Early Entry and Extended Evening Theme Park Hours benefit at Walt Disney World extended through 2025

Feb 26, 2024 in "Early Theme Parks Entry and Extended Evening Hours"

Posted: Monday February 26, 2024 1:12pm ET by WDWMAGIC Staff

Disney has announced that its Early Entry and Extended Evening Theme Park Hours benefit for select Walt Disney World Resort hotel guests will continue through 2025.

Early theme park entry gives a 30 minute early entry every day, across all four theme parks for Disney resort hotel guests. For those staying at Disney Deluxe Resorts and Deluxe Villas, Disney will also be continuing to offer extended evening hours on select dates at select parks through 2025. Early theme park entry and extended evening hours require valid theme park admission and a Resort ID.

Extended Evening Hours Participating Hotels

Extended evening theme park hours is a benefit for registered Guests staying at Disney Deluxe Resorts and Disney Deluxe Villa Resorts, which include:

Disney Deluxe Resorts

  • Disney's Animal Kingdom Lodge
  • Disney's Beach Club Resort
  • Disney's BoardWalk Inn
  • Disney's Contemporary Resort
  • Disney's Grand Floridian Resort & Spa
  • Disney's Polynesian Village Resort
  • Disney's Wilderness Lodge
  • Disney's Yacht Club Resort

Disney Deluxe Villa Resorts

  • Bay Lake Tower at Disney's Contemporary Resort
  • Boulder Ridge Villas at Disney's Wilderness Lodge
  • Copper Creek Villas & Cabins at Disney's Wilderness Lodge
  • Disney's Animal Kingdom Villas – Jambo House
  • Disney's Animal Kingdom Villas – Kidani Village
  • Disney's Beach Club Villas
  • Disney's BoardWalk Villas
  • Disney's Old Key West Resort
  • Disney's Polynesian Villas & Bungalows
  • Disney’s Riviera Resort
  • Disney's Saratoga Springs Resort & Spa
  • The Villas at Disney's Grand Floridian Resort & Spa

Other Select Hotels

  • Walt Disney World Swan Hotel
  • Walt Disney World Dolphin Hotel
  • Walt Disney World Swan Reserve
  • Shades of Green on Walt Disney World

What’s Available at the Theme Parks during Extended Evening Hours 

During the extended evening theme park hours, select merchandise and food and beverage locations will be available.

In addition, the following attractions are scheduled to be in operation:

Magic Kingdom

  • “it’s a small world”
  • Astro Orbiter
  • The Barnstormer
  • Big Thunder Mountain Railroad
  • Buzz Lightyear’s Space Ranger Spin
  • Country Bear Jamboree
  • Dumbo the Flying Elephant
  • Haunted Mansion
  • Mad Tea Party
  • The Magic Carpets of Aladdin
  • The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh
  • Mickey’s PhilharMagic
  • Monsters Inc. Laugh Floor
  • Peter Pan’s Flight
  • Pirates of the Caribbean
  • Prince Charming Regal Carrousel
  • Seven Dwarfs Mine Train
  • Space Mountain
  • Swiss Family Treehouse
  • Tomorrowland Speedway
  • TRON Lightycle Run
  • Under the Sea ~ Journey of The Little Mermaid
  • Walt Disney’s Enchanted Tiki Room

EPCOT

  • Frozen Ever After
  • Gran Fiesta Tour Starring The Three Caballeros
  • Guardians of the Galaxy: Cosmic Rewind
  • Journey of Water, Inspired by Moana - New!
  • Mission: SPACE
  • Remy's Ratatouille Adventure
  • Soarin’ Around the World
  • Spaceship Earth
  • The Seas with Nemo & Friends
  • Test Track

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

EPCOT

  • Beauty and The Beast Sing-Along
  • Frozen Ever After
  • Mission: SPACE
  • Remy's Ratatouille Adventure
  • Soarin’ Around the World
  • Spaceship Earth
  • Test Track
  • The Seas with Nemo & Friends

Disney's Hollywood Studios

  • Alien Swirling Saucers 
  • Mickey & Minnie’s Runaway Railway
  • Millennium Falcon: Smugglers Run
  • Rock ‘n’ Roller Coaster Starring Aerosmith
  • Slinky Dog Dash
  • Star Tours – The Adventures Continue
  • Star Wars: Rise of the Resistance
  • The Twilight Zone Tower of Terror
  • Toy Story Mania!

Disney's Animal Kingdom

  • Avatar Flight of Passage
  • DINOSAUR
  • Expedition Everest – Legend of the Forbidden Mountain
  • It’s Tough to be a Bug!
  • Na’vi River Journey
  • TriceraTop Spin
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    Touchdown15 hours ago

    DHS would be far more preferable

    spectromagic0420 hours ago

    Well expect no MK probably until January. MK usually goes on hiatus when the Halloween and Christmas parties start.

    Disgruntled Walt21 hours ago

    I'm quite disappointed at this news, actually. I (wrongly) assumed things would go back to the way they were back when Spectro & MSEP were there. They had EMH when those parades were there. And there's barely anything to do at Animal Kingdom.

    mje106422 hours ago

    Yea I’m wondering if AK will be the Wednesday EEH for rest of summer or if it would flip back to MK later in July.

    jrhwdw22 hours ago

    Looking to the Future, are these EEH Changes just a Debut Season Thing? I'm about 95% sure MK had EMH with Spectro and MSEP.

    Purduevian23 hours ago

    Must not have kids under 6 right now haha. We couldn't even make it to 8pm fireworks the last few times we went.

    jrhwdw23 hours ago

    I'm good with That! :)

    ToTBellHop23 hours ago

    It’ll be an 11 pm closure but with a parade stepping off at 11, that’s de facto 12 am. You can certainly buy a candy apple at midnight…

    jrhwdw23 hours ago

    It'll be great to see MK open till Midnight Again!!!!!! I'm hoping for at least an 11pm Closure! DHS is nice but AK after dark(if Hours get extended) are so rare these days.......

    ToTBellHop23 hours ago

    Yes. They won’t run the deluxe evening hours from 12 am-2 am. Personally, I’d prefer DHS over DAK. But I think they have DAH. Why give it all away for free (*with your $500+ per night hotel room)?

    jrhwdw23 hours ago

    I hope you mean an 11pm Second Starlight! 😀

    ToTBellHop23 hours ago

    It’s because Starlight will be running so the park will already be open quite late with day guests in the park until near midnight.

    DCBaker1 day ago

    It appears Extended Evening Hours will also shift to Disney’s Animal Kingdom, instead of Magic Kingdom, on Wednesday, July 9. Find upcoming park hours from @wdwmagic at this link: https://www.wdwmagic.com/calendar.htm

    MisterPenguin5 days ago

    I don't know about the general public, but if all things were equal, I'd rather go to the park which had more night-hours in the middle of the Summer.