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

[cakebaker]

Added a day on the front end and booked this! I never thought they'd ever do both after hours events in the same time frame!

 

[Katie1174]

We did May 9th! We’ve never done AK AH and we are so excited!! We actually could add the 16th to the trip, but wasn’t sure how it is. We may just need to add that one too....

We arent coming in until the 10th, but you are going to love it. Dont want to get off the MK thread to badly but when you do yours head over to Everest first, if you like roller coasters. Let the crowd disperse at FOP. We rode Everest 7 times(the CM’s let us start riding 1/2 hr before the event officially began, then by the time we walked over to Pandora, stopping to get treats, FOP and Navi were walk ons the rest of the night. And Pandora at night with no people is amazing! Lots of beautiful photo shots. Have fun!

 

[lcc2]

More dates through May including last week of January! Mostly on Mondays.

Thank you!! I was able to change the VAH tickets I bought the other day to regular DAH. I should have been a little more patient but I'm happy

 

[lcc2]

Added a day on the front end and booked this! I never thought they'd ever do both after hours events in the same time frame!

I had added a day to end of our trip to book VAH. Then they shockingly added this! I prefer to do the regular one so I changed the tickets.

 

[Lisa F]

Thank you!! I was able to change the VAH tickets I bought the other day to regular DAH. I should have been a little more patient but I'm happy

Disney should get their stuff together and release everything at once!

 

[SarahC97]

I'm so happy! Just bought tickets for 1/23!

 

[Iowamomof4]

Disney should get their stuff together and release everything at once!

I'm kind of waiting to see if they add anything at DHS. The after hours page still lists DHS, though there are no dates currently available.

 

[Naomeri]

I’m so excited they added dates for the last week of January! I have a relaxation day scheduled for Monday the 27th, so adding an after hours event for a night owl like me is perfect!

 

[Katie1174]

I'm kind of waiting to see if they add anything at DHS. The after hours page still lists DHS, though there are no dates currently available.

Would love for them to add DHS back in the mix, even without GE we would still do it, had a blast this year.

 

[Mzpalmtree]

Would love for them to add DHS back in the mix, even without GE we would still do it, had a blast this year.

Yes! We did MK reg AH and the VAH and DHS hours twice over the course of a couple of trips and everyone agreed that DHS was the best one. We’d LOVE to see it return.

 

[lcc2]

Disney should get their stuff together and release everything at once!

I AGREE!

 

[TheMick424]

Thank you!! I was able to change the VAH tickets I bought the other day to regular DAH. I should have been a little more patient but I'm happy

How did you switch the tickets? Were you able to call and take care of it? Now I'm debating what to do...

 

[lcc2]

How did you switch the tickets? Were you able to call and take care of it? Now I'm debating what to do...

Yep, I called and it was an easy and quick fix.

 

[georgina]

OK, so now I am back to having to make a decision. Wasn't planning to hit the parks on Feb 17, since it is the day we arrive, and being President's Day. Still, it would save one day on DH's non-expiring tickets if we used it as our MK day. Decisions, decisions!

 

[dez1978]

Anyone think there might be a chance of them adding regular DAH dates last week of January? Or is it just tough beans for those of us whose dates fall between regular DAH and VAH? I feel like calling the special events office and demanding to know WHY THEY WONT TAKE MY MONEY???!

edited bc I posted without reading lol

 

[Thecouch]

when im there in april next year MK hours are to 9pm and after hours is 10pm-1am . does that mean you could expect normal hours to be extended till 10pm or do they normally have a hour gap ?

 

[Rich M]

I would love it if they had DAH events every day of my stay. I would skip the parks during the day and just do them.

 

[eeyoreandtink]

when im there in april next year MK hours are to 9pm and after hours is 10pm-1am . does that mean you could expect normal hours to be extended till 10pm or do they normally have a hour gap ?

Typically normal hours are extended.

 

[chris4disney]

when im there in april next year MK hours are to 9pm and after hours is 10pm-1am . does that mean you could expect normal hours to be extended till 10pm or do they normally have a hour gap ?

I've read that they often times leave that gap hour between regular closing and the beginning of DAH to allow time for those regular day guests to exit the park. I hope that's true because we're paying a premium for just three hours of park time... and if the first hour of those three we're still dealing with all the regular day guests that waited to get in attraction lines just before official closing time, it could be a little while before the crowds really go down.

 

[eeyoreandtink]

I've read that they often times leave that gap hour between regular closing and the beginning of DAH to allow time for those regular day guests to exit the park. I hope that's true because we're paying a premium for just three hours of park time... and if the first hour of those three we're still dealing with all the regular day guests that waited to get in attraction lines just before official closing time, it could be a little while before the crowds really go down.

That used to be true for Christmas and Halloween parties, but that was a decade ago or more. To my knowledge has never been true for DAH.