**Disney After Hours - Magic Kingdom** FAQ & Discussion Thread

[Drewmama]

It's my understanding that there is no need for a regular park ticket. You can get FP for the time you can enter (7p) to the regular closing time (9p). You cannot book FP for the actual AH event (10p-1a).

 

[Markal]

@Daffodilmom21 I'm wondering the exact same thing! We have tickets for DAH on 3/30. We have never done a WDW trip over spring break before, and we have never done a DAH event. We certainly recognize that crowds will be high due to spring break season, but we are hoping that crowds are low for the DAH event. Keeping finger crossed!

That is the same week we will be there. i haven’t purchased tickets yet, but we are looking at 3/30. My husband will be attending a conference so it makes sense for him to go as his days will be limited. Following the thread to help me decide.

 

[Mango7100]

Speaking of Spring break crowds... I have a ticket for AH for March 23rd, CL predictions for that day have MK, well practically all of DW, at a 10. How does the crowd levels affect DAH? I only have my AH time for MK this trip, I will be in on business so thought AH would be my best bet for MK. We were there in September and went to a MNSSHP and the crowds were pretty bad. Now I will be by myself with no stroller and no one else to keep up with but wondering what to expect crowd wise

We went last year over our Spring Break (Mid March and same week as Orlando schools had off), and DAH swas much less crowded than a MNSSHP. We were literally the only people around Barnstormer/Dumbo. Mine train had been down for the first 2 hrs, so we ended up waiting 25 min. Other than that—walk on all the rides. Doing it again this Spring Break!

 

[ninafeliz]

We did DAH 2/3. They let us in around maybe 6:50, not very early. Our tickets wouldn’t read on our mbs so we got to stand in line at GR for a while, and I was told that we have too much stuff of our MDE account and it’s causing problems that I’ll have to address sooner rather than later. We made it to our first FP with 1 min to spare, and here’s the rest of the night.


Jungle cruise FP
POTC FP
HEA from Frontierland in front of pecos Bills
HM FP
IASW off at 9:02
Little mermaid
Barnstormer
Dumbo
Mickey bars
Teacups
Speedway
Buzz x3 stayed on once
Peoplemover
Astro orbiter
Space mountain right side
Space mt left side - I like right side better
Ice cream
Pooh
Peter Pan
BTMRR x 3 stayed on last time
photopass photo on main st

shared bus to CR, TTC, Poly, and GF in that order, back to our room at GF 1:00 on the dot.

it was a great night, no lines for anything; pretty much all were just walk ons. Right at the beginning PP and SDMT had long lines, but later they didn’t. We skipped SDMT b/c we were running short in time and have ridden a ton from previous EMMs, but at 11:30 it looked like a short or no line. It was 54 degrees according to my watch when it ended, but it didn’t feel as cold as it had felt the night before at the frozen dessert party in Epcot!

I’ve done this twice now and villains once, and I much prefer this. No frills, lots of rides, no crowds, no lines. Not trying to fit in a show, no loud dj, just the MK almost to yourselves. That’s pretty magical the way it is.

 

[jdd]

So excited I found this thread, and just bought our tickets for the 2/24 event! Great deal with the passholder rate - I can probably eat that much in Mickey bars It would be better if Splash was open, wonder if they ever finish the rehabs early? It's scheduled to reopen on the 27th...

 

[Sydnerella]

@Daffodilmom21 I'm wondering the exact same thing! We have tickets for DAH on 3/30. We have never done a WDW trip over spring break before, and we have never done a DAH event. We certainly recognize that crowds will be high due to spring break season, but we are hoping that crowds are low for the DAH event. Keeping finger crossed!

We are going the same night and hoping for the same thing! Enjoy!

 

[mrs705]

Is it worth it? We are doing two days at MK but thinking of also doing the Disney Villains After Hours. We have a pool day scheduled for the next day so figure we would be up to stay late at the park. What did everyone that went think about it?

 

[Matt961]

Is it worth it? We are doing two days at MK but thinking of also doing the Disney Villains After Hours. We have a pool day scheduled for the next day so figure we would be up to stay late at the park. What did everyone that went think about it?

Absolutely worth it to us. Riding so many rides at MK really allowed us to take it easy during our other MK days.We just did whatever the kids felt like on the MK days because they had ridden almost everything during AH. We didn’t have to rush from ride to ride trying to get it all in. Will be doing it again next trip if it’s available.

 

[nkereina]

I purchased DAH tickets for April this morning. I received the email with the barcode, but I'm not seeing them anywhere in MDE and I know I was logged in when I purchased them. Should the tickets be viewable and linked somewhere in MDE? Will I need to present the barcode from the email for them to scan or can I use my magic band? If they need the barcode, will they be able to scan it from my phone? Thanks!

 

[ShelleyLovesOrlando]

We'll be attending Monday February 10th, 4th year in a row. Can't wait!!!

 

[Katie1174]

I purchased DAH tickets for April this morning. I received the email with the barcode, but I'm not seeing them anywhere in MDE and I know I was logged in when I purchased them. Should the tickets be viewable and linked somewhere in MDE? Will I need to present the barcode from the email for them to scan or can I use my magic band? If they need the barcode, will they be able to scan it from my phone? Thanks!

When you purchase them online they should show up automatically in the ticket section of MDE. When you go into ‘ my disney experience’ then your plans and tickets, part way down under ‘my plans, reservations and tickets’ you will see a tab that says ‘tickets and memory maker’
all of your tickets should show up in this section, park tickets and any AH tickets you buy.
as long as they are in there, you should be good to go using your magic band for entry. I would bring the email just in case though.

 

[SoosieQ]

Can't wait to do this event for the first time on 4/5. I think I will like it better then MNSSHP that we did this past fall because I can focus on rides and not worry about doing the party exclusive things.

 

[twinprincesses09]

Can't wait to do this event for the first time on 4/5. I think I will like it better then MNSSHP that we did this past fall because I can focus on rides and not worry about doing the party exclusive things.

We will be there 4/5 too! It's the first time for us doing any special ticket events. This is a short trip, and we are only doing the AH at MK on 4/5 and AK on 4/7 because we didn't want to deal with the spring break crowds during the day.

 

[Mollymovacca]

Wait times for villians tonight have looked pretty good!! While I think we were the only ones, we loved villians last summer! If your there hope your having a magical time!!!!

 

[jen7233]

We did DAH 2/3. They let us in around maybe 6:50, not very early. Our tickets wouldn’t read on our mbs so we got to stand in line at GR for a while, and I was told that we have too much stuff of our MDE account and it’s causing problems that I’ll have to address sooner rather than later. We made it to our first FP with 1 min to spare, and here’s the rest of the night.

Hi, was there a separate line for guests to enter doing DAH? How early did you try to enter park before having to stand in the GR line and get things sorted?

I have a first FP for 620-720 pm, seems doable hoping to enter the park at 645.

 

[MinnieMSue]

Wait times for villians tonight have looked pretty good!! While I think we were the only ones, we loved villians last summer! If your there hope your having a magical time!!!!

Mae loved it last year too and we went the first night when it was packed with Bloggers

 

[ninafeliz]

Hi, was there a separate line for guests to enter doing DAH? How early did you try to enter park before having to stand in the GR line and get things sorted?

I have a first FP for 620-720 pm, seems doable hoping to enter the park at 645.

They had a separate area to enter, maybe 4 or 5 sets of the tapstyles. It was clearly marked, there was a CM holding an After Hours sign and a few lines of people waiting. They didn’t let us in until I would say 6:50, and we got out of the GR line with literally just enough time to walk super fast to Jungle Cruise and tap in at 7:24- our FP expired at 7:25 and we had some multiple experience FPs we didn’t want to lose so we couldn’t tap in late and use the grace period.

Without the hang up going in a FP window that ended at 7:20 would have be easy, and you even have the 15 min grace period.

 

[ninafeliz]

here is the sign they held, and above the tap styles said something like event entrance. I took this photo at 6:49, and we weren’t being let in yet on 2/3.

 

[tinabina919]

Looking back historically, the week before Thanksgiving could have AH and MVMCP?

If so how do the wait times compare? I had an amazing time at AH a few weeks ago, rode 21 rides total including Mine Train 5x.

Can I get anywhere near that at a Christmas Party???

 

[NotTheBatesMotel]

Looking back historically, the week before Thanksgiving could have AH and MVMCP?

If so how do the wait times compare? I had an amazing time at AH a few weeks ago, rode 21 rides total including Mine Train 5x.

Can I get anywhere near that at a Christmas Party???

I can't speak for the Christmas parties, but the Halloween party in August was completely slammed. No comparison to AH. It's way easier to knock out more rides during AH.