Disney announces schedule for the reopening of Walt Disney World theme parks from Hurricane Ian closure

Sep 29, 2022 in "EPCOT"

Posted: Thursday September 29, 2022 7:00pm ET by WDWMAGIC Staff

Disney has confirmed plans to reopen Walt Disney World theme parks from the two-day shutdown due to Hurricane Ian.

EPCOT will open at 9am for Walt Disney World Resort hotel guests and from 11am for all guests

All four Walt Disney World theme parks will open on September 30 2022, with a two hour exclusive access for Disney Resort hotel guests at park open. Magic Kingdom will also host Mickey's Not-So-Scary Halloween Party for the previously sold out September 30 night.

As always, Disney Park Pass theme park reservations are required for entry. All transportation including Disney Skyliner, monorails, busses and watercraft are planned to be operating.

Walt Disney World Hurricane Ian reopening schedule - Friday September 30 2022

Magic Kingdom: 8am - 10am for resort guests only, then from 10am - 6pm for all guests.

EPCOT: 9am - 11am for resort guests, 11am - 9pm for all guests.

Disney's Animal Kingdom: 11am - 1pm for resort guests, 1pm - 7pm for all guests.

Disney's Hollywood Studios: 10am - 12pm for resort guests, 12pm to 8pm for all guests.

The Magic Kingdom's Halloween Party ticketed event will also return on September 30

Mickey's Not-So-Scary Halloween Party will go ahead as planned from 7pm.

Disney Springs: 10am - 11:30pm

Fantasia Gardens Miniature Golf will reopen on Friday, September 30 at 3:00 p.m.

All Walt Disney transportation systems will be operating as normal

What remains closed at Walt Disney World due to Hurricane Ian ?

Copper Creek Cabins at Disney’s Wilderness Lodge and the Bungalows at Disney’s Polynesian Village Resort are temporarily closed through Friday, September 30 2022.

Treehouse Villas at Disney’s Saratoga Springs Resort & Spa will be closed until Monday, October 3 2022.

Disney’s Fort Wilderness Resort & Campground will remain temporarily closed at this time.

Disney's Typhoon Lagoon water park is closed and expected to reopen October 2, but that date is not yet confirmed.

Winter Summerland mini golf remains closed.

Walt Disney World ticket extensions due to Hurricane Ian closure

Partially used multi-day theme park tickets with a validity window impacted by closure due to Hurricane Ian will be automatically extended to allow use of the remaining unused ticket days through September 30, 2023

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TsWade2Sep 26, 2024

Aw! This is so cute and cuddly! Disney characters spending time to little kiddies watching Disney cartoons!😍Thank goodness it's not Mickey Mouse Clubhouse!:rolleyes:

donsullivanOct 15, 2022

One more step towards recovery. They are finally reopening after the flooding from Ian.

donsullivanOct 14, 2022

A little update that the flooding behind the Magic Kingdom has finally dissipated and Reams Road has now re-opened. The impact of these storms last much longer than the national news coverage. Bay Court is the entrance road for the residential community in the city of Bay Lake to the east of the North Service Area. Floridian Place runs along the west side of the CM parking lot.

JoeCamelOct 13, 2022

Hero's all, they come from all over leaving their families behind to help people they don't know in terrible conditions because they know if the situation was reversed locals would be at their door asking to help.. The cooperation agreements and planning for major disruptions is amazing to see. Thank you from me to them

Vegas Disney FanOct 12, 2022

It’s amazing how quickly we can do things when the will is there, the news was saying it would take months to restore the bridge, they managed it in just over a week. It’s also encouraging to see how good people really are, we usually highlight the bad people so it’s easy to forget the majority truly are good people.

drizgirlOct 12, 2022

Truly heartwarming. I'm tearing up.

drizgirlOct 12, 2022

That's amazing. The cavalry has arrived. 😍

DryerLintFanOct 12, 2022

https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=pfbid0S9XoNHGw9veKtXer5tAEtdpzPevBw1wLk9HZ781Tde5FXsdHwfHguQPMfAtonFXWl&id=1522890978 Not sure if FB videos work here but this was really moving ❤️ One by one they go, restoring power and hope.

DryerLintFanOct 12, 2022

The bridge to Sanibel Island yesterday morning ❤️

SoFloMagicOct 07, 2022

Too busy fighting the largest private employer in the state during special sessions of legislature instead of using those special sessions for insurance reform as previously announced.

John park hopperOct 06, 2022

I posted this before after hurricane Hugo we were inundated with supposed roofers and contractors that did shoddy work and then left the state. Th homeowner was left holding the bag not getting what they paid for.. Beware and know who you are hiring to do the work and never ever pay up front.

LilofanOct 05, 2022

Your example of $20K check from the insurance company is reality. Then enter the crooked money hungry roofers who prey on the desperate homeowners. To get the roof done it won't cost $20K but $30K. Dont like it? Then hope that blue tarp that covers the open gaps of the damaged roof doesn't leak water into the house in future rain storms.

Vegas Disney FanOct 05, 2022

I don’t know the specifics but why aren’t they mirroring the regulations of the other 49 states that aren’t resulting in 80% of lawsuits? The articles I’m reading say Florida accounts for 9% of policies but 79% of lawsuits, and the insurance companies spend billions every year fighting those lawsuits so they lose even if they win. Mirroring the regulations of the other states that aren’t bankrupting insurers seems a good place to start.

DryerLintFanOct 05, 2022

How do you propose they fix it? Right now in PG and FMB and Naples you have hundreds of people with damage to their property. Before Ian hit the area already had labor and material shortages for construction and new builds took years. So there's a huge influx of help coming from arround the country. General contractors, electricians, plumbers, and crooks. You have a ton of desperate home owners who want to get their homes restored, and a ton of strangers in the area who SAY they are legitimate construction workers. There's no way to really check references, no way to ask your neighbor if they're any good, and if they screw up they can't be contacted again because they aren't from the area. So the homeowner gets a check for $20k from insurance for a new roof, let's say, and they get a new roof from a perfectly legitimate looking company that charitably came all the way from Texas to help the area recover. But they do such crappy work that the insurance company, upon inspection, will not reinsure the home unless the roof is replaced again, but now the homeowner has no money. They can't get the money back because that company ghosted them and their contact information now goes nowhere. At least this is the scenario I'm hearing is playing out again and again. We plan on waiting before replacing our pool cage until the company that put it up can replace it. So we'll spend this winter with the alligators and snakes and noseeums 😭😭 but it sure beats being swindled.