Prolonged Night Hours returns to Hollywood Studios forward of Exertions Day weekend at Walt Disney International, most probably the beginning of switching clear of Animal Kingdom for a couple of months Fall 2025. This submit stocks date(s), main points, and technique for benefiting from the on-site perk for visitors staying at higher-end lodges.
As fundamental background, Prolonged Night Hours (ExEH) is middle of the night counterpart to Early Theme Park Access. There are a number of variations, maximum significantly that visitors staying at Worth or Reasonable Inns aren’t eligible for Prolonged Night Hours. But it surely’s now not simply the costliest accommodations–you’ll get monetary savings by way of renting DVC issues or staying on the Swolphin and nonetheless be eligible if you wish to hack ExEH.
Prolonged Night Theme Park Hours has two forms of hotel eligibility, happens two nights a week, is at two parks, and runs for 2 hours. It’s typically Monday at EPCOT and Wednesday at Magic Kingdom. (See our Technique Information Information for Prolonged Night Hours at Walt Disney International for more information & pointers.) On the other hand, the large alternate beginning subsequent month is that Prolonged Night Hours is transferring clear of Magic Kingdom, for lots of the rest of 2025.
For individuals who haven’t been following this saga, it all started with Walt Disney International making a number of calendar adjustments to put the groundwork for the prospective debut date of Disney Starlight Night time Parade.
That took place by way of transferring Fortuitously Ever After later, blocking off out Solid Contributors from Magic Kingdom, and transferring ExEH over to Animal Kingdom. Even earlier than that, the 3-Day, 3-Park Price ticket Deal aside from Magic Kingdom is a great instance of this forward-thinking crowd keep watch over effort. Ditto the new AP reservation rule.
Because it grew to become out, Starlight ignored its goal date and all the adjustments from July 6-19 had been for not anything (probably). A few of the ones operational adjustments might be undone, however now not the transferring of ExEH. In the end, Disney Starlight: Dream the Night time Away is formally debuting on July 20, 2025, with even extra operational adjustments hitting on that date.
Probably the most arguable of the ones adjustments used to be Animal Kingdom web hosting Prolonged Night Hours at the following dates:
- Wednesday, July 2, 2025
- Wednesday, July 9, 2025
- Wednesday, July 16, 2025
- Wednesday, July 23, 2025
- Wednesday, July 30, 2025
- Wednesday, August 6, 2025
- Wednesday, August 20, 2025
Prolonged Night Hours are generally extra well-liked throughout the summer time months, without reference to decrease crowds, because of increased temperatures. On the other hand, that’s additionally when visitors get an additional two hours of past due nights in Magic Kingdom or EPCOT. Animal Kingdom is right now scheduled to near at 6 pm during the summer time, and there’s no reason why to consider park hours shall be prolonged. Which means that those ‘additional hours’ will finish earlier than sundown.
Between this and Animal Kingdom now not being just about as well-liked as Magic Kingdom, the transfer to DAK has been arguable with visitors. Our expectation is that Prolonged Night Hours at Animal Kingdom will see low attendance numbers.
Most probably spotting this, Walt Disney International added one remaining Prolonged Night Hours at Magic Kingdom to the calendar on Wednesday, August 13, 2025.
Mickey’s No longer So Horrifying Halloween Birthday celebration begins two days later, on Friday, August 15, 2025. Following that, there are 3 weekly MNSSHPs from the bounce in August, which is strictly why Walt Disney International in large part has have shyed away from this sort of scheduling throughout previous Birthday celebration Seasons. That is doubly true this yr given the exaggerated impact that the hole of Starlight could have on attendance at Magic Kingdom throughout Birthday celebration Season.
In the event you’re questioning why Walt Disney International added one ExEH at MK to the calendar in mid-August at “random,” that’s a part of the rationale. The opposite part is that the DAK dates had been added to the calendar earlier than Starlight’s inside lengthen, while this used to be after. All of it makes 0 sense should you’re taking a look in any respect of those dates at the moment, however there’s an inside procedure and the evening parade’s opening hasn’t long gone as expected.
In the end, we’d now not be expecting the additional hours to go back to Magic Kingdom once more till the second one week of January 2026. Perhaps there’s some other week in early November when they are able to squeeze in a single remaining Prolonged Night Hours at Magic Kingdom this yr, however we doubt it.
This all brings us to the most recent building, which is that Walt Disney International has added Prolonged Night Hours at Disney’s Hollywood Studios on Friday, August 29, 2025.
That is an extraordinary one. As you’ll see from the above, the ExEH dates we’ve been discussing are all Wednesdays, the traditional Magic Kingdom evening. However it is a Friday. That occurs every so often, particularly forward of vacation weekends. Final yr, it passed off forward of Columbus Day, which is generally a shockingly well-liked weekend because of Fall Spoil.
Exertions Day isn’t just about as busy, however there’s a Mickey’s No longer So Horrifying Halloween Birthday celebration scheduled that Friday, so in all probability Walt Disney International sought after counterprogramming to that. There’s additionally the primary weekend of Meals & Wine at EPCOT. In truth, I don’t assume that’s the main clarification.
Much more likely is that Walt Disney International has won destructive visitor comments about having Prolonged “Night” Hours from 6-8 pm at Animal Kingdom, and acknowledges this perk finishing earlier than sundown on the least-busy park isn’t precisely an enormous promoting level that’ll spice up occupancy at Deluxe Inns. That is most probably why there’s the one-off go back to Magic Kingdom in mid-August, which is in a different way just a little inexplicable.
The issue is that Disney’s Hollywood Studios can’t host Prolonged Night Hours in July or August because of Disney After Hours, the paid match that’s very similar to Prolonged Night Hours. The remaining evening of After Hours at DHS for the yr is September 3, 2025. Because of this, beginning Wednesday, September 10, 2025, Disney’s Hollywood Studios can take over standard web hosting tasks of Prolonged Night Hours. (Whether or not DHS hosts ExEH on Friday, September 5, 2025 is a toss-up; I may see it going both means.)
Disney’s Hollywood Studios can host Prolonged Night Hours from September 10 via November 5, 2025, which is earlier than the predicted get started of the Jollywood Nights Christmas Birthday celebration. This has roughly been the cadence of earlier years, with ExEH switching from MK to DHS as soon as MNSSHP kicked into top tools, after which from DHS to DAK as soon as Jollywood Nights began. Notice that this isn’t at the legitimate calendar and is solely speculative on our phase according to previous precedent. Simply because DHS “can” host ExEH doesn’t imply that’s what’s going to occur. Don’t plan round this till Walt Disney International formally provides it to the calendar.
In truth, we wouldn’t be stunned if Disney’s Hollywood Studios endured web hosting Prolonged Night Hours during maximum of November and December 2025. It’s imaginable that they may transfer round Jollywood Nights dates, despite the fact that Mickey’s Very Merry Christmas Birthday celebration complicates that.
It’s so much for WDW’s schedulers to juggle, and we don’t be expecting ExEH at DHS during the vacation season because the in all probability situation–only a believable risk. Disney’s Hollywood Studios on my own doesn’t have any crowd problems because of Jollywood Nights–it’s extra about counterprogramming to Magic Kingdom throughout Birthday celebration Season, which has primary problems that’ll surely be exacerbated because of Starlight.
In the end, ExEH at DAK turns into extra fascinating throughout the vacations by way of distinctive feature of the sooner sundown on my own–to not point out Christmas decorations and leisure. So I doubt the backlash could be as fierce as what we’ve noticed to Animal Kingdom having web hosting tasks throughout the warmer and earlier-sunset summer time months. That’s the largest factor–that Prolonged Night Hours at Animal Kingdom received’t in truth be at evening and won’t be offering a reprieve from the warmth consequently.
Right here’s the eligible appeal roster for Prolonged Night Hours at Disney’s Hollywood Studios:
- Alien Swirling Saucers
- Mickey & Minnie’s Runaway Railway
- Millennium Falcon: Smugglers Run
- Rock ‘n’ Curler Coaster Starring Aerosmith
- Slinky Canine Sprint
- Big name Excursions – The Adventures Proceed
- Toy Tale Mania!
- The Twilight Zone Tower of Terror
The conspicuous omission from that listing is Big name Wars: Upward push of the Resistance, which used to be a part of Prolonged Night Hours at Disney’s Hollywood Studios a few years in the past. It wasn’t remaining yr, so we presume this to be correct for 2025. (Particularly since MuppetVision three-D has been got rid of from the listing, indicating it used to be up to date quite lately.)
In case you have the risk to wait Prolonged Night Hours at Disney’s Hollywood Studios, we extremely counsel it. I used to be ready to wait a type of evenings two years in the past, and it used to be nice. We’d be expecting the similar to carry true for Prolonged Night Hours at DHS in Fall 2025, even with out Big name Wars: Upward push of the Resistance.
If truth be told, I’m recently debating the way to “maintain” Prolonged Night Hours at Disney’s Hollywood Studios on August 29. My present plan is (used to be?) to wait a moment Mickey’s No longer So Horrifying Halloween Birthday celebration on that evening for the sake of analysis. However now not a lot is converting at this yr’s MNSSHP, in order that seems like overkill. Plus, that’ll value cash and that is “unfastened.” Additionally, I haven’t written-up step by step technique for ExEH at DHS shortly, in order that feels extra precious, although there’s a restricted shelf existence.
Tentatively, our advice for ExEH at DHS is beginning with Big name Wars: Upward push of the Resistance a couple of mins earlier than legitimate park last adopted by way of Millennium Falcon: Smugglers Run. After that, head the opposite course in opposition to Mickey & Minnie’s Runaway Railway, adopted by way of Rock ‘n’ Curler Coaster and Tower of Terror, earlier than doubling again and completing in Toy Tale Land with Slinky Canine Sprint proper on the very finish of the evening. That’ll most probably be the most productive technique and the only I’ll take a look at if I finally end up doing ExEH at DHS.
In the long run, we’re large fanatics of Prolonged Night Hours at Disney’s Hollywood Studios, and hope that it’s introduced extra from September to November and even perhaps December 2025. Frankly, DHS is my second-favorite park for Prolonged Night Hours after Magic Kingdom. It’s surely higher than Animal Kingdom, particularly if it’s taking place pre-sunset.
Then there’s EPCOT. Even supposing few issues are as delightful as a serene walk via International Show off after park last, the ‘nation path’ is continuously closed off after a definite time and trip breakdowns could make EPCOT Prolonged Night Hours a lot much less productive. (I’ve had a few ExEHs “ruined” at EPCOT because of downtime.) With its extra compact format and top-heavy trip roster, we expect that Disney’s Hollywood Studios is far better fitted to host Prolonged Night Hours.
Making plans a Walt Disney International go back and forth? Know about lodges on our Walt Disney International Lodges Evaluations web page. For the place to devour, learn our Walt Disney International Eating place Evaluations. To save cash on tickets or decide which kind to shop for, learn our Pointers for Saving Cash on Walt Disney International Tickets submit. Our What to Pack for Disney Journeys submit takes a singular have a look at suave pieces to take. For what to do and when to do it, our Walt Disney International Experience Guides will assist. For complete recommendation, the most productive position to start out is our Walt Disney International Shuttle Making plans Information for the whole lot you wish to have to understand!
YOUR THOUGHTS
Will you be benefiting from Prolonged Night Theme Park Hours at Disney’s Hollywood Studios in Fall 2025? Did you do that at DHS remaining yr when it used to be introduced? Hoping Prolonged Night Hours keep at DHS from September via Christmas? Upset concerning the eligibility laws or appeal lineup aside from Big name Wars: Upward push of the Resistance? Do you settle or disagree with our review? Any questions we will let you resolution? Listening to your comments–even whilst you disagree with us–is each fascinating to us and useful to different readers, so please percentage your ideas beneath within the feedback!
Prolonged Night Hours returns to Hollywood Studios forward of Exertions Day weekend at Walt Disney International, most probably the beginning of switching clear of Animal Kingdom for a couple of months Fall 2025. This submit stocks date(s), main points, and technique for benefiting from the on-site perk for visitors staying at higher-end lodges.
As fundamental background, Prolonged Night Hours (ExEH) is middle of the night counterpart to Early Theme Park Access. There are a number of variations, maximum significantly that visitors staying at Worth or Reasonable Inns aren’t eligible for Prolonged Night Hours. But it surely’s now not simply the costliest accommodations–you’ll get monetary savings by way of renting DVC issues or staying on the Swolphin and nonetheless be eligible if you wish to hack ExEH.
Prolonged Night Theme Park Hours has two forms of hotel eligibility, happens two nights a week, is at two parks, and runs for 2 hours. It’s typically Monday at EPCOT and Wednesday at Magic Kingdom. (See our Technique Information Information for Prolonged Night Hours at Walt Disney International for more information & pointers.) On the other hand, the large alternate beginning subsequent month is that Prolonged Night Hours is transferring clear of Magic Kingdom, for lots of the rest of 2025.
For individuals who haven’t been following this saga, it all started with Walt Disney International making a number of calendar adjustments to put the groundwork for the prospective debut date of Disney Starlight Night time Parade.
That took place by way of transferring Fortuitously Ever After later, blocking off out Solid Contributors from Magic Kingdom, and transferring ExEH over to Animal Kingdom. Even earlier than that, the 3-Day, 3-Park Price ticket Deal aside from Magic Kingdom is a great instance of this forward-thinking crowd keep watch over effort. Ditto the new AP reservation rule.
Because it grew to become out, Starlight ignored its goal date and all the adjustments from July 6-19 had been for not anything (probably). A few of the ones operational adjustments might be undone, however now not the transferring of ExEH. In the end, Disney Starlight: Dream the Night time Away is formally debuting on July 20, 2025, with even extra operational adjustments hitting on that date.
Probably the most arguable of the ones adjustments used to be Animal Kingdom web hosting Prolonged Night Hours at the following dates:
- Wednesday, July 2, 2025
- Wednesday, July 9, 2025
- Wednesday, July 16, 2025
- Wednesday, July 23, 2025
- Wednesday, July 30, 2025
- Wednesday, August 6, 2025
- Wednesday, August 20, 2025
Prolonged Night Hours are generally extra well-liked throughout the summer time months, without reference to decrease crowds, because of increased temperatures. On the other hand, that’s additionally when visitors get an additional two hours of past due nights in Magic Kingdom or EPCOT. Animal Kingdom is right now scheduled to near at 6 pm during the summer time, and there’s no reason why to consider park hours shall be prolonged. Which means that those ‘additional hours’ will finish earlier than sundown.
Between this and Animal Kingdom now not being just about as well-liked as Magic Kingdom, the transfer to DAK has been arguable with visitors. Our expectation is that Prolonged Night Hours at Animal Kingdom will see low attendance numbers.
Most probably spotting this, Walt Disney International added one remaining Prolonged Night Hours at Magic Kingdom to the calendar on Wednesday, August 13, 2025.
Mickey’s No longer So Horrifying Halloween Birthday celebration begins two days later, on Friday, August 15, 2025. Following that, there are 3 weekly MNSSHPs from the bounce in August, which is strictly why Walt Disney International in large part has have shyed away from this sort of scheduling throughout previous Birthday celebration Seasons. That is doubly true this yr given the exaggerated impact that the hole of Starlight could have on attendance at Magic Kingdom throughout Birthday celebration Season.
In the event you’re questioning why Walt Disney International added one ExEH at MK to the calendar in mid-August at “random,” that’s a part of the rationale. The opposite part is that the DAK dates had been added to the calendar earlier than Starlight’s inside lengthen, while this used to be after. All of it makes 0 sense should you’re taking a look in any respect of those dates at the moment, however there’s an inside procedure and the evening parade’s opening hasn’t long gone as expected.
In the end, we’d now not be expecting the additional hours to go back to Magic Kingdom once more till the second one week of January 2026. Perhaps there’s some other week in early November when they are able to squeeze in a single remaining Prolonged Night Hours at Magic Kingdom this yr, however we doubt it.
This all brings us to the most recent building, which is that Walt Disney International has added Prolonged Night Hours at Disney’s Hollywood Studios on Friday, August 29, 2025.
That is an extraordinary one. As you’ll see from the above, the ExEH dates we’ve been discussing are all Wednesdays, the traditional Magic Kingdom evening. However it is a Friday. That occurs every so often, particularly forward of vacation weekends. Final yr, it passed off forward of Columbus Day, which is generally a shockingly well-liked weekend because of Fall Spoil.
Exertions Day isn’t just about as busy, however there’s a Mickey’s No longer So Horrifying Halloween Birthday celebration scheduled that Friday, so in all probability Walt Disney International sought after counterprogramming to that. There’s additionally the primary weekend of Meals & Wine at EPCOT. In truth, I don’t assume that’s the main clarification.
Much more likely is that Walt Disney International has won destructive visitor comments about having Prolonged “Night” Hours from 6-8 pm at Animal Kingdom, and acknowledges this perk finishing earlier than sundown on the least-busy park isn’t precisely an enormous promoting level that’ll spice up occupancy at Deluxe Inns. That is most probably why there’s the one-off go back to Magic Kingdom in mid-August, which is in a different way just a little inexplicable.
The issue is that Disney’s Hollywood Studios can’t host Prolonged Night Hours in July or August because of Disney After Hours, the paid match that’s very similar to Prolonged Night Hours. The remaining evening of After Hours at DHS for the yr is September 3, 2025. Because of this, beginning Wednesday, September 10, 2025, Disney’s Hollywood Studios can take over standard web hosting tasks of Prolonged Night Hours. (Whether or not DHS hosts ExEH on Friday, September 5, 2025 is a toss-up; I may see it going both means.)
Disney’s Hollywood Studios can host Prolonged Night Hours from September 10 via November 5, 2025, which is earlier than the predicted get started of the Jollywood Nights Christmas Birthday celebration. This has roughly been the cadence of earlier years, with ExEH switching from MK to DHS as soon as MNSSHP kicked into top tools, after which from DHS to DAK as soon as Jollywood Nights began. Notice that this isn’t at the legitimate calendar and is solely speculative on our phase according to previous precedent. Simply because DHS “can” host ExEH doesn’t imply that’s what’s going to occur. Don’t plan round this till Walt Disney International formally provides it to the calendar.
In truth, we wouldn’t be stunned if Disney’s Hollywood Studios endured web hosting Prolonged Night Hours during maximum of November and December 2025. It’s imaginable that they may transfer round Jollywood Nights dates, despite the fact that Mickey’s Very Merry Christmas Birthday celebration complicates that.
It’s so much for WDW’s schedulers to juggle, and we don’t be expecting ExEH at DHS during the vacation season because the in all probability situation–only a believable risk. Disney’s Hollywood Studios on my own doesn’t have any crowd problems because of Jollywood Nights–it’s extra about counterprogramming to Magic Kingdom throughout Birthday celebration Season, which has primary problems that’ll surely be exacerbated because of Starlight.
In the end, ExEH at DAK turns into extra fascinating throughout the vacations by way of distinctive feature of the sooner sundown on my own–to not point out Christmas decorations and leisure. So I doubt the backlash could be as fierce as what we’ve noticed to Animal Kingdom having web hosting tasks throughout the warmer and earlier-sunset summer time months. That’s the largest factor–that Prolonged Night Hours at Animal Kingdom received’t in truth be at evening and won’t be offering a reprieve from the warmth consequently.
Right here’s the eligible appeal roster for Prolonged Night Hours at Disney’s Hollywood Studios:
- Alien Swirling Saucers
- Mickey & Minnie’s Runaway Railway
- Millennium Falcon: Smugglers Run
- Rock ‘n’ Curler Coaster Starring Aerosmith
- Slinky Canine Sprint
- Big name Excursions – The Adventures Proceed
- Toy Tale Mania!
- The Twilight Zone Tower of Terror
The conspicuous omission from that listing is Big name Wars: Upward push of the Resistance, which used to be a part of Prolonged Night Hours at Disney’s Hollywood Studios a few years in the past. It wasn’t remaining yr, so we presume this to be correct for 2025. (Particularly since MuppetVision three-D has been got rid of from the listing, indicating it used to be up to date quite lately.)
In case you have the risk to wait Prolonged Night Hours at Disney’s Hollywood Studios, we extremely counsel it. I used to be ready to wait a type of evenings two years in the past, and it used to be nice. We’d be expecting the similar to carry true for Prolonged Night Hours at DHS in Fall 2025, even with out Big name Wars: Upward push of the Resistance.
If truth be told, I’m recently debating the way to “maintain” Prolonged Night Hours at Disney’s Hollywood Studios on August 29. My present plan is (used to be?) to wait a moment Mickey’s No longer So Horrifying Halloween Birthday celebration on that evening for the sake of analysis. However now not a lot is converting at this yr’s MNSSHP, in order that seems like overkill. Plus, that’ll value cash and that is “unfastened.” Additionally, I haven’t written-up step by step technique for ExEH at DHS shortly, in order that feels extra precious, although there’s a restricted shelf existence.
Tentatively, our advice for ExEH at DHS is beginning with Big name Wars: Upward push of the Resistance a couple of mins earlier than legitimate park last adopted by way of Millennium Falcon: Smugglers Run. After that, head the opposite course in opposition to Mickey & Minnie’s Runaway Railway, adopted by way of Rock ‘n’ Curler Coaster and Tower of Terror, earlier than doubling again and completing in Toy Tale Land with Slinky Canine Sprint proper on the very finish of the evening. That’ll most probably be the most productive technique and the only I’ll take a look at if I finally end up doing ExEH at DHS.
In the long run, we’re large fanatics of Prolonged Night Hours at Disney’s Hollywood Studios, and hope that it’s introduced extra from September to November and even perhaps December 2025. Frankly, DHS is my second-favorite park for Prolonged Night Hours after Magic Kingdom. It’s surely higher than Animal Kingdom, particularly if it’s taking place pre-sunset.
Then there’s EPCOT. Even supposing few issues are as delightful as a serene walk via International Show off after park last, the ‘nation path’ is continuously closed off after a definite time and trip breakdowns could make EPCOT Prolonged Night Hours a lot much less productive. (I’ve had a few ExEHs “ruined” at EPCOT because of downtime.) With its extra compact format and top-heavy trip roster, we expect that Disney’s Hollywood Studios is far better fitted to host Prolonged Night Hours.
Making plans a Walt Disney International go back and forth? Know about lodges on our Walt Disney International Lodges Evaluations web page. For the place to devour, learn our Walt Disney International Eating place Evaluations. To save cash on tickets or decide which kind to shop for, learn our Pointers for Saving Cash on Walt Disney International Tickets submit. Our What to Pack for Disney Journeys submit takes a singular have a look at suave pieces to take. For what to do and when to do it, our Walt Disney International Experience Guides will assist. For complete recommendation, the most productive position to start out is our Walt Disney International Shuttle Making plans Information for the whole lot you wish to have to understand!
YOUR THOUGHTS
Will you be benefiting from Prolonged Night Theme Park Hours at Disney’s Hollywood Studios in Fall 2025? Did you do that at DHS remaining yr when it used to be introduced? Hoping Prolonged Night Hours keep at DHS from September via Christmas? Upset concerning the eligibility laws or appeal lineup aside from Big name Wars: Upward push of the Resistance? Do you settle or disagree with our review? Any questions we will let you resolution? Listening to your comments–even whilst you disagree with us–is each fascinating to us and useful to different readers, so please percentage your ideas beneath within the feedback!
