'Disney After Hours' event sells out its first date for 2023 at Walt Disney World

Dec 02, 2022 in "Disney After Hours"

Posted: Friday December 2, 2022 3:02pm ET by WDWMAGIC Staff

'Disney After Hours' is now sold out for January 4 2023 at Disney's Hollywood Studios.

The January 4 date is the first of the 'Disney After Hours' dates scheduled for 2023 between January 4 and April 19 at Disney's Hollywood Studios and Magic Kingdom.



'Disney After Hours' is a late-night, separately ticketed event at a Walt Disney World theme park for three additional hours after regular park hours, with treats such as ice cream, popcorn and select beverages included. The number of tickets for these events is limited, which means lower wait times for some of your favorite attractions.

At Disney's Hollywood Studios, all of the latest attractions are included - Mickey & Minnie’s Runaway Railway, Millennium Falcon: Smuggler’s Run, Slinky Dog Dash and Star Wars: Rise of the Resistance.

Tickers are priced between $129 and $149 based on date.

'Disney After Hours' events at Disney’s Hollywood Studios are scheduled for select nights, January 4 through April 19, 2023.

'Disney After Hours' events at Magic Kingdom are scheduled for select nights, January 9 through March 27, 2023. 'Disney After Hours' takes place from 9:30pm to 12:30am at Disney's Hollywood Studios, and 10pm to 1am at Magic Kingdom. Admission begins at 7pm.

  • 'Disney After Hours' at Magic Kingdom - January 9, 16, 23; February 16, 20, 27; March 2, 6, 13, 16, 20, 27 2023.
  • 'Disney After Hours' at Disney's Hollywood Studios - January 4, 11, 18, 25; February 15, 22; March 8, 22, 29; April 2, 5, 19 2023.


With 'Disney After Hours' tickets, you can enter the park where the event is taking place as early as 7 p.m. Disney After Hours admission is a separately priced ticket not included with regular daytime park admission.

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HauntedPirate2 minutes ago

I could be 100% wrong on this, but I've been under the impression that additional dates will not be announced for 2024. These AH events at DHS already run into MNSSHP season, and adding more dates during that time (or into November/December and MVMCP) would run the risk of cannibalizing sales of those tickets.

arich355 minutes ago

How long do you think it will take to announce dates for September

HauntedPirate1 hour ago

As of May 8, 2024, a total of 7 After Hours Events have sold out, from a pool of 30 event dates thus far. That does include the event at DHS tomorrow evening (May 9) and the above-mentioned May 13 MK date. There are 20 more After Hours events scheduled for 2024. Event Date Comparisons 2023 After Hours Events - 44 total events; 17 dates sold out 2024 After Hours Events - 50 total events Pricing Comparison (Note: Average prices do not include any discounts) Average ticket price for MK AH events: 2023 - $153.33/ticket (12 dates) 2024 - $169/ticket (15 dates) Average ticket price for DHS AH events: 2023 - $144.33/ticket (12 dates) 2024 - $164.55/ticket (22 dates) Average ticket price for Epcot AH events: 2023 - $134/ticket (12 dates) 2024 - $155.67/ticket (12 dates) Ticket prices increased across the board. Event pricing and number of dates per price: MK 2023 - $135 (1); $145 (1); $149 (1); $155 (5); $159 (4) MK 2024 - $155 (1); $165 (7); $175 (7) DHS 2023 - $129 (1); $139 (2); $145 (4); $149 (5) DHS 2024 - $145 (3); $155 (4); $165 (6); $175 (9) Epcot 2023 - $129 (6); $139 (6) Epcot 2024 - $149 (4); $159 (8)

DCBaker3 hours ago

According to the Walt Disney World website, the After Hours event at Magic Kingdom on May 13 has sold out.

pdude8130 days ago

Ah ok. You were counting from 7 when they let people in. My mistake as you said you're not an AP holder. Forecast had storms til 9 so I went at 930 for the exclusive time. Then a quick surprise storm made things weird and I didn't have time to hit all the big rides. I understand shutting slinky at that point, but it not coming up for another hour and a half over lightning mixed out really messed up the rest of the event for me. This is only because I'm a pass holder and could do all of the rides at the party for the cost of G+ and an ILL for rise on any other day. If not for the weather I think it would have been a great event. I may try again next year if they are still ongoing. Also I'm glad you had a good time. The Epcot event sounds amazing as well

co1006430 days ago

Yes we must have been at the same event as Slinky was down most of the night. Now that you mention it, I do believe they were only running the left size of Toy Story Mania, so that is my mistake. We arrived at 7:15pm. We did: • Star Tours (no wait) • Falcon (20 min) • Swirling Saucers (no wait) (9pm park closing) • Toy Story Mania (10 mins) • Rise (no wait) • Mickey & Minnie (no wait) • Tower (no wait) • Toy Story Mania again (10 mins) • Slinky (10 mins) — admittedly we lucked out as it came online right we were exiting TSM At EPCOT they were at least running all sides of Guardians, Remy, and Soarin'. That's where my mind was when I typed the post.

pdude8130 days ago

Do you mean the deluxe after hours or the DAH events? On Wed the 4th at DHS DAH I'm pretty sure they were running TSM with only one track while Slinky was down most of the night and other rides were in and out of service. Slinky likely went down due to weather early on but didn't come back up until midnight. If you were at the same event then I'm curious to hear what your order of operations was. I chose poorly

wedenterprises30 days ago

Thank you! That's awesome to know.

mattpeto30 days ago

It's both an opportunity cost (missing a free perk) and cost ($600 for fam of 4) would drive me to EEH.

pigglewiggle30 days ago

If you had to choose between deluxe after hours at a park or pay for an after hours party, which would you do?

mattpeto30 days ago

Same story as summer too. Not doing a DHS AH on a EEH night.

Scar Junior30 days ago

This is almost the exact same story for us! We're ending up at Riviera presumably that weekend too.

DCBakerApr 05, 2024

Yes, Cosmic Rewind shifts to a standby queue during After Hours at EPCOT.

wedenterprisesApr 05, 2024

Does Guardians move to a standby line for this event?