The curler coaster saga of Prolonged Night time Hours at Walt Disney Global is over (with a bit of luck?), with Hollywood Studios now set to host the overtime perk for a couple of months all through the rest of 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 time 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 Price or Average Accommodations don’t seem to be eligible for Prolonged Night time Hours. However it’s no longer simply the costliest lodges–you’ll be able to get monetary savings via renting DVC issues or staying on the Swolphin and nonetheless be eligible if you wish to hack ExEH.
Prolonged Night time Theme Park Hours has two varieties of lodge eligibility, happens two times week, is at two parks, and runs for 2 hours. It’s in most cases Monday at EPCOT and Wednesday at Magic Kingdom. On the other hand, the large trade in fresh weeks is that Prolonged Night time Hours has (most commonly) moved clear of Magic Kingdom, most likely till January 2026.
For individuals who haven’t been following this saga, it all started with Walt Disney Global making a number of calendar adjustments to put the groundwork for the debut of Disney Starlight Evening Parade. For the needs of this submit, essentially the most notable of which was once transferring ExEH over to Animal Kingdom.
That’s been happening for approximately a month at this level, and can proceed for a number of extra dates in overdue summer season. Curiously, the different adjustments made to mitigate crowds for Starlight–Forged Member blockouts and Annual Move reservation regulations–were rolled again. The adaptation is that Prolonged Night time Hours revolves round park hours, that means Magic Kingdom can be open till 1 am if it hosted the perk.
Having a look ahead, Animal Kingdom hosts Prolonged Night time Hours on two extra upcoming Wednesdays: August 6 and August 20, 2025. That’s it for the near-term, however as mentioned beneath, ExEH will most likely go back to DAK at Christmas.
Prolonged Night time Hours are usually extra fashionable all through the summer season months, irrespective of decrease crowds, because of increased temperatures. On the other hand, that’s additionally when visitors get an additional two hours of overdue nights in Magic Kingdom or EPCOT. Animal Kingdom closes at 6 pm maximum nights this summer season, that means that those ‘additional hours’ were starting and finishing sooner than sundown.
Between this and Animal Kingdom no longer being just about as fashionable as Magic Kingdom, the transfer to DAK has been debatable with visitors. I lately did a park remaining dinner at Tiffins and exited the park 90 mins after remaining, and it was once nonetheless vast sunlight (and very popular). That underscored to me why visitors were lower than enthused about ExEH at DAK.
Most likely spotting this, Walt Disney Global has added a pair extra Wednesday evening Prolonged Night time Hours at Magic Kingdom on August 13, 2025 and September 3, 2025.
Should you’re questioning why ExEH isn’t simply hosted at Magic Kingdom all through the approaching months, it’s because of Mickey’s Now not So Horrifying Halloween Birthday party. There are 3 weekly MNSSHPs all through maximum of August and September, which is exactly why Walt Disney Global in large part has have shyed away from this sort of scheduling all through previous Birthday party Seasons. The above weeks are the exception to that.
Going ahead, we’d no longer 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 may be able to squeeze in a single ultimate Prolonged Night time Hours at Magic Kingdom this yr, however we doubt it.
This all brings us to the most recent construction, which is that Walt Disney Global has added Prolonged Night time Hours at Disney’s Hollywood Studios from overdue August thru October 2025 at the following dates:
- Friday, August 29, 2025
- Wednesday, September 10, 2025
- Wednesday, September 17, 2025
- Wednesday, September 24, 2025
- Wednesday, October 1, 2025
- Wednesday, October 8, 2025
That’s as some distance out because the agenda recently is going. Be aware that the primary date on that checklist is a Friday, which occurs now and again, particularly forward of vacation weekends. Closing yr, it came about forward of Columbus Day, which is usually a shockingly fashionable weekend because of Fall Destroy.
Exertions Day isn’t just about as busy, however there’s a Mickey’s Now not So Horrifying Halloween Birthday party scheduled that Friday, so most likely Walt Disney Global sought after counterprogramming to that. There’s additionally the primary weekend of Meals & Wine at EPCOT. There’s additionally the truth that After Hours at Disney’s Hollywood Studios is scheduled that Wednesday, however visitors would favor ExEH at DHS versus DAK, so transferring the agenda to Friday simply is sensible.
It’s a confluence of cases, and one we would possibly see repeated round mid-October to Fall Destroy. The similar is imaginable once more in early November because of Veterans Day, Jersey Week, and the beginning of Mickey’s Very Merry Christmas Birthday party and Disney Jollywood Nights. We will see.
Finally, our expectation is that Disney’s Hollywood Studios will host Prolonged Night time Hours on long term Wednesdays thru November 5, 2025, which is sooner than the predicted get started of the Jollywood Nights Christmas Birthday party.
This has kind of 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. There could be the aforementioned agenda anomalies on a few dates, however that are supposed to be the fashion for the rest of the Halloween season.
It’s our expectation that Prolonged Night time Hours will transfer again to Animal Kingdom beginning November 12, 2025. It’s going to almost definitely proceed there till early 2026, most likely with a few exceptions as soon as DJN and MVMCP wind down. However that hasn’t took place in earlier years–it moved to Animal Kingdom and stayed there. Even supposing Prolonged Night time Hours nonetheless isn’t as fascinating at DAK, a minimum of in November, it happens completely at evening because of the sooner sundown time.
Once more, not anything after October 8, 2025 is at the legitimate calendar. The remaining is solely speculative on our phase in keeping with previous precedent. Simply because DHS “can” host ExEH doesn’t imply that’s what’s going to occur. Don’t plan round any of this till Walt Disney Global formally provides it to the calendar.
Rides Open for Prolonged Night time Hours at DHS
Right here’s the eligible appeal roster for Prolonged Night time 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
- Famous person Excursions – The Adventures Proceed
- Toy Tale Mania!
- The Twilight Zone Tower of Terror
The conspicuous omission from that checklist is Famous person Wars: Upward thrust of the Resistance, which was once a part of Prolonged Night time Hours at Disney’s Hollywood Studios a few years in the past. It wasn’t ultimate yr, so we presume this to be correct for 2025. (Particularly since MuppetVision 3-D has been got rid of from the checklist, indicating it was once up to date fairly not too long ago.)
Technique for Prolonged Night time Hours at DHS
We extremely suggest doing Prolonged Night time Hours at Disney’s Hollywood Studios. I attended a type of evenings two years in the past, and it was once nice. We’d be expecting the similar to carry true for Prolonged Night time Hours at DHS in Fall 2025, even with out Famous person Wars: Upward thrust of the Resistance.
I’m recently debating whether or not to do Prolonged Night time Hours at Disney’s Hollywood Studios on August 29 or a moment Mickey’s Now not So Horrifying Halloween Birthday party for the sake of analysis. Now not a lot is converting at this yr’s MNSSHP, in order that appears like overkill. Plus, that’ll price cash and that is “loose.” 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 lifestyles. Now not that you just care–simply pondering aloud.
Tentatively, our advice for ExEH at DHS is doing points of interest within the following order:
- Famous person Wars: Upward thrust of the Resistance (a couple of mins sooner than legitimate park remaining)
- Millennium Falcon: Smugglers Run
- Mickey & Minnie’s Runaway Railway
- Rock ‘n’ Curler Coaster
- Tower of Terror
- Toy Tale Mania (time allowing)
- Slinky Canine Sprint (as again and again as imaginable, which is almost definitely simply as soon as)
If arriving to DHS a pair hours sooner than remaining, attempt to knock out RnRC and Tower of Terror sooner than park remaining. It’s been a little since I’ve finished ExEH at DHS, and the above plan could be overly formidable relying upon crowd ranges. Higher to try decrease and, time allowing, simply loop Slinky Canine Sprint on the finish of the evening.
In the end, we’re large fanatics of Prolonged Night time Hours at Disney’s Hollywood Studios, and are glad to have this feature from overdue August thru a minimum of mid-October, and with a bit of luck past. Frankly, DHS is my second-favorite park for Prolonged Night time Hours after Magic Kingdom. It’s indubitably higher than Animal Kingdom, particularly given the restricted journey roster of the latter.
Then there’s EPCOT. Even supposing few issues are as delightful as a serene walk thru Global Show off after park remaining, the ‘nation path’ is steadily closed off after a undeniable time and journey breakdowns could make EPCOT Prolonged Night time Hours a lot much less productive. (I’ve had a few ExEHs “ruined” at EPCOT because of downtime.)
At the plus aspect, EPCOT could also be higher now that Take a look at Monitor 3.0 has debuted and there are 4-5 headliner rides, relying upon what you depend. Disney’s Hollywood Studios remains to be higher suited for host Prolonged Night time Hours because of its journey roster and compact format. See our Technique Information Information for Prolonged Night time Hours at Walt Disney Global for more information & pointers.
Making plans a Walt Disney Global commute? Know about lodges on our Walt Disney Global Resorts Critiques web page. For the place to devour, learn our Walt Disney Global Eating place Critiques. To save cash on tickets or resolve which sort to shop for, learn our Guidelines for Saving Cash on Walt Disney Global Tickets submit. Our What to Pack for Disney Journeys submit takes a singular take a look at suave pieces to take. For what to do and when to do it, our Walt Disney Global Trip Guides will lend a hand. For complete recommendation, the most efficient position to begin is our Walt Disney Global Go back and forth Making plans Information for the whole thing you wish to have to grasp!
YOUR THOUGHTS
Will you be benefiting from Prolonged Night time Hours at Disney’s Hollywood Studios in Fall 2025? Did you do that at DHS ultimate yr when it was once introduced? Hoping Prolonged Night time Hours keep at DHS thru Christmas? Ideas at the journey roster with the exception of Famous person Wars: Upward thrust of the Resistance? Do you settle or disagree with our review? Any questions we will 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!
The curler coaster saga of Prolonged Night time Hours at Walt Disney Global is over (with a bit of luck?), with Hollywood Studios now set to host the overtime perk for a couple of months all through the rest of 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 time 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 Price or Average Accommodations don’t seem to be eligible for Prolonged Night time Hours. However it’s no longer simply the costliest lodges–you’ll be able to get monetary savings via renting DVC issues or staying on the Swolphin and nonetheless be eligible if you wish to hack ExEH.
Prolonged Night time Theme Park Hours has two varieties of lodge eligibility, happens two times week, is at two parks, and runs for 2 hours. It’s in most cases Monday at EPCOT and Wednesday at Magic Kingdom. On the other hand, the large trade in fresh weeks is that Prolonged Night time Hours has (most commonly) moved clear of Magic Kingdom, most likely till January 2026.
For individuals who haven’t been following this saga, it all started with Walt Disney Global making a number of calendar adjustments to put the groundwork for the debut of Disney Starlight Evening Parade. For the needs of this submit, essentially the most notable of which was once transferring ExEH over to Animal Kingdom.
That’s been happening for approximately a month at this level, and can proceed for a number of extra dates in overdue summer season. Curiously, the different adjustments made to mitigate crowds for Starlight–Forged Member blockouts and Annual Move reservation regulations–were rolled again. The adaptation is that Prolonged Night time Hours revolves round park hours, that means Magic Kingdom can be open till 1 am if it hosted the perk.
Having a look ahead, Animal Kingdom hosts Prolonged Night time Hours on two extra upcoming Wednesdays: August 6 and August 20, 2025. That’s it for the near-term, however as mentioned beneath, ExEH will most likely go back to DAK at Christmas.
Prolonged Night time Hours are usually extra fashionable all through the summer season months, irrespective of decrease crowds, because of increased temperatures. On the other hand, that’s additionally when visitors get an additional two hours of overdue nights in Magic Kingdom or EPCOT. Animal Kingdom closes at 6 pm maximum nights this summer season, that means that those ‘additional hours’ were starting and finishing sooner than sundown.
Between this and Animal Kingdom no longer being just about as fashionable as Magic Kingdom, the transfer to DAK has been debatable with visitors. I lately did a park remaining dinner at Tiffins and exited the park 90 mins after remaining, and it was once nonetheless vast sunlight (and very popular). That underscored to me why visitors were lower than enthused about ExEH at DAK.
Most likely spotting this, Walt Disney Global has added a pair extra Wednesday evening Prolonged Night time Hours at Magic Kingdom on August 13, 2025 and September 3, 2025.
Should you’re questioning why ExEH isn’t simply hosted at Magic Kingdom all through the approaching months, it’s because of Mickey’s Now not So Horrifying Halloween Birthday party. There are 3 weekly MNSSHPs all through maximum of August and September, which is exactly why Walt Disney Global in large part has have shyed away from this sort of scheduling all through previous Birthday party Seasons. The above weeks are the exception to that.
Going ahead, we’d no longer 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 may be able to squeeze in a single ultimate Prolonged Night time Hours at Magic Kingdom this yr, however we doubt it.
This all brings us to the most recent construction, which is that Walt Disney Global has added Prolonged Night time Hours at Disney’s Hollywood Studios from overdue August thru October 2025 at the following dates:
- Friday, August 29, 2025
- Wednesday, September 10, 2025
- Wednesday, September 17, 2025
- Wednesday, September 24, 2025
- Wednesday, October 1, 2025
- Wednesday, October 8, 2025
That’s as some distance out because the agenda recently is going. Be aware that the primary date on that checklist is a Friday, which occurs now and again, particularly forward of vacation weekends. Closing yr, it came about forward of Columbus Day, which is usually a shockingly fashionable weekend because of Fall Destroy.
Exertions Day isn’t just about as busy, however there’s a Mickey’s Now not So Horrifying Halloween Birthday party scheduled that Friday, so most likely Walt Disney Global sought after counterprogramming to that. There’s additionally the primary weekend of Meals & Wine at EPCOT. There’s additionally the truth that After Hours at Disney’s Hollywood Studios is scheduled that Wednesday, however visitors would favor ExEH at DHS versus DAK, so transferring the agenda to Friday simply is sensible.
It’s a confluence of cases, and one we would possibly see repeated round mid-October to Fall Destroy. The similar is imaginable once more in early November because of Veterans Day, Jersey Week, and the beginning of Mickey’s Very Merry Christmas Birthday party and Disney Jollywood Nights. We will see.
Finally, our expectation is that Disney’s Hollywood Studios will host Prolonged Night time Hours on long term Wednesdays thru November 5, 2025, which is sooner than the predicted get started of the Jollywood Nights Christmas Birthday party.
This has kind of 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. There could be the aforementioned agenda anomalies on a few dates, however that are supposed to be the fashion for the rest of the Halloween season.
It’s our expectation that Prolonged Night time Hours will transfer again to Animal Kingdom beginning November 12, 2025. It’s going to almost definitely proceed there till early 2026, most likely with a few exceptions as soon as DJN and MVMCP wind down. However that hasn’t took place in earlier years–it moved to Animal Kingdom and stayed there. Even supposing Prolonged Night time Hours nonetheless isn’t as fascinating at DAK, a minimum of in November, it happens completely at evening because of the sooner sundown time.
Once more, not anything after October 8, 2025 is at the legitimate calendar. The remaining is solely speculative on our phase in keeping with previous precedent. Simply because DHS “can” host ExEH doesn’t imply that’s what’s going to occur. Don’t plan round any of this till Walt Disney Global formally provides it to the calendar.
Rides Open for Prolonged Night time Hours at DHS
Right here’s the eligible appeal roster for Prolonged Night time 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
- Famous person Excursions – The Adventures Proceed
- Toy Tale Mania!
- The Twilight Zone Tower of Terror
The conspicuous omission from that checklist is Famous person Wars: Upward thrust of the Resistance, which was once a part of Prolonged Night time Hours at Disney’s Hollywood Studios a few years in the past. It wasn’t ultimate yr, so we presume this to be correct for 2025. (Particularly since MuppetVision 3-D has been got rid of from the checklist, indicating it was once up to date fairly not too long ago.)
Technique for Prolonged Night time Hours at DHS
We extremely suggest doing Prolonged Night time Hours at Disney’s Hollywood Studios. I attended a type of evenings two years in the past, and it was once nice. We’d be expecting the similar to carry true for Prolonged Night time Hours at DHS in Fall 2025, even with out Famous person Wars: Upward thrust of the Resistance.
I’m recently debating whether or not to do Prolonged Night time Hours at Disney’s Hollywood Studios on August 29 or a moment Mickey’s Now not So Horrifying Halloween Birthday party for the sake of analysis. Now not a lot is converting at this yr’s MNSSHP, in order that appears like overkill. Plus, that’ll price cash and that is “loose.” 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 lifestyles. Now not that you just care–simply pondering aloud.
Tentatively, our advice for ExEH at DHS is doing points of interest within the following order:
- Famous person Wars: Upward thrust of the Resistance (a couple of mins sooner than legitimate park remaining)
- Millennium Falcon: Smugglers Run
- Mickey & Minnie’s Runaway Railway
- Rock ‘n’ Curler Coaster
- Tower of Terror
- Toy Tale Mania (time allowing)
- Slinky Canine Sprint (as again and again as imaginable, which is almost definitely simply as soon as)
If arriving to DHS a pair hours sooner than remaining, attempt to knock out RnRC and Tower of Terror sooner than park remaining. It’s been a little since I’ve finished ExEH at DHS, and the above plan could be overly formidable relying upon crowd ranges. Higher to try decrease and, time allowing, simply loop Slinky Canine Sprint on the finish of the evening.
In the end, we’re large fanatics of Prolonged Night time Hours at Disney’s Hollywood Studios, and are glad to have this feature from overdue August thru a minimum of mid-October, and with a bit of luck past. Frankly, DHS is my second-favorite park for Prolonged Night time Hours after Magic Kingdom. It’s indubitably higher than Animal Kingdom, particularly given the restricted journey roster of the latter.
Then there’s EPCOT. Even supposing few issues are as delightful as a serene walk thru Global Show off after park remaining, the ‘nation path’ is steadily closed off after a undeniable time and journey breakdowns could make EPCOT Prolonged Night time Hours a lot much less productive. (I’ve had a few ExEHs “ruined” at EPCOT because of downtime.)
At the plus aspect, EPCOT could also be higher now that Take a look at Monitor 3.0 has debuted and there are 4-5 headliner rides, relying upon what you depend. Disney’s Hollywood Studios remains to be higher suited for host Prolonged Night time Hours because of its journey roster and compact format. See our Technique Information Information for Prolonged Night time Hours at Walt Disney Global for more information & pointers.
Making plans a Walt Disney Global commute? Know about lodges on our Walt Disney Global Resorts Critiques web page. For the place to devour, learn our Walt Disney Global Eating place Critiques. To save cash on tickets or resolve which sort to shop for, learn our Guidelines for Saving Cash on Walt Disney Global Tickets submit. Our What to Pack for Disney Journeys submit takes a singular take a look at suave pieces to take. For what to do and when to do it, our Walt Disney Global Trip Guides will lend a hand. For complete recommendation, the most efficient position to begin is our Walt Disney Global Go back and forth Making plans Information for the whole thing you wish to have to grasp!
YOUR THOUGHTS
Will you be benefiting from Prolonged Night time Hours at Disney’s Hollywood Studios in Fall 2025? Did you do that at DHS ultimate yr when it was once introduced? Hoping Prolonged Night time Hours keep at DHS thru Christmas? Ideas at the journey roster with the exception of Famous person Wars: Upward thrust of the Resistance? Do you settle or disagree with our review? Any questions we will 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!
