EPCOT opening moves to new timeslot ahead of Disney's Hollywood Studios and Magic Kingdom
EPCOT moves to a new opening time for the next couple of weeks.
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News EPCOT opening moves to 8:30am from today
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Interesting... Curious to see if the reasons for this come to light.
correcaminos
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I was very happy to see this for Spring Break a few days ago. Much better than 10am. Though this is earlier than I hoped for.
mergatroid
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Just in time for our visit next weeks, thanks Disney 
ToTBellHop
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Crowds are expected to be insane over the next couple weeks.
aladdin2007
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does this include world showcase? keeping the majority of it locked up till 11am has been ridiculous with the amount of people in the park.
Yes the whole park opens 8:30am
mightynine
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I'll be at WDW next week and I'm shocked at how high the crowd calendar has shot up. We picked it back in December due to the passholder hotel deal, start of Flower/Garden, and 'cause we thought it would be quiet - after Mardi Gras, before the spring breakers. Now with the expected crowd levels plus rising temperatures forecast (low 90s?!!??), I'm hoping it won't be too miserable.
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Ayla
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Oh lord. Can you imagine the expected crowds?!EPCOT opening moves to new timeslot ahead of Disney's Hollywood Studios and Magic Kingdom
EPCOT moves to a new opening time for the next couple of weeks.
ToTBellHop
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Should be better than March. March is projected to be more crowded than Easter this year, too.
Diamond Dot
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They have also extended the evening hours at MK from 8pm closing to 11pm closing on most nights, just in time for my trip too! Does that also mean World Showcase is open at 8:30 am too? Looking at park hours it just says EPCOT, so fingers crossed.
Diamond Dot
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I'm there from next week too, but, if you go in without the usual high expectations and be prepared to be flexible and prepared for the chaos it might be helpful. I'm also preparing for some serious bad guest behaviour too.
Lirael
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I checked the park availability for March yesterday... and from the 14th to the 17th it was already on orange alert. I think on the 13th the only park not yet full was Epcot, in fact.
Curious if there's a reason those days got full first, given they're Monday to Thursday
Curious if there's a reason those days got full first, given they're Monday to Thursday
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correcaminos
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Thr 13th is DST and people don't want to plan to get up that day? Honestly we chose to come out the next day because of it.
Lirael
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I just realized I wrote the wrong dates. Meant to be 14th to 17th. I'll go fix it, thank you