This is just bonkers. In every walk of life if you pay more for something, you tend to get more. That’s how it works. The cries of equity and fairness do not hold water in this situation. The people that stay in the deluxe hotels are paying more. Disney has decided to give them more for their money. Which is what people have been clamoring about on these boards forever. Now, I would agree with these equity and fairness arguments if Disney was shutting the parks early and kicking everyone out, so as to reduce the time others got in the parks. That does not seem to be the case here. Disney doesn’t owe anyone anything. It gets ridiculous around here. Everything is negative. Disney is far from perfect but not everything they do is bad and out to screw you. And if you think it isn’t fair don’t go. There are many other lovely places in the world to explore.
Actually, you're wrong.
What did they remove from your ticket in relation to extra time at night???
Pre-Covid they included magic hours if staying at any Disney resort, sometimes they would extend them 3 to 4 hours more on select nights.
Not to mention they weren't staying open as late in general. And that's just the park hours...
Right. But that was because you were staying at an on-site Disney hotel. It was a perk of staying on site. It had 0 to do with your ticket. Disney has decided that this perk will now only be available to deluxe guests. It does not effect your ticket at all. Now you want to say Disney has lowered the value of staying at a moderate or value resort, then I would agree with you. But again, you don’t have to stay there and you still get to experience the park for the full time.
No, we don't. They've been reducing operating hours for years.
EMH were for all resort guests....now evening hours are for deluxe only guests and morning are only 30 minutes........Curious to see if this affects occupancy rates and hotel bookings........
Here are the hours from July 1st from 2006-2019. While there is a drop in the last 2 years, I would hardly call that a trend if reducing operating hours for years. And I agree with the Epcot hours issue but I would have to think that has more to to with pandemic disruptions then the new normal.
Sure. But that’s not what equity means. It’s about providing resources tailored to people’s needs so everyone has an equal chance to succeed.
Thanks for posting however you're missing the daily schedules varied from day to day. Also what about Epcot?
What do you mean varied from day to day?
I hope it's not the case. With the news regarding deluxe resort guests, maybe they will be strict about entry. However, 30 minutes is such a short amount of time though that even if you get there in time, by the time you get through the gates, it'll basically be over.
Some night's would go to 1AM, some morning's open at 8AM on other days, etc. Hours weren't static everyday in other words.
These are historical park hours on Touring Plan website for the date July 1st from 2006-2019. Of course some nights stay open later then others throughout the course of the year. But it is better to compare the hours on the same day through time. Comparing July 1st to July 4th for instance would show a big difference but would make no sense. These are the times the parks opened and closed. Are you saying the parks operated on different hours then their posted hours? Maybe I’m being dense.
I'm personally not even talking about EMH. I'm talking about regular park operating hours.
