Do you need Park Hopper for extended evening hours?

Extended Evening Theme Park Hours are included as a complimentary benefit of staying at a Deluxe or DVC resort. However, you still need a valid theme park ticket and park reservation for the park you are visiting for extended evening hours unless you have a park hopper or annual pass.



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2023. Guests need valid admission and a park reservation, along with a valid linked hotel reservation, in order to access Extended Evening Hours. Those with park hopping abilities must enter their first park, but then may hop over to the park with the extended hours.

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The evening Extra Magic Hours program lets Disney resort guests enjoy a different theme park on specified nights for about 2 hours after it closes to the general public. Guests pay no additional charge to participate but must scan their MagicBands at each ride or attraction they wish to experience.

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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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Magic Kingdom Park
  • “it's a small world”
  • Astro Orbiter.
  • The Barnstormer.
  • Big Thunder Mountain Railroad.
  • Buzz Lightyear's Space Ranger Spin.
  • Country Bear Jamboree.
  • Dumbo the Flying Elephant.
  • Haunted Mansion.


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Is Disney parking free after 6 p.m. (or 7 p.m. or 5 p.m., etc.)? No, unfortunately. We will say that if you are heading into the lots near closing you will often find the booths closed up or Cast Members will just wave you in, but there is no specific time when parking is “free” so you should always plan to pay.

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Who's Eligible for Extended Evening Theme Park Hours? Guests staying at Disney-run Deluxe and Deluxe Villa hotels are eligible for Extended Evening Theme Park Hours. In addition, guests staying at the Swan, Dolphin, Swan Reserve, and Shades of Green all have access to Extended Evening Theme Park Hours.

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Saturdays are the busiest day of the week at a park. Mondays are often the second busiest and busier than Sundays since many others…

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Things to Know About Disney After Hours The event officially begins a few hours later (see the list below). You won't need a Disney Park Pass theme park reservation or a regular theme park ticket to get in as long as you enter the park no earlier than 7:00 PM.

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The answer is “it depends.” That's because you can only hop to a park that hasn't yet reached capacity. If a park is at its full capacity, you cannot park hop there. The good news is that there's a way to check if a park is at full capacity BEFORE you make the trip to it.

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Special Event Tickets do not require a Theme Park reservation for entry, such as Disney After Hours or Mickey's Not-So-Scary Halloween Party.

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Your ability to make Genie+ selections will be frozen for two hours, but starting at 2 p.m., you can make another Genie+ selection for another ride. If that ride is more than two hours away, then, at 4 p.m., you can make one more, and so on.

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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.

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Disney Resort hotel bus services typically begin around 45 minutes before the parks open and end an hour after park closing. This applies to Early Entry or Extra Magic Hours events. Buses operate until 2:00 AM between Disney Resort Hotels and Disney Springs.

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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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Disney releases park hours about 75 days in advance. We keep track of all the park hours and update them every week on our Monthly Crowd Calendars.

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Genie Plus is definitely worth it for Magic Kingdom and Hollywood Studios, and if you don't like early starts, you might consider it for Epcot and Animal Kingdom. If you are park hopping, Genie+ is even better value as it maximises the number of rides you have access to.

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On the app, click on the menu (three horizontal lines) toward the bottom of your screen. When the menu appears, tap on Tickets and Passes. When you do so, a description of your tickets will appear. It will specifically state with Park Hopper Option on the digital ticket if you purchased that option.

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