How nice, instead of offering visitors typical late night hours of 10:00 and 11:00(even 12:00) of the past, Disney adds 30 minutes to the current pathetic closing times of 9:00 at Epcot, but decides to offer more days they can double dip on entrance fees and a way to circumvent the pass holders reigns in the parks as having a annual pass doesn’t grant you entrance to any of these late night events.
Went to After Hours at Hollywood Studios on August 20 and was disappointed. Ran out of time and didn’t get on 3 rides, which considering that there’s only 8 attractions is pretty sad. I had gone in January 2024 and was able to hit all the rides, but this time not so good.
IMO just another money grab by the parks! They use to offer Extra Magic Hours either in the morning or at night at no charge for anyone staying as a guest on property as a perk for doing so and not double dipping by charging another admission price to re-enter. This is also a separate charge if you hold an annual pass. Is this any different then when they removed Fast Pass which was open to any park guest who paid admission to use, re-named it Lightning Lane and started charging an extra fee to use it. For a family of 4 or 5 this adds a lot to the vacation. There going to turn the parks into a place for the elite or price themselves out of business.
They still offer the extra hours on some nights for people staying at the resorts. They are doing both. Gladly will pay for this. Hoping it won’t get too popular as then it will be pointless. People will definitely do this so Disney won’t be pricing themselves out of anything lol. I would pay extra for a day with no strollers too.
Even better would be if they would have after hours events where there were no kids allowed. 😂 But I agree with you. I would gladly pay extra to not have strollers being pushed into the backs of my ankles hundreds of times each day.
It used to be that anyone who was staying ar a Disney hotel got to stay in the parks till 2am on certain nights without having to pay extra. This is really getting ridiculous. Walt is turning in his grave.
Comments for Disney World Confirms 2026 Operational Shake-up for 3 of 4 Parks
Trey
How nice, instead of offering visitors typical late night hours of 10:00 and 11:00(even 12:00) of the past, Disney adds 30 minutes to the current pathetic closing times of 9:00 at Epcot, but decides to offer more days they can double dip on entrance fees and a way to circumvent the pass holders reigns in the parks as having a annual pass doesn’t grant you entrance to any of these late night events.
Paula
They added an extra 30 minutes as in not 9:30 until midnight and now 9:30 until 12:30. They are not charging over a hundred bucks for 30 minutes.
Lisa
Went to After Hours at Hollywood Studios on August 20 and was disappointed. Ran out of time and didn’t get on 3 rides, which considering that there’s only 8 attractions is pretty sad. I had gone in January 2024 and was able to hit all the rides, but this time not so good.
Robert
IMO just another money grab by the parks! They use to offer Extra Magic Hours either in the morning or at night at no charge for anyone staying as a guest on property as a perk for doing so and not double dipping by charging another admission price to re-enter. This is also a separate charge if you hold an annual pass. Is this any different then when they removed Fast Pass which was open to any park guest who paid admission to use, re-named it Lightning Lane and started charging an extra fee to use it. For a family of 4 or 5 this adds a lot to the vacation. There going to turn the parks into a place for the elite or price themselves out of business.
Jo
They still offer the extra hours on some nights for people staying at the resorts. They are doing both. Gladly will pay for this. Hoping it won’t get too popular as then it will be pointless. People will definitely do this so Disney won’t be pricing themselves out of anything lol. I would pay extra for a day with no strollers too.
Cindy
Even better would be if they would have after hours events where there were no kids allowed. 😂 But I agree with you. I would gladly pay extra to not have strollers being pushed into the backs of my ankles hundreds of times each day.
Joy
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Jamie
It used to be that anyone who was staying ar a Disney hotel got to stay in the parks till 2am on certain nights without having to pay extra. This is really getting ridiculous. Walt is turning in his grave.
Paula
Walt was just as money hungry and greedy as the rest of his family. He only started out saying that he wanted to keep it affordable.
Tbone
Walt has been spinning in his grave for years. He dug it much deeper when they started letting pedo he-she’s work there.
Paula
I would gladly pay even more than what they want to charge if they would ban influencers during those times. #InfluencersAndLivestreamersAreAnnoyingAF