Walt Disney World operating hours released through May 2024, including extension to hours in April

Posted: Friday March 29, 2024 12:16pm ET by WDWMAGIC Staff

Walt Disney World has announced extensions to its park hours for April 2024 across Magic Kingdom, Disney’s Animal Kingdom, and Disney’s Hollywood Studios.

Operating hours for Walt Disney World theme parks are now available through May 2024

For Magic Kingdom, notable changes include extending closing times to 11 pm on several days in early and mid-April, with opening times as early as 8 am on selected dates. Disney’s Animal Kingdom will open an hour earlier at 8 am and extend closing times by 1 to 2 hours on various dates throughout April. Disney’s Hollywood Studios will have a slight extension, closing at 9:30 pm instead of 9 pm on select days.

In addition, operating hours are now available at all four Walt Disney World theme parks through May 2024. You can view the latest updated hours on our calendar.

Here is a summary of the recent changes to Walt Disney World park hours:

Magic Kingdom

April 7, 9, 10, 11, 12: 9 am-11 pm (previously 9 am-9 pm)
April 8: 8 am-10 pm (previously 9 am-9 pm)
April 13: 8 am-11 pm (previously 9 am-9 pm)
April 14-18: 9 am-10 pm (previously 9 am-9 pm)
April 19, 20: 8 am-11 pm (previously 9 am-9 pm)

Disney's Animal Kingdom

April 7-13: 8 am-7 pm (previously 9 am-6 pm)
April 14, 15, 19, 20: 8 am-7 pm (previously 9 am-6 pm)
April 16, 17, 18: 8 am-6 pm (previously 9 am-6 pm)

Disney's Hollywood Studios

April 7, 12, 13: 9 am-9:30 pm (previously 9 am-9 pm)
April 19, 20: 9 am-9:30 pm (previously 9 am-9 pm)

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DCBaker1 day ago

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.

nickys1 day ago

@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?

spectromagic043 days ago

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

DCBaker3 days ago

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)

DCBaker3 days ago

Odd - thanks! Edited to fix.

spectromagic043 days ago

The 12th has been reverted back to 6pm close.

DCBaker4 days ago

Park hours at Magic Kingdom and Animal Kingdom have been extended for the week of January 12, 2025. Magic Kingdom Jan. 12, 13: 9am-10pm (previously 9am-9pm) Jan. 17: 8am-11pm (previously 9am-9pm) Jan. 18: 9am-11pm (previously 9am-9pm) Disney’s Animal Kingdom 17, 18: 8am-7pm (previously 8am-6pm) *Edited as Disney removed the extension to 7pm on January 12 at Animal Kingdom.

DCBaker11 days ago

Disney has extended park hours at Magic Kingdom, Animal Kingdom and Hollywood Studios for the week of January 5, 2025. Magic Kingdom Jan. 5, 11: 9am-11pm (previously 9am-9pm) Jan. 6, 7, 8, 9, 10: 9am-10pm (previously 9am-9pm) Disney’s Animal Kingdom Jan. 5, 11 : 8am-7pm (previously 8am-6pm) Disney's Hollywood Studios Jan. 5: 8:30am-9pm (previously 9am-9pm)

ToTBellHop18 days ago

DHS has extremely limited firework viewing and would be over-run if they marketed a one-night-only spectacular. They’d like for us to go to MK or, ideally, Epcot on NYE.

gerarar18 days ago

They have been using the World Dr. launch sites exclusively for NYE with some high shells and pyro the last couple years, although it's never advertised anywhere and they keep it low-key for some reason.

spectromagic0418 days ago

Probably the usual dj and countdown at midnight with low level fireworks.

Fido Chuckwagon18 days ago

Do we know if HS is doing anything at midnight on NYE? Fireworks / show / anything?

DCBaker18 days ago

Park hours at Magic Kingdom, Animal Kingdom and Hollywood Studios have been extended for the week of December 29, 2024. Magic Kingdom Dec. 29: 8am-11pm (previously 9am-9pm) Dec. 30: 8am-12am (previously 9am-12am) Dec. 31: 8am-1am (previously 9am-12am) Jan. 1, 2, 3, 4: 8am-11pm (previously 9am-9pm) Disney’s Animal Kingdom Dec. 29, 30, 31: 8am-8pm (previously 8am-6pm) Jan. 1: 8am-7pm (previously 8am-6pm) Jan. 2, 3, 4: 8am-8pm (previously 8am-6pm) Disney's Hollywood Studios Dec. 29, 30: 8:30am-9pm (previously 9am-9pm) Dec. 31: 8:30am-12am (previously 9am-12am) Jan. 1, 2, 3, 4: 8:30am-9pm (previously 9am-9pm)

Disneylover6925 days ago

They also added two fantastic showings in that update. It’s ridiculous that they wait till so close and people plan out their plans then make sure big updates, especially with animal kingdom going from 6pm to 8pm is a major change