How To Get Extra Magic Hours

For a long time, Disney Globe hotel guests have gotten perks like actress time in the parks, early access to dining reservations, and gratuitous Disney transportation.

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Before Disney World shut downwardly for the pandemic in 2020, the actress park time for hotel guests was called Extra Magic Hours. Now, Disney is going to employ ii different systems to replace this perk: Early on Theme Park Entry and Extended Evening Hours.

So what exactly is the deviation betwixt the erstwhile program and the new ones? Let'southward have a await.

We'll break down each of the perks for actress park time, looking at what is included in each and who qualifies for the benefits. At the end, we'll look at how this affects Disney World guests overall.

Extra Magic Hours

Extra Magic Hours was the quondam system where all Disney Globe Resort guests (and those at a select other hotels) could come early on or stay late at a Disney World park.

The qualifying hotels included:

— Walt Disney Earth-owned resorts
— Walt Disney World Dolphin & Swan Resorts
— Shades of Green
— Disney Springs area hotels
— Four Seasons Resort Orlando

If y'all were staying at one of those hotels, you lot could either arrive early or stay tardily at a select Disney Globe park, depending on when the Extra Magic Hours were. In that location was a prepare schedule, and only 1 park would become actress fourth dimension each day. Usually that park would accept an extra hour (or sometimes 2 hours) either before the park opened or after it closed.

All four Disney Earth theme parks participated in Extra Magic Hours.

The following rides were open at each of the parks during the evening Actress Magic Hours, with a bit fewer being offered during the morn ones:

Magic Kingdom:

Astro Orbiter
Barnstormer
Big Thunder Mountain Railroad
Buzz Lightyear's Space Ranger Spin
Land Bear Jamboree
Dense the Flying Elephant
Haunted Mansion

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Mad Tea Party
Magic Carpets of Aladdin
Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh
Mickey'due south PhilharMagic
Monsters Inc. Laugh Floor
Peter Pan'due south Flying

Pirates of the Caribbean
Prince Charming Regal Carrousel
Seven Dwarfs Mine Train
Infinite Mountain
Swiss Family unit Treehouse
Tomorrowland Speedway
Under the Sea Journey of the Little Mermaid

EPCOT:

The American Adventure and American Heritage Gallery
Disney-Pixar Short Motion-picture show Festival
Epcot Character Spot
Frozen Ever After
Gran Fiesta Bout Starring The Three Caballeros
Journey Into Imagination With Figment
Living with the Land
Mission: SPACE

O Canada!
The Seas with Nemo and Friends
Soarin' Effectually the World
Spaceship Earth and Project Tomorrow
Examination Track
Turtle Talk with Crush

Disney's Hollywood Studios:

Alien Swirling Saucers
Muppet*Vision 3D
Stone 'n' Roller Coaster
Slinky Domestic dog Dash

Star Tours: The Risk Continues
Tower of Terror
Toy Story Mania
Voyage of the Little Mermaid
Millennium Falcon: Smugglers Run

Creature Kingdom:

Avatar Flight of Passage
Dinosaur
Expedition Everest
Festival of the Panthera leo Rex
It'south Tough to exist a Bug
Kali River Rapids (Seasonal)

Kilimanjaro Safaris (endmost early)
Na'vi River Journey
Primeval Whirl
TriceraTop Spin

Early Theme Park Entry

Early Theme Park Entry is the new system for morning Extra Magic Hours, and it's already started in Disney World. With this perk, guests at all Disney Globe hotels, plus a few select other hotels, can go into all 4 Disney World parks a half hour earlier they officially open up.

This perk is open to guests at all Disney Earth Resort hotels, plus:

Walt Disney Earth Swan and Dolphin Hotels
Walt Disney World Swan Reserve
Shades of Green® on Walt Disney Globe® Resort
Signia by Hilton Orlando Bonnet Creek
Waldorf Astoria Orlando
B Resort & Spa Lake Buena Vista
DoubleTree Suites by Hilton Orlando
Hilton Orlando Buena Vista Palace
Hilton Orlando Lake Buena Vista
Holiday Inn Orlando
Wyndham Garden Lake Buena Vista
Wyndham Lake Buena Vista
Four Seasons Resort Orlando

Guests need valid theme park tickets and reservations to enter the parks early, and in that location are special entrances at the parks for qualifying guests.

The biggest differences between Extra Magic Hours and Early Theme Park Entry are that (1) the new program applies to all 4 Disney Earth parks every 24-hour interval instead of simply one, and (2) guests go but a one-half-hour extra before park opening instead of a total hour (or 2).

Similar Actress Magic Hours, only certain rides are open during the extra time. Here's a complete list:

Magic Kingdom

"it's a small globe"
Astro Orbiter
Buzz Lightyear's Space Ranger Spin
Dense the Flying Elephant
Mad Tea Political party
Mickey'south PhilharMagic
Peter Pan's Flight
Prince Mannerly Regal Carrousel

Seven Dwarfs Mine Train
Space Mountain
The Barnstormer
The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh
Tomorrowland Speedway
Tomorrowland Transit Authority PeopleMover
Under the Sea ~ Journeying of The Piffling Mermaid
Walt Disney's Carousel of Progress

Beauty and The Beast Sing-Along
Frozen E'er After
Mission: Infinite
Soarin' Around the World
Spaceship Earth
Test Track
The Seas with Nemo & Friends

Disney's Hollywood Studios

Alien Swirling Saucers
Mickey & Minnie's Delinquent Railway
Millennium Falcon: Smugglers Run
Ascent of the Resistance
Rock 'northward' Roller Coaster Starring Aerosmith
Slinky Dog Dash
Star Tours – The Adventures Continue
The Twilight Zone Tower of Terror ™
Toy Story Mania!

Disney's Animal Kingdom

Avatar Flight of Passage
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Expedition Everest – Legend of the Forbidden Mountain
It's Tough to be a Problems!
Na'vi River Journey
TriceraTop Spin

Early Theme Park Entry has the same rides open in Magic Kingdom as those open up for Extra Magic Hours. For EPCOT, the new organisation includes Mission: Space and Dazzler & the Brute Singalong (which Actress Magic Hours didn't), but they don't include Living With the Land.

For Hollywood Studios, the new system has ii more rides than the old: Mickey and Minnie's Runaway Railway and Star Wars: Rise of the Resistance. Delinquent Railway opened just before Disney World close down for the pandemic last year, which is when Extra Magic Hours concluded. But Rise of the Resistance had been open for a few months and was not included in the Extra Magic Hours at that time. Since Early Theme Park Entry has started, Rise of the Resistance has used a standby line instead of their original virtual queue, which might be why it'southward included in the new organization but wasn't in the one-time.

For Animate being Kingdom, the new organization doesn't have Kilimanjaro Safaris or the Gorilla Falls Exploration Trail open early, but Extra Magic Hours did include those.

Extended Evening Hours

Extended Evening Hours is the new system for the evening Extra Magic Hours. This perk is available for guests staying at a Disney Globe Deluxe hotels, Deluxe Villa hotels, or one of these other hotels:

Walt Disney World Swan Hotel
Walt Disney Earth Dolphin Hotel
Walt Disney World Swan Reserve
Shades of Light-green

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Disney World Palatial and Deluxe Villa hotels include the following:

Disney's Animal Kingdom Lodge
Disney'southward Beach Gild Resort
Disney'south BoardWalk Inn
Disney'south Contemporary Resort
Disney's Grand Floridian Resort & Spa
Disney's Polynesian Village Resort
Disney's Wilderness Lodge
Disney's Yacht Club Resort

Bay Lake Tower at Disney'southward Contemporary Resort
Boulder Ridge Villas at Disney'southward Wilderness Guild
Copper Creek Villas & Cabins at Disney'due south Wilderness Social club
Disney's Animal Kingdom Villas – Jambo House
Disney'due south Animal Kingdom Villas – Kidani Hamlet
Disney'southward Beach Club Villas
Disney's BoardWalk Villas
Disney'south Former Cardinal West Resort
Disney'southward Polynesian Villas & Bungalows
Disney's Riviera Resort
Disney's Saratoga Springs Resort & Spa
The Villas at Disney'south Grand Floridian Resort & Spa

If yous're staying at ane of these hotels, you can stay at a select Disney Globe theme park for an actress two hours afterward its closing fourth dimension. Nosotros've got ALL the Extended Evening Hours listed here (and updated as Disney releases more than dates and times).

Then far the participating parks are just Magic Kingdom and EPCOT, and the actress hours take identify on Mondays for EPCOT and Wednesdays for the Magic Kingdom. There are fewer days with the evening hours than there were with Extra Magic Hours (but two days a week), and two of the iv parks are not participating so far.

Similar the other two perks, Extended Evening Hours has select rides and attractions open during the extra fourth dimension:

Magic Kingdom

"it'southward a small world"
Dumbo the Flying Elephant
Mad Tea Party
Mickey'south PhilharMagic
Peter Pan'south Flying
Prince Charming Regal Carrousel
Seven Dwarfs Mine Railroad train
The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh
The Barnstormer

Under the Bounding main ~ Journey of The Piddling Mermaid
Astro Orbiter
Buzz Lightyear's Infinite Ranger Spin
Monsters Inc. Laugh Floor
Infinite Mountain
Tomorrowland Speedway
Big Thunder Mountain Railroad
Country Carry Jamboree
Haunted Mansion
Pirates of the Caribbean
Swiss Family Treehouse
The Magic Carpets of Aladdin
Walt Disney'southward Enchanted Tiki Room

EPCOT

Beauty and The Beast Sing-Forth
Frozen Ever Afterward
Gran Fiesta Tour Starring The Three Caballeros
Mission: SPACE
Soarin' Around the World

Spaceship Earth
Examination Runway
The Seas with Nemo & Friends

The Magic Kingdom attractions are the aforementioned for Extended Evening Hours and the evening Extra Magic Hours. But in that location are fewer EPCOT rides open for Extended Evening Hours than there were for the Actress Magic Hours. The new system is missing the Disney Pixar Short Motion-picture show Festival, the American Heritage Gallery, the EPCOT Character Spot, Journey Into Imagination with Figment, Living With the Land, O Canada!, and Turtle Talk With Crush.

Some of those attractions oasis't yet returned (similar the EPCOT Character Spot), but a couple of them are pretty pop rides that are currently open during normal hours (like Living With the Land).

How Does It Affect Us?

Then how does the modify from Extra Magic Hours to these 2 new systems affect usa?

It's Harder for Non-Resort Guests to Plan

With Actress Magic Hours, guests non staying at a qualifying resort could avoid whichever park had the extra hours to also avert larger crowds. And fifty-fifty if you were staying at a qualifying resort, you could choose to requite up the actress fourth dimension in club to get lower crowds in the other theme parks.

At present, since Early Theme Park Entry applies to all four Disney park every solar day, there probably won't exist the concentration of crowds in i park each day.

However, with Extended Evening Hours, at that place may exist larger crowds in Magic Kingdom or EPCOT on the days that those parks get actress fourth dimension, and we may see more than guests Park Hopping to those Parks in the afternoon and so they savour an extended block of time through the evening and into the nighttime. And then you lot tin nevertheless use that schedule to avoid those parks and the crowds if you're not staying at a qualifying hotel.

Early Theme Park Entry Is Shorter

Extra Magic Hours gave guests a full hour before park opening, whereas Early Theme Park Entry only gives a half hour before park opening. That'due south actually not much fourth dimension to enjoy the lower crowds inside the park.

With an extra half hour, there's not enough time to do much except get inside and become in a line. You'll exist ahead of other guests, and then you'll become on at least one attraction a little earlier. But really Early on Theme Park Entry merely seems like a head showtime on getting in line for the popular attractions. Information technology'south a practiced perk, but not really a lot of extra fourth dimension to enjoy the parks.

Extended Evening Hours Is Exclusive

Only guests staying at Deluxe Disney hotels (and a couple of other hotels) go access to the sectional Extended Evening Hours. And then if you want to take reward of 2 extra hours in some parks after closing time, y'all'll have to pay quite a bit more than you unremarkably would at a value or moderate hotel in Disney Earth. If you factor in the cost divergence, those extra hours are pretty darn expensive.

Just on the other hand, the more exclusive hours ways a lot fewer people will exist there during the extra park time. So if it's worth it to you and in the upkeep, yous can pay extra for fourth dimension in the parks with much lower crowds.

You Don't Accept to Know the Schedule every bit Much

With Extra Magic Hours, yous had to continue track of which park was opening early or closing late on a given 24-hour interval. The schedules are much simpler for the new systems.

For Extended Evening Hours (then far), EPCOT gets ii extra hours on Mon evenings, and Magic Kingdom gets two extra hours on Midweek evenings. Early Theme Park Entry is even easier: every park gets and extra one-half hour before opening fourth dimension every day. So at that place's a footling less planning involved in using the newer systems in Disney World.

There are both benefits and drawbacks to the new systems, and guests volition need to decide what perks they desire and how best to maximize them. Keep following AllEars, and we'll allow you know how these systems are working in the parks.