Kestryl
DIS Veteran
- Joined
- Mar 29, 2019
Sorry, I read the original post wrong. I still don’t understand a 10 am opening. As far as I can tell, park hours are posted through August, and none of the non-water parks open past 9 am. So a 10 am opening would have to happen (1) after August or (2) by cutting the announced hours.Actually, the rumor is that it would be non-MK parks that would be getting the operating hours sliced.
The way this normally works is that WDW publishes conservative operating hours, but then extends them if needed. I have never seen operating hours cut back. Has anyone here seen that at all? My hours for July are already out and comparing them to same weekend in July 2019, the hours are the same, except for AK, which last year closed at 10pm (and I think they were extended about a month before) and it's currently scheduled to close at 8:30.
I would speculate that if the Asia Parks continue to be closed, and they have to cut down on operation budgets, what we may be more than likely to see is: 1) hours don't get extended and 2) more attractions than 'the shows that no one cares about' may have delayed openings and earlier closings. Currently, it's the Epcot movies and some attractions, such as Country Bear Jamboree and Monsters that have shorter operating hours. I think we may start to see more attractions added to the delayed openings and early closings. DHS with RotR is opening at 8 am, but the show-type attractions are not starting until 9:30 or later, so there is already a gap in there.
If the Asian parks are still closed in August because of the continued threat of the coronavirus, I don’t know that a 10 am park opening would be at front of my worries.