Disney After Hours returns to Walt Disney World in January 2023

Sep 27, 2022 in "Disney After Hours"

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Posted: Tuesday September 27, 2022 11:08am ET by WDWMAGIC Staff

Disney After Hours will return to Walt Disney World January 4 2023 at Disney's Hollywood Studios and January 9 2023 at Magic Kingdom.

Late-night ticketed events are back at Walt Disney World in 2023

Disney After Hours is a late-night, separately ticketed events 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.

Disney After Hours is back at Walt Disney World in 2023

Pricing for the event has increased prior to the pause of Disney After Hours during the pandemic. Tickets then were fixed at $129, and are now 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.

Disney After Hours - Magic Kingdom 2023

Disney After Hours - Disney's Hollywood Studios 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. Event tickets for Magic Kingdom Park and Disney’s Hollywood Studios can be purchased by all guests starting October 7, 2022, with prices ranging from $129 to $159 (plus tax). Guests of select Walt Disney World Resort hotels can begin purchasing Disney After Hours tickets as early as October 4. The advance-purchase window is available to Guests of Disney Resort hotels, Walt Disney World Swan and Dolphin Hotels as well as Shades of Green at Walt Disney World Resort.

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DisneyRoy4 days ago

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

HauntedPirate4 days 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.

arich354 days ago

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

HauntedPirate4 days 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)

DCBaker4 days ago

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

pdude81Apr 08, 2024

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

co10064Apr 07, 2024

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.

pdude81Apr 07, 2024

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