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March Hours Posted!
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ToTBellHop
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I'm kind of surprised. Will so many Spring Breaks in March, the hours just plain suck. Magic Kingdom is never open past 8 pm after the first of the month...not sure I get THAT one...but I'll be at Disneyland then, and they have greatly extended hours on the weekends...c'est la vie...
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DDPGambit
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I'm not too happy with the hours either. What the heck am I supposed to do after 7p.m. every night?? You can only do so much Downtown Disney and Epcot!
The last time I went to WDW was this exact same week, back in 2001, and as I recall, the parks were open much later. MK was open till 10 or 12 and The Studios was open till 9 every night.
The last time I went to WDW was this exact same week, back in 2001, and as I recall, the parks were open much later. MK was open till 10 or 12 and The Studios was open till 9 every night.
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ToTBellHop
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I don't get it...most of the United States gets Spring Break in March, and they give those hours...
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ToTBellHop
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lol...at least we know Mission: SPACE isn't opening in March at least...they wouldn't have crappy hours like that if it were; they actually WANT people in the parks when it opens!
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disney problems
i just have one guestion,
when did the disney co. start having problems
it seems that in the 70s and 80s disney was booming now eh eh
when are they goning to get back on track and catch up to everybody else.
are they heading there or are they way far from success again.
personally id like to se wdw with the latest hi tech rides (not all thrill rides either) instead of islands of adventure & universal studios. comments please any one.:wave:
:brick: :wave: 
:hammer: :zipit: :wave:
i just have one guestion,
when did the disney co. start having problems
it seems that in the 70s and 80s disney was booming now eh eh
when are they goning to get back on track and catch up to everybody else.
are they heading there or are they way far from success again.
personally id like to se wdw with the latest hi tech rides (not all thrill rides either) instead of islands of adventure & universal studios. comments please any one.:wave:
:brick: :wave: :hammer: :zipit: :wave:
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ToTBellHop
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Actually, disney was ______________ throughout much of the 80s until Eisner came along, and then the company did well for the rest of the 80s and most of the 90s...I mean, you look back to years like 1994 at just attractions, not including hotels, opening at disney, you see that the slowdown was recent:
1994: Legend of the Lion King, Innoventions, Honey, I Shrunk the Audience, Food Rocks!, Tower of Terror
1995: The Circle of Life, Alien Encounter, Blizzard Beach
1996: Toontown Fair, Ellen's Energy Adventure, Hunchback, Fantasia Gardens
1997: Downtown Disney West Side, Wide World of Sports
1998: Animal Kingdom, Buzz, Enchanted Tiki Room--Under New Managment, Fantasmic!, DisneyQuest
1999: Sounds Dangerous!, Kali River Rapids, Maharajah Jungle Trek, Test Track, Rock 'n' Roller Coaster, Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh, Cirque du Soleil
2000 onward were pretty slow...Disney slowed down when the economy did...but I don't think anyone could expect them to continue to open as many attractions yearly as they did...I listed 26 things in six years, including West Side, DisneyQuest, Animal Kingdom, and Blizzard Beach, which all include many of their own attractions. Being conservative, they opened 50 attractions within a six year time-span...if you look between 1971 and 1988 or so, you will see that the rate of additions was much less, usually a couple attractions every other year or so...
But, you talk about "catching up". To what exactly. I have not seen very much from Universal since Islands of Adventure opened, and Universal has ONE high-tech attraction that I know of, Spiderman. Disney World is opening a little project this year called Mission: SPACE that is one of the most high-tech in the world...(not going to say THE MOST until I ride it...).
1994: Legend of the Lion King, Innoventions, Honey, I Shrunk the Audience, Food Rocks!, Tower of Terror
1995: The Circle of Life, Alien Encounter, Blizzard Beach
1996: Toontown Fair, Ellen's Energy Adventure, Hunchback, Fantasia Gardens
1997: Downtown Disney West Side, Wide World of Sports
1998: Animal Kingdom, Buzz, Enchanted Tiki Room--Under New Managment, Fantasmic!, DisneyQuest
1999: Sounds Dangerous!, Kali River Rapids, Maharajah Jungle Trek, Test Track, Rock 'n' Roller Coaster, Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh, Cirque du Soleil
2000 onward were pretty slow...Disney slowed down when the economy did...but I don't think anyone could expect them to continue to open as many attractions yearly as they did...I listed 26 things in six years, including West Side, DisneyQuest, Animal Kingdom, and Blizzard Beach, which all include many of their own attractions. Being conservative, they opened 50 attractions within a six year time-span...if you look between 1971 and 1988 or so, you will see that the rate of additions was much less, usually a couple attractions every other year or so...
But, you talk about "catching up". To what exactly. I have not seen very much from Universal since Islands of Adventure opened, and Universal has ONE high-tech attraction that I know of, Spiderman. Disney World is opening a little project this year called Mission: SPACE that is one of the most high-tech in the world...(not going to say THE MOST until I ride it...).
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civileng68
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The March hours suck
Actually my fiance and I were very disappointed when the March hours came out. We actually met at Disney World one year ago from the time we go back (for the first time since, but this time on our honeymoon).
Last year when we went the parks were open much much later. A couple of nights last year at that time, the Magic Kingdom was open until midnight.
I cannot believe they cut the hours like that, especially during the peak season............what is going on?
however, I will say this.
Last year the posted hours were 9:00 for those days at the Magic Kingdom and the park hours at the front of the park were the official ones and they stated that the park was open that late.
Actually "OFFICIAL HOURS" are posted daily. They judge their open hours by the occupancy rate of hotels in the area.
We can hope that they'll do the same thing here.............however, this year the posted hours are only 7:00 and last season they were 9:00. What sucks is..........at that time of year.......it will not even be dark at 7:00...........or barely dark if it is.
www.angelfire.com/nc3/myfloridapictures
Actually my fiance and I were very disappointed when the March hours came out. We actually met at Disney World one year ago from the time we go back (for the first time since, but this time on our honeymoon).
Last year when we went the parks were open much much later. A couple of nights last year at that time, the Magic Kingdom was open until midnight.
I cannot believe they cut the hours like that, especially during the peak season............what is going on?
however, I will say this.
Last year the posted hours were 9:00 for those days at the Magic Kingdom and the park hours at the front of the park were the official ones and they stated that the park was open that late.
Actually "OFFICIAL HOURS" are posted daily. They judge their open hours by the occupancy rate of hotels in the area.
We can hope that they'll do the same thing here.............however, this year the posted hours are only 7:00 and last season they were 9:00. What sucks is..........at that time of year.......it will not even be dark at 7:00...........or barely dark if it is.
www.angelfire.com/nc3/myfloridapictures
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