News Early Theme Park Entry and Extended Evening Hours coming for resort guests

mattpeto

mattpeto

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DCBaker said:
Here’s an updated list of dates and park locations for Extended Evening Hours.

The week after the Animal Kingdom date is another week with two Extended Evening Hours at EPCOT.

September 6, 2023 - Magic Kingdom
September 11, 2023 - EPCOT
September 13, 2023 - Magic Kingdom
September 18, 2023 - EPCOT
September 20, 2023 - Magic Kingdom
September 25, 2023 - EPCOT
September 30, 2023 - Disney’s Hollywood Studios
October 2, 2023 - EPCOT
October 5, 2023 - Disney’s Hollywood Studios
October 9, 2023 - EPCOT
October 11, 2023 - Disney’s Hollywood Studios
October 16, 2023 - EPCOT
October 19, 2023 - Disney’s Hollywood Studios
October 23, 2023 - EPCOT
October 25, 2023 - Disney’s Hollywood Studios
October 30, 2023 - EPCOT
November 2, 2023 - EPCOT
November 6, 2023 - EPCOT
November 8, 2023 - Disney’s Animal Kingdom
November 13, 2023 - EPCOT
November 15, 2023 - EPCOT
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This is interesting. I can’t figure out what they are going at all. Maybe 11/22 is AK again?

We are just within a couple of weeks from rolling into the Festival of the Holidays calendar.
 
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DCBaker

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ToTBellHop

ToTBellHop

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DCBaker said:
Here’s an updated list of dates and park locations for Extended Evening Hours.

The week after the Animal Kingdom date is another week with two Extended Evening Hours at EPCOT.

September 6, 2023 - Magic Kingdom
September 11, 2023 - EPCOT
September 13, 2023 - Magic Kingdom
September 18, 2023 - EPCOT
September 20, 2023 - Magic Kingdom
September 25, 2023 - EPCOT
September 30, 2023 - Disney’s Hollywood Studios
October 2, 2023 - EPCOT
October 5, 2023 - Disney’s Hollywood Studios
October 9, 2023 - EPCOT
October 11, 2023 - Disney’s Hollywood Studios
October 16, 2023 - EPCOT
October 19, 2023 - Disney’s Hollywood Studios
October 23, 2023 - EPCOT
October 25, 2023 - Disney’s Hollywood Studios
October 30, 2023 - EPCOT
November 2, 2023 - EPCOT
November 6, 2023 - EPCOT
November 8, 2023 - Disney’s Animal Kingdom
November 13, 2023 - EPCOT
November 15, 2023 - EPCOT
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Better like Epcot!
 
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DCBaker

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mattpeto said:
This is interesting. I can’t figure out what they are going at all. Maybe 11/22 is AK again?
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Looks to be correct - Extended Evening Hours returns to Disney's Animal Kingdom on November 22. Here's the updated schedule.

September 13, 2023 - Magic Kingdom
September 18, 2023 - EPCOT
September 20, 2023 - Magic Kingdom
September 25, 2023 - EPCOT
September 30, 2023 - Disney’s Hollywood Studios
October 2, 2023 - EPCOT
October 5, 2023 - Disney’s Hollywood Studios
October 9, 2023 - EPCOT
October 11, 2023 - Disney’s Hollywood Studios
October 16, 2023 - EPCOT
October 19, 2023 - Disney’s Hollywood Studios
October 23, 2023 - EPCOT
October 25, 2023 - Disney’s Hollywood Studios
October 30, 2023 - EPCOT
November 2, 2023 - EPCOT
November 6, 2023 - EPCOT
November 8, 2023 - Disney’s Animal Kingdom
November 13, 2023 - EPCOT
November 15, 2023 - EPCOT
November 20, 2023 - EPCOT
November 22, 2023 - Disney's Animal Kingdom
 
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DCBaker

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Disney has confirmed dates for Extended Evening Hours at Disney’s Animal Kingdom: November 8, November 22, December 4 and December 28, 2023.

Here’s a list of attractions that will be available.

Avatar Flight of Passage
DINOSAUR
Expedition Everest – Legend of the Forbidden Mountain
It’s Tough to be a Bug!
Meet Favorite Disney Pals at Adventurers Outpost
Na’vi River Journey
TriceraTop Spin
 
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Purduevian

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DCBaker said:
Disney has confirmed dates for Extended Evening Hours at Disney’s Animal Kingdom: November 8, November 22, December 4 and December 28, 2023.

Here’s a list of attractions that will be available.

Avatar Flight of Passage
DINOSAUR
Expedition Everest – Legend of the Forbidden Mountain
It’s Tough to be a Bug!
Meet Favorite Disney Pals at Adventurers Outpost
Na’vi River Journey
TriceraTop Spin
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It's impressive one of the busiest theme parks in the world only has. 7 rides (8 if you count the train). 2 (or 3 if you count train) of which won't even be open for extended evening hours.
 
JohnD

JohnD

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Purduevian said:
It's impressive one of the busiest theme parks in the world only has. 7 rides (8 if you count the train). 2 (or 3 if you count train) of which won't even be open for extended evening hours.
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During the day, it's not all about rides. There is also:
  • Safari
  • Two main animal walk-throughs
  • A bird show
  • Two live shows (FOTLK, Nemo)
  • Kali River Rapids
  • Rafiki, which you mentioned
So quite a bit extra not open in the evenings.
 
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Purduevian

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JohnD said:
During the day, it's not all about rides. There is also:
  • Safari
  • Two main animal walk-throughs
  • A bird show
  • Two live shows (FOTLK, Nemo)
  • Kali River Rapids
  • Rafiki, which you mentioned
So quite a bit extra not open in the evenings.
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Oh I understand it's not all about rides... still crazy to me that it only has 7/8 rides. Epcot isn't all about the rides, but still has 11/12 (if you count MS as 1 or 2).
 
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DCBaker

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Reminder - Extended Evening Hours at Disney’s Hollywood Studios begins tomorrow, September 30. Note that Rise of the Resistance has not yet been added to the list of open attractions and is currently not showing hours for the event tomorrow night.

Here is the latest Extended Evening Hours schedule through December 7.

Saturday, September 30 - Disney’s Hollywood Studios
Monday, October 2 - EPCOT
Thursday, October 5 - Disney’s Hollywood Studios
Monday, October 9 - EPCOT
Wednesday October 11 - Disney’s Hollywood Studios
Monday, October 16 - EPCOT
Thursday October 19 - Disney’s Hollywood Studios
Monday, October 23 - EPCOT
Wednesday, October 25 - Disney’s Hollywood Studios
Monday, October 30 - EPCOT
Thursday, November 2 - EPCOT
Monday, November 6 - EPCOT
Wednesday, November 8 - Disney’s Animal Kingdom
Monday, November 13 - EPCOT
Wednesday, November 15 - EPCOT
Monday, November 20 - EPCOT
Wednesday, November 22 - Disney's Animal Kingdom
Monday, November 27 - EPCOT
Thursday, November 30 - EPCOT
Monday, December 4 - Disney’s Animal Kingdom
Thursday, December 7 - EPCOT
 
mattpeto

mattpeto

Well-Known Member
DCBaker said:
Reminder - Extended Evening Hours at Disney’s Hollywood Studios begins tomorrow, September 30. Note that Rise of the Resistance has not yet been added to the list of open attractions and is currently not showing hours for the event tomorrow night.

Here is the latest Extended Evening Hours schedule through December 7.

Saturday, September 30 - Disney’s Hollywood Studios
Monday, October 2 - EPCOT
Thursday, October 5 - Disney’s Hollywood Studios
Monday, October 9 - EPCOT
Wednesday October 11 - Disney’s Hollywood Studios
Monday, October 16 - EPCOT
Thursday October 19 - Disney’s Hollywood Studios
Monday, October 23 - EPCOT
Wednesday, October 25 - Disney’s Hollywood Studios
Monday, October 30 - EPCOT
Thursday, November 2 - EPCOT
Monday, November 6 - EPCOT
Wednesday, November 8 - Disney’s Animal Kingdom
Monday, November 13 - EPCOT
Wednesday, November 15 - EPCOT
Monday, November 20 - EPCOT
Wednesday, November 22 - Disney's Animal Kingdom
Monday, November 27 - EPCOT
Thursday, November 30 - EPCOT
Monday, December 4 - Disney’s Animal Kingdom
Thursday, December 7 - EPCOT
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Looks like they want to avoid MK being in the EEH lineup while they are running parties and shutting down the park 4 days a week.

Guess it was just creating too many issues on Wednesdays...

Now at least it can spread out the HEA draw to Sat, Mon and Wed.
 
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doctornick

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Purduevian said:
Oh I understand it's not all about rides... still crazy to me that it only has 7/8 rides. Epcot isn't all about the rides, but still has 11/12 (if you count MS as 1 or 2).
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exactly. It isn't a problem is a theme park doesn't have an overwhelming number of rides, as a well designed one should have a lot of non-ride offerings as well as a balance. But at the same time, there should probably be a baseline of something like 15+ rides available at a minimum in all parks and it is pathetic that WDW doesn't meet that at 3 out of 4 parks(!) - which is why any new investment really should involve a bunch of ride additions (not replacements) to all of the non-MK parks.
 
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JMcMahonEsq

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doctornick said:
exactly. It isn't a problem is a theme park doesn't have an overwhelming number of rides, as a well designed one should have a lot of non-ride offerings as well as a balance. But at the same time, there should probably be a baseline of something like 15+ rides available at a minimum in all parks and it is pathetic that WDW doesn't meet that at 3 out of 4 parks(!) - which is why any new investment really should involve a bunch of ride additions (not replacements) to all of the non-MK parks.
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If WDW has some of the most popular and financially productive parks in the country, if not the world, over the past several decades, and 3 out of 4 of its parks don't meet your arbitrary baseline I would love to see where you get that number should be the baseline for parks.
 
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doctornick

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JMcMahonEsq said:
If WDW has some of the most popular and financially productive parks in the country, if not the world, over the past several decades, and 3 out of 4 of its parks don't meet your arbitrary baseline I would love to see where you get that number should be the baseline for parks.
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Because the parks are miserable because of how busy they are and a big part of that is lack of ride capacity. One of the reasons why Disney parks because so popular in the first place was that they invested in having many rides with high capacity at the castle parks so even though they had a lost of guests, most everyone could have a fun less stressful day any day - even when the park was crowded. As park visitation has grown over the years, the attraction capacity has stagnated or even gone down which exacerbates the crowding and wait in the queues.

And there have been complaints in terms of "not enough stuff to do" since day 1 at both DHS and DAK and it has never been fully addressed.
 
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Touchdown

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I’m just planning on doing Rise right after Fantasmic before the park closes in a few weeks. That way I can end my night on Sunset with a ToT marathon.
 

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