Walt Disney World Extends Operating Hours for August and Releases September 2024 Schedule

Jul 29, 2024 in "Operating Hours"

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Posted: Monday July 29, 2024 10:40am ET by WDWMAGIC Staff

Walt Disney World has announced longer operating hours for its parks throughout August 2024 and has released the complete schedule for September 2024.

View full Walt Disney World operating hours calendar

EPCOT World Celebration

Magic Kingdom

For the week of July 28, Magic Kingdom will now be open from 9 am to 11 pm on August 1 and 2, extending the previous closing time of 10 pm. The week of August 4 brings another extension on August 10, with park hours shifting from 9 am to 11 pm. For the week of August 11, Magic Kingdom will be open from 9 am to 11 pm on August 14 and 17. On August 16, the park will close earlier at 6 pm to accommodate the start of the Mickey’s Not-So-Scary Halloween Party season.

Magic Kingdom will now see longer hours on several days in August

Disney's Animal Kingdom

Animal Kingdom will open an hour earlier, at 8 am, from July 28 to August 3, while maintaining its 6 pm closing time. This schedule continues for the week of August 4 through August 10. For the week of August 11, Animal Kingdom will operate from 8 am to 6 pm from August 11 to 16, and on August 17, it will stay open until 7 pm.

Animal Kingdom will now open at 8am in late July and early August

Disney's Hollywood Studios

Hollywood Studios will extend its hours for the weeks of August 4 and August 11. On August 8 and 9, the park will be open from 9 am to 10 pm, adding an extra hour in the evening. For the week of August 11, longer hours are in place on August 13 and 16, with the park staying open from 9 am to 10 pm.

EPCOT

EPCOT’s operating hours will remain unchanged, consistently open from 9 am to 9 pm during these weeks.

September 2024 Hours Released

In addition to the extended hours in August, Disney has also released the operating hours for September 2024. View full Walt Disney World operating hours calendar

Operating Hours overview 2023

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nickys1 day ago

That is fairly common for Fantasmic to be after official closing.

Addo2 days ago

15th September seems an anomaly at HS. Close 9:30pm. Fantasmic 10pm. Any ideas why? Planning to be there that date. 😊

DCBaker2 days ago

Park hours at Magic Kingdom and Animal Kingdom have been extended for the week of September 22, 2024. Magic Kingdom Sept. 22, 27: 8am-6pm (previously 9am-6pm) Sept. 28: 9am-11pm (previously 9am-10pm) Disney’s Animal Kingdom Sept. 22, 27, 28: 8am-7pm (previously 9am-6pm) Sept. 23, 24, 25, 26: 8am-6pm (previously 9am-6pm)

DCBaker9 days ago

Disney has extended park hours at Magic Kingdom, Animal Kingdom and Hollywood Studios for the week of September 15, 2024. Magic Kingdom Sept. 20: 8am-6pm (previously 9am-6pm) Sept. 21: 9am-11pm (previously 9am-10pm) Disney’s Animal Kingdom Sept. 15-19: 8am-6pm (previously 9am-6pm) Sept. 20, 21: 8am-7pm (previously 9am-6pm) Disney's Hollywood Studios Sept. 15: 9am-9:30pm (previously 9am-9pm)

mattpeto11 days ago

Some weirdness I haven’t seen... Both November 5th and 6th in the rolling calendar have been unveiled with “Schedule Unavailable”.

DCBaker16 days ago

Park hours at Animal Kingdom and one day at Hollywood Studios have been extended for the week of September 8, 2024. Disney’s Animal Kingdom Sept. 8-14: 8am-6pm (previously 9am-6pm) Disney's Hollywood Studios Sept. 13: 9am-9:30pm (previously 9am-9pm)

spectromagic0419 days ago

Probably because this past weekend was crazy busy. They are expecting the same crowd levels again because of the annual passholder magnets.

DCBaker19 days ago

Update - Disney has extended the park closing time from 6pm to 7pm at Animal Kingdom on August 23 and 24.

KDM3109123 days ago

Makes sense, as it almost always opens at 8 anyway

DCBaker23 days ago

Park hours at Animal Kingdom have been extended for the week of September 1, 2024. Standard hours remain at Magic Kingdom, Hollywood Studios and EPCOT. Disney’s Animal Kingdom Sept. 1-7: 8am-6pm (previously 9am-6pm) *A note about an upcoming change to standard hours - beginning October 20, 2024 Animal Kingdom hours shift from 9am-6pm to 8am-6pm.

DCBaker29 days ago

See below - Magic Kingdom moved to a default 10pm close on May 12. It shifts back to 9pm on September 30.

Tha Realest29 days ago

Keeping operating hours to a narrower window would seem to be a tool deployed by the managers to keep down costs in the face of slower attendance

mattpeto29 days ago

On the rolling calendar, Magic Kingdom is defaulting to a 9 pm closing in October? I could have sworn it’s always been 10 pm? I realize they will just extend to 10 pm or 11 pm but I don’t recall an opening time of 9 pm for MK.

DCBaker30 days ago

Only park hours at Animal Kingdom have been extended for the week of August 25, 2024. Standard hours remain at Magic Kingdom, Hollywood Studios and EPCOT. Disney’s Animal Kingdom Aug. 25-31: 8am-6pm (previously 9am-6pm)