One of our favorite Disney World hotel perks is set to return once again in January, and we can’t wait to hit up Magic Kingdom and EPCOT after dark!
Spaceship Earth crowds during EPCOT’s Extended Evening park hours
Extended Evening Hours offers two extra hours to guests staying at Disney Deluxe Tier or Deluxe Villa resorts at select theme parks on select evenings after the park closes to the general public, and there are several nights when it’s offered in January!
This January, Extended Evening Hours is confirmed to be RETURNING to the Magic Kingdom and EPCOT. According to the Disney World app — the calendar of which goes out further than the Disney World website’s calendar — both parks will begin offering the perk during the first week of the month.
Cinderella Castle at night
The Magic Kingdom is scheduled to first offer Extended Evening Hours from 9 to 11 PM on Wednesday, January 6th and 13th…
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… while EPCOT will offer them from 9 to 11 PM on Monday, January 4th and 11th.
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While the calendar doesn’t extend further yet, the way that Extended Evening Hours normally work tells us that the two parks will continue to offer the perk on those two days throughout the rest of the month.
Remy’s Ratatouille Adventure
The Extended Evening Hours perk is available to guests at the following hotels:
- Disney’s Animal Kingdom Lodge
- Disney’s Beach Club Resort
- Disney’s BoardWalk Inn
- Disney’s 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’s Contemporary Resort
- Boulder Ridge Villas at Disney’s Wilderness Lodge
- Copper Creek Villas & Cabins at Disney’s Wilderness Lodge
- Disney’s Animal Kingdom Villas – Jambo House
- Disney’s Animal Kingdom Villas – Kidani Village
- Disney’s Beach Club Villas
- Disney’s BoardWalk Villas
- Disney’s Old Key West Resort
- Disney’s Polynesian Villas & Bungalows
- Disney’s Riviera Resort
- Disney’s Saratoga Springs Resort & Spa
- The Cabins at Disney’s Fort Wilderness Resort – A Disney Vacation Club Resort (The extended evening theme park hours benefit applies to Disney Vacation Club Cabins only.)
- The Villas at Disney’s Grand Floridian Resort & Spa
- Walt Disney World Swan Hotel
- Walt Disney World Dolphin Hotel
- Walt Disney World Swan Reserve
- Shades of Green on Walt Disney World Resort
BoardWalk Inn
Extended Evening Hours are confirmed to return to both the Magic Kingdom and EPCOT in January. Stay tuned to DFB for further updates on Disney World’s calendar.
While Extended Evening Hours are coming back, many things about Disney World are changing in 2027. We rounded them all up here:
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