The entire park has added evening hours, evening safaris, and the new night time shows. Hence the reason I was curious. You can do any of those at 5pm. And since Disney puts times out 6 months in advance. It's curious that they have updated all other parks but DAK.
I know all that. I'm just telling you, they close AK at 5pm a lot. The hours for the rest of this year are not confirmed and might not be every night and every season for all we know.
I get they aren't set in stone. But I can see at WDW's website what times the MK and other parks close after Labor Day. Just was interested if the problems with Rivers of Life has got WDW in "wait and see" mode about DAK operations until they know the show is working. Right now DAK is open to 11 in June and that's probably overkill!
Don't forget sunset is a lot earlier when you're going. No need to open as late.
True... but comparing the week before Christmas AK hours (when Parks are almost at capacity) closing at 5pm compared to early June when AK is closing at 11. Something obviously isn't adding up.
Give it time. The hours when we are there still say 5pm closing and we're going before you.
I'm totally in the same boat as our trip starts Nov 26th. But if we can't make... say... ADRs after 5pm - neither can anyone else. So I am remaining diligent in watching for updated fall/winter hours for AK by checking for an update daily. We already know what day we are going to AK, and we have a 'floater' day if the later hours are only on certain days. We have a 4:45 res at Tiffins... so if longer hours and/or a dinner package become available later on, I will just move the dinner time to later in the day. I really don't anticipate a problem... but you never know... I fully anticipate the park will be open later than 5pm... but I have a contingency in place if it doesn't.
We have an early flight as well... and we arrive early. But we have a full 7 additional days there... so we don't try to push it the first day. We will lounge around the pool or beach (weather permitting) until our rooms are ready. Then it is off to the Polynesian for the 5pm 'Spirit of Aloha' dinner show. But the next day... we hit the ground running (AK for us as well) lol! Disney does force your hand with regards to the huge ADR window. On previous trips we had not yet been able to snag a dinner reservation at BOG... and this trip was almost unsuccessful as well. I was up early and making reservations online right at our 180 days out... and still barely got a dinner reservation on the very last day of our 8 day trip - a day we are not in MK. Crazy! lol! We will track that situation in hopes that we might pick up a cancelled reservation the days we are scheduled to be in the MK.
That sounds great. On a normal trip we would have a bit more time and could take it easy on the first day. This time around my husband and I are traveling alone (no kids for the first time in 4+ years!) We only have three days, so we're going to make the most of it.
