Are Park hours extended often?

[WDW_Jon]

Hi, seen in the newsfeed on here in the past about park hours being extended on a month by month basis at various times throughout the year and wondered if this happened for every month...?

Will be at WDW for 2 weeks in October and wondered what the chances were of this happening whilst we are there? Wasn't sure if it was just for peak times based on the amount of people they have trying to get in!

Only reason I ask is my favourite part of going in Summer is to stay in the parks late so any extensions would be nice!

 

[draybook]

I would say that it's not likely in Sept-Oct, simply because it's considered the off-peak season.

 

[wdwmagic]

Hi, seen in the newsfeed on here in the past about park hours being extended on a month by month basis at various times throughout the year and wondered if this happened for every month...?

Will be at WDW for 2 weeks in October and wondered what the chances were of this happening whilst we are there? Wasn't sure if it was just for peak times based on the amount of people they have trying to get in!

Only reason I ask is my favourite part of going in Summer is to stay in the parks late so any extensions would be nice!

Yes they are almost always extended about a month ahead. The hours that are released 6 months ahead are typically fairly conservative.

 

[dreamfinder]

As long as there is no serious unexpected shortage in guests, the trend has been to bump them up an hour or two most times of the year. Usually just DHS and MK though in my experience.

 

[GiveMeTheMusic]

October's hours have already been extended on some dates. We're heading down in October and I've already seen changes in hours since I started planning a few months ago. The disappearance of an evening EMH at MK is worrying me though - hoping it comes back on the somewhat unreliable calendar on the official site.

 

[WDW_Jon]

Yes they are almost always extended about a month ahead. The hours that are released 6 months ahead are typically fairly conservative.

Thanks for that, thought they generally changed them at short notice which will be good! The later the better!