Disney After Hours Demand Stays High as More Magic Kingdom Dates Sell Out, Only Four Nights Remain

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Disney After Hours at Magic Kingdom

Posted: Monday March 31, 2025 3:$5pm ET by WDWMAGIC Staff

Two more nights of Disney After Hours at Magic Kingdom have sold out. Both the March 31 and April 7, 2025 events are now fully booked, continuing the strong demand for these limited-capacity late-night experiences.

These sellouts follow multiple other dates in January, February, and March—further proof that After Hours events at Magic Kingdom are among the most popular add-ons at Walt Disney World this year.

Fireworks burst behind TRON Lightcycle Run

What’s Still Available?

Only four dates remain for Magic Kingdom After Hours in the current schedule:

April 28
May 5
May 12
May 19

What You Get with Disney After Hours

Disney After Hours offers guests access to Magic Kingdom after regular park closing, with much lower wait times, complimentary snacks, including ice cream, popcorn, and beverages. Admission begins at 7 PM, with event hours from 10 PM to 1 AM.

Attractions Open During the Event

The lineup includes many of the park’s headline rides:

TRON Lightcycle / Run
Seven Dwarfs Mine Train
Space Mountain
Pirates of the Caribbean
Haunted Mansion

However, two major Frontierland attractions remain unavailable:

Tiana’s Bayou Adventure – Removed from the After Hours lineup, likely due to reliability concerns.
Big Thunder Mountain Railroad – Currently closed for refurbishment.

Ticket Pricing and Discounts

Tickets for Magic Kingdom After Hours range from $175 to $185 plus tax.

Act Soon if You’re Planning to Attend

With March 31 and April 7 now sold out, the remaining dates are very likely to follow. If you’re considering attending a Disney After Hours event at Magic Kingdom this spring, now’s the time to decide—before the final dates disappear from the calendar.

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monothingie1 day ago

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

bmr15912 days 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.

wdwmagic2 days 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.

Cliff20 days ago

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

Chi8420 days ago

Is this based on your personal observations?

Mr. Sullivan20 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).

Cliff20 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.