Are extra magic hours free?

You need valid park admission to enter a theme park, even during Extra Magic Hours. This means that if you visited a different park earlier in the day, your ticket must have the Park Hopper option to enter a park during Extra Magic Hours.



In 2026, the traditional "Extra Magic Hours" have been replaced by two distinct, complimentary benefits: Early Theme Park Entry and Extended Evening Theme Park Hours. Early Entry is a free benefit for guests at all Disney Resort hotels, allowing them to enter any of the four theme parks 30 minutes before the general public every day. Extended Evening Hours, however, are a much more exclusive free perk reserved only for guests staying at Disney Deluxe Resorts or Deluxe Villa Resorts. This allows those guests to stay in select parks (usually Magic Kingdom and EPCOT) for two extra hours on specific nights. While these benefits do not cost extra beyond the price of your resort stay and park ticket, they are "free" only for those staying in the designated onsite hotels, making them a major incentive for booking a higher-tier Disney property.

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Guests will need valid admission and a theme park reservation for the same park on the same day to experience extended evening hours–or, Guests may experience extended evening hours if they have a ticket or annual pass with the Park Hopper option and first enter the park where they made their reservation.

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But, overall, Extended Evening Hours at Magic Kingdom are totally worth it. Even if it was 25% more crowded because the weather was perfect and no one left the park, the results would still be impressive. You can save a lot of time with the right plan.

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Extended Evening Hours at Magic Kingdom are on hold from late September 2023 as the popular resort guest benefit shifts from Magic Kingdom to Disney's Hollywood Studios. During September, Magic Kingdom will host Extended Evening Hours on Sep.

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Tickets are now on sale for the recently added 'Disney After Hours' dates at Disney's Hollywood Studios beginning May 3 2023 and EPCOT June 1 2023.

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In his later years, Walt Disney was a chain-smoker who rarely visited Disneyland without a cigarette in his hand. Because he didn't want to put the cigarette down, the legend goes, he would point out the landmarks with two fingers. By echoing his actions, todays cast members are following his lead.

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Is Genie+ available during Early Theme Park Entry, Extended Evening Hours or After Hours events? No, Genie+ and the individual Lightning Lane selections are only available during normal park hours.

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Guests pay no additional charge to participate but must scan their MagicBands at each ride or attraction they wish to experience. You can also show up at the turnstiles at any point after evening Extra Magic Hours have started.

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In general the best days of the week to visit the Disney World parks are Tuesday and Wednesday. The reason being is many families find that you need an entire week for a Disney vacation and typically arrive on Saturday or Sunday. We find weekends and Monday to be the busiest days at Walt Disney World.

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The Genie 120-minute rule says that you can make a new reservation at most 2 hours from when you made the last one, and this countdown timer doesn't change if you modify the reservation. If you made it at, say, 11 a.m., then your two hours will be up at 1 p.m. even if you modify the reservation at noon.

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The Magic Kingdom hours generally run from 10PM to midnight, and the event in EPCOT is usually 9PM to 11PM. That means you'll only get 2 hours of extra time with Extended Hours, whereas the After Hours events give you 3 hours of park time after the parks close.

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All guests, regardless of where they stay, are limited to a maximum of two pay-per-ride attractions per day and can only book a particular ride once per day. What about Annual Passholders? Annual Passholders will need to purchase Genie+ on the day(s) of their visit.

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Yes. The Genie 120-minute rule says that you can always make a new reservation if two hours have passed since you made the last one, or two hours since park opening if you made the reservation before the park opened.

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The 120-minute rule is determined by when you make the reservation, not the return time for the attraction. So if you both log on at 9 AM to make a reservation for different attractions, you will both have to wait 120 minutes (or after riding the attraction, whichever comes first) to make your next selections.

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Complimentary Tickets for eligible employees/retirees can be found at CompAdmission.disney.com. Print or save the eTicket to be used. Simply go to MyDisneyExperience.com on a computer or mobile device. If you don't already have a My Disney Experience® account, create one and log in.

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Once housekeepers “earn their ears” and complete their training period, they are officially welcomed into their new role with a Housekeeping Graduation Ceremony! Unique to Disney, these ceremonies commemorate cast members' end-of-training milestone with a big celebration.

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24 Call Each Other Mr. Instead, they all call each other by their first names. This dates all the way back to when the parks first opened and Walt himself wanted the cast members to feel like a big, friendly family. Even when he was in charge, cast members weren't allowed to call him Mr. Disney!

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If you are a ride junkie looking to fit as many attractions as possible into the shortest amount of time, then a Disney After Hours event may be worth the cost. Or, if you're someone who doesn't love the idea of standing amongst thousands of other people all day long, an After Hours event may be an enticing option.

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Back in 2023, Disney announced during Star Wars Celebration that there would be more stories and characters and all new adventures coming to Star Tours in 2024. And now we know at least one of those new stories and characters will be Ahsoka, as seen in the new Disney+ series bearing the same name.

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One of the most popular events at Walt Disney World has been the Disney After Hours events that are held in select theme parks on certain nights. The event requires the purchase of a separate ticket, and while they are not inexpensive, the events are popular and often sell out.

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