Or Disney should just have all the parks open as long as possible because they are some of the most expensive parks in the world with the most demand.Personally I hope Epcot stays at 11am opening for awhile. You early birds get all the other parks, leave one park to rope drop for the rest of us!
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Walt Disney World theme park hours updates
- Thread starter Bill in Atlanta
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EPCOT operating hours extended alongside new openings in October
EPCOT operating hours extended alongside new openings in October
Disney is expecting a busy start to October at EPCOT as evening hours are extended.
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DfromATX
Well-Known Member
I hope so. I'm an early bird so half the day is gone by 11!
DfromATX
Well-Known Member
Personally, I'd like to see 8 am to midnight every day.
danv3
Well-Known Member
Same. Really hate these late openings.
CaptainAmerica
Premium Member
We're never going to see 9am Epcot again are we?
JohnD
Well-Known Member
Why would you say that? Operating hours were just extended from 11am to 10am "for the first time in forever". It seems like anyway.
CaptainAmerica
Premium Member
That's my point. If they're not even going to 9am to absorb the Rat crowds, what could ever possibly drive them to do so?
JohnD
Well-Known Member
Well, they just went to 10:00 which is closer to 9:00. Also, we keep forgetting this, but a park reservation does mean that capacity is limited to a point. Maybe it's no longer 40% but higher. But I highly doubt park reservations let capacity reach anywhere near it did prior to the pandemic.
BoardwalkGlenn
Well-Known Member
I was checking park hours for my upcoming trip and noticed some extensions to park hours.
Wed 9/29
MK: 9am-10pm (was 9-9)
Fri 10/1
MK: 8am-10pm (was 9-9)
EP: 9am-10pm (was 10-10)
AK: 8am-8:30pm (was 8-7)
Sat 10/2
MK: 9am-10pm (was 9-9)
EP: 9am-10pm (was 10-10)
AK: 8am-8:30pm (was 8-7)
Wed 9/29
MK: 9am-10pm (was 9-9)
Fri 10/1
MK: 8am-10pm (was 9-9)
EP: 9am-10pm (was 10-10)
AK: 8am-8:30pm (was 8-7)
Sat 10/2
MK: 9am-10pm (was 9-9)
EP: 9am-10pm (was 10-10)
AK: 8am-8:30pm (was 8-7)
I saw that.
Those AK hours are great!
Our October dates it's still closing at 7pm. I'm assuming it's open later just on those days because of the Anniversary, but I pretty much am crossing everything possible for 8 or 8:30 closings at AK for our dates too!
doctornick
Well-Known Member
Is the bus driver staffing still a big issue? I’d guess it is and is probably the biggest factor needing to have Epcot’s opening staggered compared to the other parks. I hoping that they are able to achieve proper (pre-pandemic) bus levels at some point in the future and return Epcot to an earlier opening.
interesting question: when and if Epcot opens at 9am, will they just open WS at that time (even if all the stores/restaurants aren’t open)? Or will they still have it blocked between France and Norway?
ToTBellHop
Well-Known Member
Bus staffing is an issue. The hours they are giving us is the most they will give. Once they get the busing situation under control, they’ll revert to 9-9 instead of 10-10.
ToTBellHop
Well-Known Member
We will be there 9:30a-10p next month, which is actually longer than in days of yore for us. We avoided MEMH there because it made that park unbearably crowded. So it was always 9-9 for us.Personally I love a 10 am opening at Epcot. Kind of a forced sleep-in day for us!
7:30 at DAK will be painful….but worth it for FOP.
TransportationGuy
Active Member
As aforementioned, always an issue but currently under control(ish) due to the charter buses whose contracts just got extended again. I suspect they’ll be around through at least the end of the year