Disney's Hollywood Studios Adds Fireworks to New Year's Eve Schedule

15 hours ago in "Holidays at Disney's Hollywood Studios"

Posted: Saturday December 28, 2024 8:30am ET by WDWMAGIC Staff

Disney’s Hollywood Studios is joining Walt Disney World’s New Year’s Eve celebrations with a special fireworks show scheduled for December 31, 2024. The display will begin at 11:57 PM ET, lighting up the sky just in time to welcome 2025.

The show is expected to feature a mix of low-level pyrotechnics launched from the rooftops of Mickey & Minnie’s Runaway Railway and larger fireworks from the designated launch site across World Drive.

Holidays at Disney's Hollywood Studios

New Year’s Eve at Walt Disney World

Here’s what you can expect across the parks:

Magic Kingdom

Hours: 8:00 AM – 1 AM (early entry at 7:30 AM).
Fireworks: Fantasy in the Sky at 6:30 PM and 11:50 PM on both December 30 and 31.

EPCOT

Hours: 9:00 AM – 1:00 AM (early entry at 8:30 AM).
Fireworks: Luminous: The Symphony of Us at 6:30 PM and Cheers to the New Year: A Sparkling Celebration at 11:54 PM.

Disney’s Hollywood Studios

Hours: 8:30 AM – Midnight (early entry at 8:00 AM).
Fireworks Show: Begins at 11:57 PM on December 31.

Disney’s Animal Kingdom

Hours: 8:00 AM – 8:00 PM (early entry at 7:30 AM).
No New Year’s Eve festivities.

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monothingie2 hours ago

Well then maybe they are quicker to move to another phase under normal operating conditions. Which are? Specifics please. So no then?

monothingie2 hours ago

Here’s an interesting question for Except LL brought in almost a three quarter billion in revenue since its inception. So maybe there’s a little bit more attention given to LL.

peter114352 hours ago

I wasn’t putting words in your mouth. I was explaining why the ratios can be (and are) the same across attractions regardless of capacity. You claimed that low capacity attractions would have exorbitant LL queues if they used the same ratio. That’s not true because they have lower allotment of LL that is specifically determined to maintain that same ratio. Under normal operating conditions they use the exact same LL ratios. Im not guessing. You would intentionally misunderstand those too. Also I didn’t say those factors affected crowd size. I said those factors are affecting wait times independent of crowd size.

peter114352 hours ago

Exactly. WDW exists to extract money from its guests (and always has regardless of what some want to believe). Disney has hundreds of ways to extract money and LL is just one. Disney doesn’t want to intentionally make guests in Standby wait ridiculously long times because it lowers guest satisfaction and intent to return (less money) and it’s time they can’t be spending money in shops and buying snacks (less money). Everything is a balance.

monothingie2 hours ago

Did I say that the LL inventory was uniform? Clearly a low capacity ride will have lower allotment. Again you putting words in my mouth. When was the last time you rode PP or 7DMT or other low capacity attractions to observe that the throughput is different and that there is a significantly larger LL admission to standby queue admission under normal operating conditions than other higher capacity rides. BTW I’m still waiting for your 4 or more factors that have affected Holiday crowd sizes and wait times. Should I keep holding my breath expecting an actual answer from you?

Starship8242 hours ago

Chi842 hours ago

LLs aren’t their only system though. I’m sure they’re trying to achieve a balance that leads to the greatest guest satisfaction. WDW doesn’t have the ride capacity for a successful ride reservation system. That doesn’t mean they aren’t trying to make their guests happy.

peter114352 hours ago

I never said that. I specifically said usually caused by downtimes. Obviously sometimes the LL experiences higher loads at certain times due to guests arriving at different rates than planned, downtimes at other attractions, etc. Either way the total number of LL guests hasn’t changed, just their distribution. That’s simply not true. Ratios are not attraction specific. The LL ratios used at Peter Pan are exactly the same as those used at the HM. However, the amount of LL distributed for an attraction like Peter Pan is significantly less than for an attraction like the HM. Everytime you respond you just prove how little you know. You think you understand things and have created an entire false reality based on your lack of knowledge.

monothingie2 hours ago

So it’s completely not possible that during a given time period of normal operations that the LL doesn’t experience an additional load? Absolutely there are different attraction specific ratios. Low capacity high demand attractions like Peter Pan would have an untenable LL wait time, as compared to the HM which is a high capacity high demand attraction. And then they monetized it. Everything about LL is maximizing guest spending. To say that Disney is just leaving money on the table with system designed solely to extract it from guests is naive.

peter114353 hours ago

lol. I’m not talking out of both sides you’re just misunderstanding either intentionally or otherwise. It’s not more guests wanting to utilize the attraction and I never said it was. It’s a LL backup usually due to the attraction accommodating less guests than planned (usually because of a downtime). The total number of guests having a LL hasn’t changed. There are no attraction specific LL ratios. The LL ratios are consistent across all attractions and I’ve already said that. And those base ratios were the same for FP+ and FP before that. They were not created or changed for LL. They were created to balance having an appropriate number of FP while still keeping the Standby line moving at a steady pace. It had nothing to do with making paying seem more attractive or encouraging additional sales. FP was a free service for years while these same ratios were in use.

peter114353 hours ago

I’m starting to think he must be purposely trolling.

ToTBellHop3 hours ago

How do you have this much patience?

Chi844 hours ago

Does it really matter all that much? People in standby see the LLs flying by while they’re waiting. I doubt the change in ratios is the driving force behind the purchasing decision.

monothingie4 hours ago

Amazing how you’re talking out of both sides of your mouth. (It’s not increased demand for the attraction but a temporary increase in the number of people wanting to utilize the attraction.) How do you figure they came up with each attraction specific admittance ratio? Do you think that they just randomly picked a number? Or did they analyze the usage and determined an admittance ratio which insured a maximum wait time in the standby queue under normal operating circumstances and average attraction demand? What do you bet that number was just enough to make the lightning lane option look very attractive.