Park Hours

[jennab]

Is Disney only putting out official park hours 60 days in advance? When I looked this morning there are only hours through 4/8. Our 60 days is coming up, but it’s kind of hard to plan which parks we will visit on which days when there are no official hours yet. Any idea if they will drop a longer amount of time, or is this the new norm?

 

[HeiHei2018]

This is the new norm, and the hours posted at 60 days may be extended later. I would not recommend using posted park hours at 60 days to select your parks. AK will have the shortest and earliest hours, Epcot and HS are usually 9-9, but check last year’s Easter week hours if your trip will extend that long. MK is more variable.

There are a number of trusted blogs that publish crowd calendar predictions, but their predictions have gotten less reliable since attendance seems a bit more variable in recent years.

 

[jennab]

This is the new norm, and the hours posted at 60 days may be extended later. I would not recommend using posted park hours at 60 days to select your parks. AK will have the shortest and earliest hours, Epcot and HS are usually 9-9, but check last year’s Easter week hours if your trip will extend that long. MK is more variable.

There are a number of trusted blogs that publish crowd calendar predictions, but their predictions have gotten less reliable since attendance seems a bit more variable in recent years.

Thanks! It’s been a few years since we’ve been to Disney and it was surprising to see the park hours not posted very far out. Unfortunate that we will have to plan, yet not know for sure. Is it still deluxe evening hours Monday for Epcot and Wed for MK, or did they change too? And then all parks are 30min early for resort guests?

 

[scrappinginontario]

Is Disney only putting out official park hours 60 days in advance? When I looked this morning there are only hours through 4/8. Our 60 days is coming up, but it’s kind of hard to plan which parks we will visit on which days when there are no official hours yet. Any idea if they will drop a longer amount of time, or is this the new norm?

You may wish to check again. I can see hours through April 18th. 70 days in advance is the norm rather than 60 days.

 

[jennab]

You may wish to check again. I can see hours through April 18th. 70 days in advance is the norm rather than 60 days.


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Well that’s odd. I just refreshed and still only see through 4/8. Am I looking in the wrong spot? Went to park hours on mobile website.

 

[Dave006]

Well that’s odd. I just refreshed and still only see through 4/8. Am I looking in the wrong spot? Went to park hours on mobile website.

That's your initial problem. The MDE app and the Disney World web site are not always in sync. @scrappinginontario posted images from the Calendar in the MDE app.

Dave

 

[jennab]

That's your initial problem. The MDE app and the Disney World web site are not always in sync. @scrappinginontario posted images from the Calendar in the MDE app.

Dave

Oh good to know, thank you! I will look on the app instead then. I didn’t think to check if they were different.

 

[Kooks and Bay Bay]

its a 70 day rolling calendar.
And they usually update the hours a few weeks out.

Sounds like you're used to the 180 days out planning.
That's no longer necessary.
You have time to see what the hours are prior to your window opening just like you did with the 180 days.

 

[DavidNYC]

Unless you're on the cusp of a major holiday season - the hours are not going to vary much at all from the latest dates that are posted. You're far more likely to see the generic default hours with them being adjusted as you get closer so just base your schedule on whatever are the furthest out set of hours you see.

 

[Kooks and Bay Bay]

FYI OP I can see until April 18th on the app...

 

[Kooks and Bay Bay]

Unless you're on the cusp of a major holiday season - the hours are not going to vary much at all from the latest dates that are posted. You're far more likely to see the generic default hours with them being adjusted as you get closer so just base your schedule on whatever are the furthest out set of hours you see.

Well sounds like OP is going around Easter so that is a time that the park hours could change.

 

[jennab]

Well sounds like OP is going around Easter so that is a time that the park hours could change.

Yes, I was thinking some of the weekend days might have extended hours. Also wasn’t sure if they would change any of the deluxe evening hour days.