Disney After Hours 2025: General Ticket Sales Begin for All Guests at Walt Disney World

Sep 10, 2024 in "Disney After Hours"

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Disney After Hours at Magic Kingdom

Posted: Tuesday September 10, 2024 7:20am ET by WDWMAGIC Staff

Tickets for Disney After Hours 2025 at Walt Disney World are now on sale to all guests, following the early access for resort guests.

Disney After Hours at Magic Kingdom

Priced between $155 and $185 depending on date, this separately ticketed event allows a limited number of guests to explore Magic Kingdom, Disney’s Hollywood Studios, and EPCOT after they officially close for the day. Guests at the event can start their evening as early as 7 pm and stay in the parks for up to three hours after closing with shorter wait times for attractions, character meet-and-greets, and complimentary snacks, including ice cream, popcorn, and select beverages.

Disney After Hours

Event Schedule and Park-Specific Details

The Disney After Hours events for 2025 will begin on January 6 at Magic Kingdom, January 22 at Disney’s Hollywood Studios, and February 27 at EPCOT. The event hours vary by park: at Magic Kingdom and EPCOT, events run from 10 pm to 1 am, while at Disney’s Hollywood Studios, the events take place from 9:30 pm to 12:30 am.

Magic Kingdom will host its After Hours events on select nights from January through May. Guests can experience attractions like TRON Lightcycle / Run, Tiana’s Bayou Adventure, Seven Dwarfs Mine Train, and Space Mountain. No virtual queues will be in operation, with all attractions available via regular standby lines. The event dates for Magic Kingdom are:

January: 6, 13, 20, 27
February: 3, 10, 17, 24
March: 3, 17, 24, 31
April: 7, 28
May: 5, 12, 19

Disney’s Hollywood Studios offers guests the chance to explore Toy Story Land, Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge, Rock ‘n’ Roller Coaster Starring Aerosmith, and The Twilight Zone Tower of Terror with reduced wait times. The After Hours event dates for Hollywood Studios are:

January: 22, 29
February: 12, 19
March: 5, 26*
April: 1*, 30
May: 14, 28
June: 4, 11, 25
July: 2, 9, 16, 23, 30
August: 6, 20, 27
September: 3

(*Events on March 26 and April 1 will run from 10 pm to 1 am)

At EPCOT, guests can enjoy nighttime rides on Guardians of the Galaxy: Cosmic Rewind, Remy’s Ratatouille Adventure, Frozen Ever After, and Soarin’ Around the World. EPCOT’s After Hours event dates are:

February: 27
May: 8, 29
June: 19, 26
July: 10, 24, 31
August: 7, 14, 21, 28
September: 11, 25

Ticket Pricing and Availability

Tickets for Disney After Hours events range from $175 to $185 (plus tax) for Magic Kingdom, $155 to $175 (plus tax) for EPCOT, and $155 to $185 (plus tax) for Disney’s Hollywood Studios. Special pricing is available for Annual Passholders and Disney Vacation Club members at EPCOT and Hollywood Studios, with a $30 discount. Guests staying at select Walt Disney World Resort hotels, Walt Disney World Swan and Dolphin Hotels, and Shades of Green can purchase tickets starting September 4. All other guests can purchase tickets beginning September 10.

Disney After Hours at EPCOT

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monothingie1 day ago

@wdwmagic just to update your article. There is no AP/DVC discount for Magic Kingdom after hours.

bmr15911 day ago

And here I thought Enchantment was going to damn After Hours to never selling out. At least, that's what I was told on here when it was announced.

wdwmagic1 day ago

Tonight's MK After Hours is sold out. https://www.wdwmagic.com/events/disney-after-hours/news/31mar2025-disney-after-hours-demand-stays-high-as-more-magic-kingdom-dates-sell-out,-only-four-nights-remain.htm

DCBaker5 days ago

The Magic Kingdom After Hours event on April 7 has sold out.

MisterPenguin10 days ago

It's an old conspiracy theory that a studio would throw an extra $50M at a movie so it "looks good" while, at the same time, bearing extra tens of millions of dollars in that movie's deficit. If this is what TWDC does, then please explain all of their theatrical releases which financially bombed if Disney plays such game with the Box Office. You're saying Disney would spend tens of millions to keep that from happening. And yet, it happens. So... what you say happens, doesn't.

Cliff10 days ago

These days, it seems that it's VERY important for Burbank to display the "sold out" sign on everything. Since Disney keeps it's ticket sales secret, too many people are now using wait times and "sold out" flags to judge park attendence. It certainly does seem that how crowded a "sold out" event actually is CAN vary widely from day to day. Disney has years of gathering sophisticated guest attendance habbits and trends. They already know which nights will have higher AND lower "sell out" numbers based in selling speed and other factors. But yes, I think that no matter how many tickets are actually sold, it's CRITICAL that these events be seen as a "success" with that "sold out" label on top of it. It reminds me of when Disney was accused of buying it's own movie tickets in empty theaters just as a marketing trick to "buy" good box office numbers press for a bad movie. Remember, if a studio buys 50 million in movie tickets one week, the theaters keep half and the other 50 million goes right back to studio!!. In a case like this, Burbank's marketing group can buy a ticket from parks and experiences and that money never leaves the company at all. But Parks can still report it as a "sold" ticket for their financial books and they can make all the internet "watchers" (like us) feel very impressed. This is nothing new. It an old trick...

co1006410 days ago

I can’t speak to Halloween parties, but when I went to a sold out EPCOT After Hours, everything was a walk-on throughout the night except Guardians, which held steady at a posted 30 minute wait (but actual 15 minute wait in the queue leading up to the pre-show). The draw for After Hours is undoubtedly low waits, whereas the parties are more about the entertainment IMO. Does Disney actually advertise less wait times for the Halloween/Christmas parties?

DCBaker10 days ago

The Hollywood Studios After Hours event on March 26 has sold out.

Cliff19 days ago

Nah,...the dozens of live streamers I watch.

Chi8419 days ago

Is this based on your personal observations?

Mr. Sullivan19 days ago

I would have to imagine that their max capacity for any given event fluctuates relative to how many CMs are scheduled to be present for it, what that event will entail, when it takes place (for example, an event taking place on a at a time that isn’t considered a prime vacation period may have a lower set capacity than the same event but taking place at a time that is considered a prime vacation period), the amount of day tickets that have been sold for the time period of the event, and their hotel occupancy for that time frame (the latter two metrics giving them a sort of margin to guess how many people may be on property at that time that may be interested in going to the event).

Cliff19 days ago

Many after-hours events "reach capacity," but we never know what that "capacity" is for each night. Sometimes Halloween events that reach "capacity" are SUPER crowded but then other nights that reach "capacity" are WAY more sparse with MUCH smaller crowds. I'm not sure why this seems to be the case but it makes sense that every night needs to reach "capacity" for the optics of ticket sales to the financial people that watch these numbers. I'm guessing that "max capacity" is the number of people that Disney has near the time that the event starts? In other words, if you sell 10 tickets one night, "that" is your "max capacity". If you sell 7 tickets another night, "that" is your "max capacity" for that night. This math formula means that you are guaranteed to always reach "capacity"?? I dunno. Just wondering how it works when no actual sales numbers are ever stated and crowd sizes vary widely.

DisneyRoy21 days ago

I wouldn't expect huge crowds for deluxe hours, but since it's a non-ticketed event there will definitely be more people at these than at after hours ticketed events.