Disney World Extends Operating Hours at Magic Kingdom and Animal Kingdom Through October 2024

Oct 02, 2024 in "Operating Hours"

Posted: Wednesday October 2, 2024 11:30am ET by WDWMAGIC Staff

Disney has extended operating hours for both Magic Kingdom and Disney's Animal Kingdom through mid-October 2024, with earlier openings and later closings on select days.

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Magic Kingdom

  • October 2: 9 am to 10 pm (previously 9 am to 9 pm)
  • October 3, 4, 6, 10, 11, 14, 15, 17, 18: 8 am to 6 pm (previously 9 am to 6 pm)
  • October 5, 7, 9, 12, 13, 16, 19: 9 am to 11 pm (previously 9 am to 9 pm)

Disney's Animal Kingdom

  • October 1-3, 7-10, 16-17: 8 am to 6 pm (previously 9 am to 6 pm)
  • October 4-6, 12-15, 18-19: 8 am to 7 pm (previously 9 am to 6 pm)
  • October 11: 8 am to 8 pm (previously 9 am to 6 pm)

In addition to the extended hours, operating hours for all Walt Disney World parks are now available through early December 2024.

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    DCBaker4 days ago

    Park hours at Magic Kingdom and Animal Kingdom have been extended for the week of March 2, 2025. Magic Kingdom March 2: 8am-11pm (previously 9am-9pm) March 3: 8am-10pm (previously 9am-9pm) March 4, 7, 8: 9am-11pm (previously 9am-9pm) March 5, 6: 9am-10pm (previously 9am-9pm) Disney’s Animal Kingdom March 2, 3, 8: 8am-8pm (previously 8am-6pm) March 4, 7: 8am-7pm (previously 8am-6pm)

    DCBaker11 days ago

    Park hours at Magic Kingdom and Animal Kingdom have been extended for the week of February 23, 2025. Magic Kingdom Feb. 23, 24, 25, 26, 27: 9am-10pm (previously 9am-9pm) Feb. 28: 9am-11pm (previously 9am-9pm) March 1: 8am-11pm (previously 9am-9pm) Disney’s Animal Kingdom Feb. 23: 8am-8pm (previously 8am-6pm) Feb. 24, 28: 8am-7pm (previously 8am-6pm) March 1: 8am-8pm (previously 8am-6pm) Note: EPCOT will have a delayed opening at 10am on Sunday, February 23 due to the runDisney Princess Half Marathon.

    DCBaker14 days ago

    Should happen this week - it appears Disney extended the hours at Animal Kingdom in March a bit early.

    Drdcm14 days ago

    I wonder why they didn’t extend hours the last week of february/first week of march…

    DCBaker18 days ago

    Disney has extended park hours at Magic Kingdom, Animal Kingdom and Hollywood Studio for the week of February 16, 2025. Magic Kingdom Feb. 16, 17, 20, 21: 9am-10pm (previously 9am-9pm) Feb. 18: 8am-11pm (previously 9am-9pm) Feb. 19, 22: 9am-11pm (previously 9am-9pm) Disney’s Animal Kingdom Feb. 16, 17, 18, 21, 22: 8am-8pm (previously 8am-6pm) Feb. 19, 20: 8am-7pm (previously 8am-6pm) Disney's Hollywood Studios Feb. 16: 8:30am-9pm (previously 9am-9pm)

    DCBaker25 days ago

    Park hours at Magic Kingdom, Animal Kingdom and Hollywood Studios have been extended for the week of February 9, 2025. Magic Kingdom Feb. 9, 10: 9am-10pm (previously 9am-9pm) Feb. 13, 15: 9am-11pm (previously 9am-9pm) Feb. 14: 8am-11pm (previously 9am-9pm) Disney’s Animal Kingdom Feb. 9, 14, 15: 8am-8pm (previously 8am-6pm) Disney's Hollywood Studios Feb. 14, 15: 8:30am-9pm (previously 9am-9pm)

    RememberWhenJan 17, 2025

    @DCBaker - Just wanted to say thank you for these posts.

    DCBakerJan 17, 2025

    Disney has extended park hours at Magic Kingdom and Animal Kingdom for the week of February 2, 2025. Magic Kingdom Feb. 2, 7 : 9am-11pm (previously 9am-9pm) Feb. 3, 5, 6: 9am-10pm (previously 9am-9pm) Feb. 8: 8am-11pm (previously 9am-9pm) Disney’s Animal Kingdom Feb. 2, 8: 8am-8pm (previously 8am-6pm) Feb. 3, 7: 8am-7pm (previously 8am-6pm)

    DCBakerJan 10, 2025

    Park hours at Magic Kingdom and Animal Kingdom have been extended for the week of January 26, 2025. Magic Kingdom Jan. 26: 9am-11pm (previously 9am-9pm) 
Jan. 27, 28: 9am-10pm (previously 9am-9pm) Jan. 29, 31: 8am-11pm (previously 9am-9pm)
 Jan. 30: 8am-4:30pm (previously 9am-4:30pm) Feb. 1: 8am-11pm (previously 9am-9pm) 
Disney’s Animal Kingdom Jan. 26: 8am-8pm (previously 8am-6pm) Jan. 31: 8am-7pm (previously 8am-6pm) 
Feb. 1: 8am-8pm (previously 8am-6pm) Note: EPCOT has a delayed opening at 10am this Saturday, January 11 and Sunday, January 12, due to the runDisney Half and Full Marathon.

    DCBakerJan 03, 2025

    Disney has extended park hours at Magic Kingdom and Animal Kingdom for the week of January 19, 2025. Magic Kingdom Jan. 19, 20, 21, 22, 24: 9am-10pm (previously 9am-9pm) Jan. 25: 8am-11pm (previously 9am-9pm) Disney’s Animal Kingdom Jan. 19, 25: 8am-8pm (previously 8am-6pm) Jan. 20, 24: 8am-7pm (previously 8am-6pm)

    DCBakerDec 30, 2024

    The National Dance Team Championship has an extended evening hours event at EPCOT on Friday, Jan. 31, but I'm not sure if that plays into the schedule shift on Feb. 3.

    nickysDec 29, 2024

    @DCBaker , Monday 3rd Feb has had EEH listed for AK instead of Epcot. Do you know if this is because of a CM Celebration event? Or a conference / competition / private buyout?

    spectromagic04Dec 28, 2024

    Wow they usually don’t extend hours after they already extended them.

    DCBakerDec 28, 2024

    Update - Disney has extended park hours at Animal Kingdom on January 5 and 6: Disney’s Animal Kingdom Jan. 5 : 8am-8pm (previously 8am-7pm) Jan. 6 : 8am-8pm (previously 8am-6pm)