The Parks Beyond Midnight.

[real mad hatter]

Good Day Everyone..Heres my question to all you night owls. In my 5 vacations to WDW,Ive yet to stay in the parks beyond midnight. I know,terrible.But we are up so early that the bird hasn't even had its first worm.But I'am curious on how quiet the parks are,mainly MK, on the extra hours for on site guests.Now we always go in July ( the party season ) So is it worth making the effort,if only just for one night out of our fourteen nights,to stay in MK until the wee hours.

 

[Figgy1]

I'm with you hatter rope drop for us! So midnight is my limit that will get me about 6 hours of sleep maybe.

 

[WED99]

I stayed at DHS from 9am till 1am once. I had the time of my life, not so much the next day but

 

[Mr Morrow]

The extra hours really are worth it! If you can stay awake until the 'wee hours' you'll be running around the park with barely anyone else. It's quite surreal actually!

 

[real mad hatter]

I stayed at DHS from 9am till 1am once. I had the time of my life, not so much the next day but

Whit!!! 16 hours at HS in one day.Thats got to be a record.Or did you fall asleep at Beauty & the Beast,and wake up at 10.00pm.

 

[real mad hatter]

The extra hours really are worth it! If you can stay awake until the 'wee hours' you'll be running around the park with barely anyone else. It's quite surreal actually!

Cheers.This has me intrigued.Its now on my must do list for 2014. To achieve this tho,I need to have a long siesta from 5.00pm till 9.00pm.

 

[BryceM]

Whit!!! 16 hours at HS in one day.Thats got to be a record.Or did you fall asleep at Beauty & the Beast,and wake up at 10.00pm.

Haha, I stayed at DHS for about 12 hours. It was pretty fun, and we never really got "bored".

 

[Aurora1]

We normally go during the summer, and have done 9AM to 2AM before. It's a realllyyyyy long day, but so worth it! The parks start to empty out after the fireworks/parades, and you can pretty much walk on to any ride you'd like!

We just did a similar thing last week- went to MK from 9AM to the 11PM close, and by 9:45, after the second MSEP, the park was virtually empty! We had free reign over the whole park, and all of the rides that had 1hour plus waits were walk ons!

 

[disneysince71]

It's a 12:00-3:00 a.m. On Fridays and Sundays when we are there! We only go at peek seasons so we save MK rides for EMHs. During New Years week it was cold and a little rainy earlier in the night so we had some "park to ourself moments" at 2:30.
Tip... We take a nap around 6:00, and do not enter the parks before 12:00.... As hundreds are
Leaving... We can do all of our favorites in just a couple of hours....

 

[Disvillain63]

We've opened one park at 7am and closed another at 3am; and went to another park plus Cirque's early show in between. We still opened another park the next morning. We come back from vacation more exhausted than when we left. Work is the rest time.

 

[copcarguyp71]

The extra hours really are worth it! If you can stay awake until the 'wee hours' you'll be running around the park with barely anyone else. It's quite surreal actually!

Totally agree! We did the MK until 1:30 last October and loved it! It was the first time DD (9) was up for it but she has turned into a park juggernaut and it was tons of fun. I only wish they kept Splash Mountain open for EMH's! We did sleep in until 10 the next morning but I highly recommend trying it at least once. We did MGM until 12AM last trip as well and although it was not past 12 it was equally as fun.

 

[Mawg]

Always the EMH park in the morning, Nap in the afternoon hop to the park with EMH at night. After Disney World we go to the beach for 3 - 4 days to have a vacation from my vacation.

 

[epcotisbest]

Never been in a park after midnight. We are always there before the parks open, but are not really night people. Usually leave after fireworks, get a good night's sleep and are up early again the next day.

 

[bgraham34]

2am is the latest I have been in the parks. But on average in the past if the park is open past 1am that is usually my cutoff anyway. Then I try to aim for the parks at 9am.

 

[Poofiesdream]

Go to opening in the morning. Go back to your resort when it gets really hot during the day. Rest or swim. Go back to the park late afternoon, early evening. In July doing the park will be so much cooler after the sun goes down and those afternoon showers have past by. Crowds are so much lighter too in those extra hours!

 

[Wisconsin]

We stayed at MK until 3 a.m. once during EMHs just to say we'd done it. The park was pretty empty. Some folks were sleeping on benches! Amazing to me how they can stay open until 3, clean everything, and then open 6 hours later!

 

[The March Hare]

We go in September after Labor Day (just in time for first MNSSHP). There's usually a time or two for a 1am or 2am close (DHS especially). It's incredible. Anything past of MV3D is empty, literally. You could scream as loud as you can, no one will hear you. There are NO lines, ever. The only place in the parks at that time of night are inside the shopping areas (Main Street USA is always crowded). You have to try it at least once if you have the opportunity; it's worth it.

 

[CP_alum08]

The parks are a blast after midnight but you really need to stay to the end to make it worth while. What I mean is that if you are going to MK for EMH until say 3am the park will still be fairly busy until around 1:30am then it starts to die out. If you can do it it's awesome. Being the last ones out and having Main St. all to yourself is something you'll remember for a long time!

 

[Bparso87]

It is awesome to be there that late it is a little werid without the big crowds walking threw POTC line with no one around you is skittle creepy but man is it fun.

 

[rsoxguy]

I have done the post-midnight romps, and they're great, but it's best not to get there early. I learned that the hard way ten or so times, and believe me you, I probably won't make the same mistake an eleventh or twelfth time.