Walt Disney World Extended Evening Hours dates for October at EPCOT and Magic Kingdom

Posted: Friday July 30, 2021 4:08pm ET by WDWMAGIC Staff

Disney has today published the first four dates for the upcoming Extended Evening Hours at the Walt Disney World theme parks beginning October 2021.

EPCOT and Magic Kingdom are available during October 2021

Monday October 4 - EPCOT 10pm to midnight
Wednesday October 6 - Magic Kingdom 9pm to 11pm
Monday October 11 - EPCOT 10pm to midnight
Wednesday October 13 0 Magic Kingdom 9pm to 11pm

Guests staying at one of the Disney Deluxe or Deluxe Villa Resort hotels will be able to take part in the extended evening hours (see list below).

Guests staying at Deluxe Walt Disney World resort hotels will be able to access extend evening hours

Note that guests will need a valid ticket or pass and a theme park reservation for the same park on the same day to experience both the Early Theme Park Entry and the extended evening hours. Or, guests may visit with a ticket or Annual Pass with the Park Hopper option as long as they entered their first park where they made their reservation earlier in the day.

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®

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Touchdown5 hours ago

DHS would be far more preferable

spectromagic0410 hours ago

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

Disgruntled Walt11 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.

mje106412 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.

jrhwdw12 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.

Purduevian13 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.

jrhwdw13 hours ago

I'm good with That! :)

ToTBellHop13 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…

jrhwdw13 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.......

ToTBellHop13 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)?

jrhwdw13 hours ago

I hope you mean an 11pm Second Starlight! 😀

ToTBellHop13 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.

DCBaker14 hours 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.