'Disney After Hours' expands to include EPCOT and adds more dates at other Walt Disney World theme parks

Feb 21, 2023 in "Disney After Hours"

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Disney After Hours at EPCOT

Posted: Tuesday February 21, 2023 11:!2am ET by WDWMAGIC Staff

Disney After Hours is coming to EPCOT, joining Disney's Hollywood Studios and Magic Kingdom in the after hours hard ticketed event line-up.

Disney After Hours at EPCOT

Disney After Hours begins June 1 at EPCOT, joining Magic Kingdom, available through March 27, and Disney’s Hollywood Studios, currently running with additional dates being added beginning May 3. Disney After Hours offers three hours after regular park close of low wait times, complimentary ice cream and soft drinks, and admission to the park from 7pm.

Disney After Hours at EPCOT

Disney After Hours at EPCOT dates are June 1 through August 24 2024. See below for pricing.

Disney After Hours at EPCOT pricing

Disney After Hours at Disney's Hollywood Studios

The newly expanded dates at Disney's Hollywood Studios are May 3 through June 28 2023. See below for pricing. Disney After Hours event times at Disney's Hollywood Studios are 9:30pm to 12:30am during February, March and April; 10:00pm to 1:00am during May and June Events. With a Disney After Hours event ticket you can enter the theme parks from 7pm.

Disney After Hours at Disney's Hollywood Studios dates and pricing

Event tickets for EPCOT, and Disney’s Hollywood Studios can be purchased by all guests starting March 3, 2023. Guests of select Walt Disney World Resort hotels can begin purchasing Disney After Hours tickets for EPCOT as early as February 28. The advance-purchase window is available to guests at Disney Resort hotels and Walt Disney World Swan and Dolphin Hotels, as well as Shades of Green at Walt Disney World Resort.

Disney Vacation Club members and Walt Disney World Annual Passholders can also purchase specially priced tickets for select dates.

'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.

Disney After Hours is back at Walt Disney World in 2023

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DisneyRoy8 hours ago

Correct. This is about the same timeframe as when they cut them off last year.

HauntedPirate9 hours 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.

arich359 hours ago

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

HauntedPirate11 hours 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)

DCBaker12 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

co1006431 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.

pdude8131 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