Disney After Hours Events Return to Walt Disney World Resort in Florida

Walt Disney World Tickets , Magic Kingdom Park , Disney's Hollywood Studios , Epcot , Orlando , Seasonal Events
Disney After Hours - Walt Disney World Resort in Florida
Experience 3 hours of exclusive after hours fun!
Keep the magic alive well into the night with a ticket to Disney After Hours at Magic Kingdom Park or Disney’s Hollywood Studios.

Do you ever wish you had more hours in the day during your holiday to enjoy the magic of Walt Disney World Resort in Florida? Well, now you do with the return of Disney After Hours on select nights at Magic Kingdom Park and Disney’s Hollywood Studios. The select 2025 dates are as follows:

  • Magic Kingdom Park - 6th January - 19th May 2025
  • Disney’s Hollywood Studios - 22nd January - 3rd September 2025
  • EPCOT - 27th February - 25th September 2025

 

What is Disney After Hours? 

The Disney After Hours events allow guests to experience 3 hours of exclusive access to select Walt Disney World Resort Theme Parks with little-to-no wait times for some of the most popular attractions and Character meets! 

The cost of a Disney After Hours ticket also includes treats like popcorn, select beverages, and novelty ice creams. Plus, you’ll be able to enter the park from 7pm, without needing a Disney Magic Ticket, giving you up to 6 hours of admission to maximise your fun. 

 

Disney After Hours at Magic Kingdom Park

Disney After Hours at Magic Kingdom Park takes place from 10pm to 1am, with more than 20 popular attractions and Character Meets open for guests, including Space Mountain, Seven Dwarfs Mine Train, Jungle Cruise, Peter Pan’s Flight and Haunted Mansion! You’ll even have the chance to ride TRON Lightcycle / Run at night!

This year, the Disney Enchantment fireworks spectacular will be returning exclusively for guests attending Disney After Hours at Magic Kingdom Park. That means if you get to the park early enough you’ll be able to watch two fireworks shows in one night, as Happily Ever After will also be taking place before the park closes for regular day guests!

 

Familie vor dem Cinderella Schloss im Magic Kingdom Park schaut das Feuerwerk an

 

Confirmed dates for Disney After Hours at Magic Kingdom Park are

  • January: 6th, 13th, 20th and 27th
  • February: 3rd, 10th, 17th and 24th 
  • March: 3rd, 17th, 24th and 31st
  • April: 7th and 28th 
  • May: 5th, 12th and 19th 

 

Disney After Hours at Disney’s Hollywood Studios 

Disney After Hours at Disney’s Hollywood Studios starts slightly earlier at 9:30pm, running until 12:30am. This is an incredibly unique opportunity to visit Toy Story Land and Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge® without the crowds, and ride some of Walt Disney World Resort’s most popular attractions, including Millenium Falcon: Smugglers Run, Star Wars: Rise of the Resistance, Mickey & Minnie’s Runaway Railway, Slinky Dog Dash and Toy Story Mania! with hardly any queues! 

Make sure you make the most of your early admission if you want to catch Fantasmic!, Disney’s Hollywood Studios' nighttime show that first debuted at Walt Disney World Resort 25 years ago!

 

Animatronics of a stylised Mickey, Minnie and Pluto sat on a picnic blanket

 

Confirmed dates for Disney After Hours at Disney’s Hollywood Studios are

  • January: 22nd and 29th
  • February: 12th and 19th
  • March: 5th and 26th 
  • April: 1st and 30th
  • May: 14th and 28th 

 

Disney After Hours at EPCOT

Disney After Hours at EPCOT is an exclusive experience that takes place from 10pm to 1am. Thanks to the limited number of guests, this is the ideal opportunity to walk around the lagoon at your leisure and discover the World Showcase, as well as experience popular attractions such as Frozen Ever After, Guardians of the Galaxy: Cosmic Rewind, Remy's Ratatouille Adventure, The Seas with Nemo & Friends or Soarin' Around the World without a long wait!

As you can enter the park from 7pm, this is the perfect opportunity to catch EPCOT’s spectacular firework display, Luminous: The Symphony of Us!

 

Familie in EPCOT schaut über die Lagune und auf das beleuchtete Spaceship Earth

 

Confirmed dates for Disney After Hours at EPCOT are: 

  • February: 27th
  • May: 8th and 29th 
  • June: 19th and 26th
  • July: 10th, 24th and 31st
  • August: 7th, 14th, 21st and 28th

 

Whether you don’t have a lot of time to spend in Orlando but still want a taste of Disney magic, or you just want to add a unique experience to your holiday, the Disney After Hours events are an incredible way to see some of the Theme Parks at Walt Disney World Resort in Florida like never before. Tickets are limited each night to ensure the best experience for guests, so make sure you book your tickets early to avoid disappointment!


Disney After Hours are separately ticketed events taking place at Disney’s Hollywood Studios, Magic Kingdom Park, and EPCOT on select nights from January 6th to September 25th 2025. Entertainment, available attractions and experiences are subject to change.

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