rob@rar.org.uk
Skiing is best, Mickey comes next
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- Jun 17, 2000
I've just started to compile the opening hours for our forthcoming trip (30 July-12 August). US/IoA hours are available on the Universal website, and Disney's hours are available up until the end of July (so I'm extrapolating into August). Sadly, it looks like Disney's opening hours still haven't fully recovered from the reductions that we saw last year. I really appreciate the longer opening hours as it allows us a decent period of 'down-time' in the afternoon and still have a good few hours in the parks in the evenings. I also think that the parks look their best in the dark, when they are considerably more atmospheric.
Animal Kingdom is scheduled to open 9am to 6pm. So much for visiting AK on day 1 because it opens early! When I first visited AK it opened 7am to 8pm - I wonder if the animals need more sleep know, or do the guests miss the best of the animal's waking hours?
Magic Kingdom is 9am to either 9pm or 10pm.
Disney MGM Studios looks like 9am to 9pm, with Fantasmic starting at 9pm which will extend the day a bit in that park.
Epcot 9am to 9pm, although Future World will close at 7pm and World Showcase will not open until 11am.
Typhoon Lagoon and Blizzard Beach open 9am to 7.30pm.
The news at Universal is a bit better, with both Universal Studios and Islands of Adventure opening 9am to 10pm (except for the last two days of our trip where they close at 8pm and 9pm respectively.
All of these hours are subject to change: Disney in particular revised their opening hours (mainly downwards) several times as the holiday season approached last year.
Regards
Rob
Animal Kingdom is scheduled to open 9am to 6pm. So much for visiting AK on day 1 because it opens early! When I first visited AK it opened 7am to 8pm - I wonder if the animals need more sleep know, or do the guests miss the best of the animal's waking hours?
Magic Kingdom is 9am to either 9pm or 10pm.
Disney MGM Studios looks like 9am to 9pm, with Fantasmic starting at 9pm which will extend the day a bit in that park.
Epcot 9am to 9pm, although Future World will close at 7pm and World Showcase will not open until 11am.
Typhoon Lagoon and Blizzard Beach open 9am to 7.30pm.
The news at Universal is a bit better, with both Universal Studios and Islands of Adventure opening 9am to 10pm (except for the last two days of our trip where they close at 8pm and 9pm respectively.
All of these hours are subject to change: Disney in particular revised their opening hours (mainly downwards) several times as the holiday season approached last year.
Regards
Rob