Disney Adjusts Early Entry Rope Drop at Magic Kingdom, Allowing Earlier Access to Tomorrowland

Mar 18, 2025 in "Early Theme Parks Entry and Extended Evening Hours"

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Early Theme Park Entry at Magic Kingdom

Posted: Tuesday March 18, 2025 2:30pm ET by WDWMAGIC Staff

Magic Kingdom has adjusted the Early Entry process for resort hotel guests starting today, March 18, 2025. Guests using the Early Entry benefit were allowed into Tomorrowland at around 7:45 am, significantly ahead of the usual 8:30 am start of Early Entry for a regular park opening at 9 am.

Early Entry guests were heading into Tomorrowland as early as 7:45 am this morning at Magic Kingdom

Previously, Disney held Early Entry guests at the bridge near Main Street, U.S.A., until 8:30 am. Today's change allowed guests to enter Tomorrowland early, walk around freely, and join attraction queues ahead of opening. However, the rides themselves did not start operating until the official Early Entry time of 8:30 am.

Disney has not confirmed whether this adjustment is permanent or part of a temporary test. Guests planning to use Early Entry in the coming days should stay tuned for further changes.

Early Entry Participating Hotels

Early theme park entry is a benefit for registered Guests staying at Disney Resort hotels and select other hotels, which include:

Disney Resort Hotels

Bay Lake Tower at Disney's Contemporary Resort
Boulder Ridge Villas at Disney's Wilderness Lodge
The Cabins at Disney's Fort Wilderness Resort
The Campsites at Disney's Fort Wilderness Resort
Copper Creek Villas & Cabins at Disney's Wilderness Lodge
Disney's All-Star Movies Resort
Disney's All-Star Music Resort
Disney's All-Star Sports Resort
Disney's Animal Kingdom Lodge
Disney's Animal Kingdom Villas – Jambo House
Disney's Animal Kingdom Villas – Kidani Village
Disney's Art of Animation Resort
Disney's Beach Club Resort
Disney's Beach Club Villas
Disney's BoardWalk Inn
Disney's BoardWalk Villas
Disney's Caribbean Beach Resort
Disney's Contemporary Resort
Disney's Coronado Springs Resort
Disney's Grand Floridian Resort & Spa
Disney's Old Key West Resort
Disney's Polynesian Village Resort
Disney's Polynesian Villas & Bungalows
Disney's Pop Century Resort
Disney's Port Orleans Resort – French Quarter
Disney's Port Orleans Resort – Riverside
Disney’s Riviera Resort
Disney's Saratoga Springs Resort & Spa
Disney's Wilderness Lodge
Disney's Yacht Club Resort
The Villas at Disney's Grand Floridian Resort & Spa

Other Select Hotels

Walt Disney World Dolphin Hotel
Walt Disney World Swan Hotel
Walt Disney World Swan Reserve
B Resort & Spa Lake Buena Vista
DoubleTree Suites by Hilton Orlando
Drury Plaza Hotel Orlando Lake Buena Vista
Four Seasons Resort Orlando
Hilton Orlando Buena Vista Palace
Hilton Orlando Lake Buena Vista
Holiday Inn Orlando
Shades of Green® on Walt Disney World Resort
Signia by Hilton Orlando Bonnet Creek
Waldorf Astoria Orlando
Wyndham Garden Lake Buena Vista
Wyndham Lake Buena Vista

What’s Available at the Theme Parks during Early Entry

Magic Kingdom

“it’s a small world”
Astro Orbiter
Buzz Lightyear’s Space Ranger Spin
Dumbo the Flying Elephant
Mad Tea Party
Mickey’s PhilharMagic
Peter Pan’s Flight
Prince Charming Regal Carrousel
Seven Dwarfs Mine Train
Space Mountain
The Barnstormer
The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh
Tomorrowland Speedway
Tomorrowland Transit Authority PeopleMover
Under the Sea ~ Journey of The Little Mermaid
Walt Disney’s Carousel of Progress

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Touchdown1 day ago

Must have had some surveys tell them AK is not an appropriate or acceptable EMH.

mattpeto1 day ago

Well at least Mondays at Epcot are locked in, everything else is a wild guess.

wdwmagic1 day ago

Disney World Updates Summer 2025 Extended Evening Hours Schedule: Magic Kingdom Returns September 3 https://www.wdwmagic.com/other/extra-magic-hours/news/27jun2025-disney-world-updates-after-hours-schedule-magic-kingdom-returns-september-3.htm

djlaosc4 days ago

Now the WDWMagic calendar is showing Extended Evening Hours at Magic Kingdom on 3rd September 2025.

djlaosc5 days ago

We are going mid-September and have the same issue - Wednesday would be fine, Friday wouldn't be, and all of these changes are making it difficult to plan, especially when these extended evening hours could help to decide whether we go to MNSSHP this year or not.

NotCalledBob5 days ago

Very frustrating! We planned our whole trip around it being Mondays and Wednesdays. Now it has moved to Friday that week we are missing out. It's too late to change the trip.

Tha Realest5 days ago

Yeah. We have a trip in January and trying to game out which park will have which EEH is frustrating. It’s likely going to be MK based on past years and a lack of after hours events around that time, but we probably won’t know until around Christmas

TheMaxRebo5 days ago

for August, in addition to Epcot on Mondays you have: Wed August 6: Animal Kingdom Wed August 13: Magic Kingdom Wed August 20: Animal Kingdom Friday August 29: Hollywood Studios Not the easiest to plan around especially if booking far out like with DVC

Tuvalu6 days ago

It was the week of June 8.

ToTBellHop6 days ago

Is MK still opening extra early with no rope drop during EE? The FL bridge pavement work is done and it was suggested that work caused the change.

DCBaker7 days ago

According to updated park hours, Extended Evening Hours is scheduled to return to Disney's Hollywood Studios on Friday, August 29, 2025.

Touchdown16 days ago

I love Epcot Evening hours, my trips are usually Tues-Mon I was seriously bummed out when they moved Epcot night from Tuesday to Monday. Knowing I get bonus time post Luminous to hit Guardians, TT, Frozen and if I’m lucky Remy one last time is great.

ToTBellHop16 days ago

And then they'll say, "gee, I guess no one wants these evening hours at DAK. So, when DHS and MK are unavailable, I guess we will just run this twice a week at Epcot for all our wealthy guests looking to get on Living with the Land again."