8am-7pm (previously 8am-6pm)

Disney's Hollywood Studios
April 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19: 9am-9:30pm (previously 9am-9pm)

Blizzard Beach
April 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19: 10am-7pm (previously 10am-5pm)
 

DCBaker

Premium Member
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Park hours at Magic Kingdom, Animal Kingdom, Hollywood Studios and Blizzard Beach have been extended for the week of April 20, 2025.

Magic Kingdom
April 20, 21, 23, 24: 9am-10pm (previously 9am-9pm)
April 22, 26: 8am-11pm (previously 9am-9pm)
April 25: 9am-11pm (previously 9am-9pm)

Disney’s Animal Kingdom
April 26: 8am-7pm (previously 8am-6pm)

Disney's Hollywood Studios
April 26: 9am-10pm (previously 9am-9pm)

Blizzard Beach
April 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26: 10am-7pm (previously 10am-5pm)
 

ToTBellHop

Well-Known Member
Weird that Easter Sunday only has 1 extra hour at MK, but no added park hours for any other park. Disney added park hours for Friday and Saturday for MK, AK, and HS. Do they think those crowds are just going to stay home on Sunday?
Actual holidays aren’t as busy as the days before and after any longer. Christmas Day was lovely last year. By about 12/27, it was slammed.
 
Actual holidays aren’t as busy as the days before and after any longer. Christmas Day was lovely last year. By about 12/27, it was slammed.
Interesting. That Sunday is our Hollywood Studios day. Fingers crossed it will be manageable, but I was really hoping they would extend the park hours so there would be a second performance of Fantasmic as there is on Friday & Saturday. So we could tour the park all day and then see the late performance.
Thanks
 

ToTBellHop

Well-Known Member
Interesting. That Sunday is our Hollywood Studios day. Fingers crossed it will be manageable, but I was really hoping they would extend the park hours so there would be a second performance of Fantasmic as there is on Friday & Saturday. So we could tour the park all day and then see the late performance.
Thanks
I was in DHS on Easter a couple years back. It was dead. Especially before noon.
 
I was in DHS on Easter a couple years back. It was dead. Especially before noon.
I was in MK on Easter in 2010 and I remember the line for Haunted Mansion being backed up to the Liberty Belle Riverboat on ramp. Crazy lines everywhere. Of course, that was 15 years ago and crowd patterns have changed, but I still worry about days like that. We just have no other time to go this year.
 

DCBaker

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Park hours at Magic Kingdom, Animal Kingdom and Hollywood Studios have been extended for the week of April 27, 2025.

Magic Kingdom
April 27: 9am-11pm (previously 9am-9pm)
April 28, 29, 30: 9am-10pm (previously 9am-9pm)
May 1, 2: 9am-10pm (previously 9am-9pm)
May 3: 8am-11pm (previously 9am-9pm

Disney’s Animal Kingdom
April 27: 8am-8pm (previously 8am-6pm)
May 2, 3: 8am-8pm (previously 8am-6pm)

Disney's Hollywood Studios
April 27: 9am-10pm (previously 9am-9pm)
May 2, 3: 9am-10pm (previously 9am-9pm)
 


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