Disney After Hours Events Expanding to EPCOT & Returning to Typhoon Lagoon

Walt Disney World has introduced that After Hours is coming to EPCOT for the primary time, returning to Typhoon Lagoon, and having dates added at Hollywood Studios in Summer 2023. This put up covers the whole lot it’s essential know: dates, particulars, pricing–plus our commentary.

In case you aren’t aware of Disney After Hours, these late-night, individually ticketed occasions allow you to get pleasure from a Walt Disney World theme park for 3 further hours after common park hours, with treats akin to ice cream, popcorn and choose drinks included. The variety of tickets for these After Hours occasions is proscribed, which suggests decrease wait instances for widespread points of interest.

After Hours occasion tickets additionally permit visitors to enter the park early through the “mix-in” interval when it’s nonetheless open to day visitors. That means After Hours ticket holders have entry to the park starting at 6 p.m. at Typhoon Lagoon, and starting at 7 p.m. for EPCOT and Disney’s Hollywood Studios.

For the primary time in eternally, EPCOT is internet hosting After Hours in Summer 2023! This signifies that for 3 hours after the gates shut, After Hours visitors can have entry to Frozen Ever After, Guardians of the Galaxy: Cosmic Rewind, Remy’s Ratatouille Adventure, and extra. This is your probability to discover all 4 neighborhoods within the park with shorter attraction wait instances.

Disney After Hours at EPCOT takes place choose nights June 1 to August 24, 2023. Ticket costs range based mostly on date:

EPCOT After Hours points of interest embody the next:

• Frozen Ever After
• Gran Fiesta Tour Starring The Three Caballeros
• Guardians of the Galaxy: Cosmic Rewind
• Living with the Land
• Mission: SPACE
• Remy’s Ratatouille Adventure
• The Seas with Nemo & Friends
• Soarin’ Around the World
• Spaceship Earth
• Test Track

Attractions and experiences are topic to alter with out discover.

But that’s not all! Grab your neon swimwear and prepare for some glowing tropical enjoyable! Disney’s Typhoon Lagoon Water Park will reopen in Spring 2023 and together with that, H2O Glow After Hours can be again and able to “light” up the summer time.

With its vibrant decor, a specifically themed menu of snacks and treats all through the park and your favourite watery points of interest below the celebrities, the favored after-hours social gathering is a “must-do” with family and friends this summer time. Don’t miss out on what could possibly be the high-“light” of your summer time! Move and groove to scorching beats throughout a DJ dance social gathering! H2O Glow is yet one more new expertise returning to Walt Disney World’s After Hours lineup.

Disney H2O Glow After Hours takes place choose nights May 20, 2023 to September 2, 2023.

• May 20 and 27
• June 3, 10, 17 and 24
• July 1, 3, 8, 15, 22, 29 and 31
• August 5, 12, 19 and 26
• September 2

After Hours at Typhoon Lagoon Prices:

• Adult (ages 10 and up): $75 plus tax
• Child (ages 3 to 9): $70 plus tax

After Hours at Typhoon Lagoon Discounts:

• Passholder or DVC Member – Adult (ages 10 and up): $59 plus tax
• Passholder or DVC Member – Child (ages 3 to 9): $54 plus tax

On one other optimistic be aware, After Hours at Disney’s Hollywood Studios is including extra 2023 dates! The occasion has been promoting out shortly at DHS, and provides visitors the prospect to take management of the Millennium Falcon in Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge, journey via a cartoon journey in Mickey & Minnie’s Runaway Railway, play like one in every of Andy’s favourite toys in Toy Story Land and extra.

This occasion takes place choose nights via June 28, 2023. Below are the previously-released dates, lots of which are actually bought out, plus the brand new ones scheduled for Summer 2023. Ticket costs range based mostly on date:

Guests of choose Walt Disney World Resort resorts can start buying Disney After Hours tickets for EPCOT and Typhoon Lagoon as early as February 28. The advance-purchase window is offered to visitors at Disney Resort resorts and Walt Disney World Swan and Dolphin Hotels, in addition to Shades of Green at Walt Disney World Resort.

After Hours occasion tickets for EPCOT, Typhoon Lagoon, and Disney’s Hollywood Studios may be bought by all visitors beginning March 3, 2023, with costs starting from $75 to $149 (plus tax). Disney Vacation Club members and Annual Passholders can even buy discounted tickets for choose dates.

In phrases of commentary, it’s fascinating to see the announcement of After Hours at EPCOT. As famous above, that is the first-time the park has ever hosted After Hours, which in all probability was not provided pre-closure as a result of restricted journey roster. Both Guardians of the Galaxy: Cosmic Rewind and Remy’s Ratatouille Adventure are current additions, so these attracts wouldn’t have existed beforehand.

On high of that, Frozen Ever After and Test Track haven’t at all times been essentially the most dependable rides (I’ve executed Extended Evening Hours when one or each went down, which actually threw a monkey wrench into my plans.) So it in all probability didn’t make sense to supply After Hours earlier than.

Now that these new points of interest have debuted, and the entrance of the park is nearer to coming collectively, it is sensible to supply After Hours at EPCOT than it does to convey it again to Animal Kingdom.

There, the primary draw is looping Avatar Flight of Passage, which shortly loses its luster because you’re “forced” to do the interminably lengthy pre-show in between rides. (If you didn’t hate it earlier than, you’ll undoubtedly hate it after seeing it ten instances in a single night time–I converse from expertise!)

It stands to motive that Guardians of the Galaxy: Cosmic Rewind will lose its digital queue earlier than After Hours at EPCOT. Then once more, I’ve thought this was an inevitability that was “right around the corner” since about final July. The solely conceivable difficulty is the shortage of bodily queue house.

Regardless, I’m guessing Cosmic Rewind drops the VQ earlier than TRON Lightcycle Run opens. There’s loads of house for an overflow queue outdoors the constructing, identical to the road for Slinky Dog Dash extends far past that attraction entrance each day.

It’s additionally unsurprising that extra dates are being added for After Hours at Disney’s Hollywood Studios. Not to pat ourselves on the again because it was hardly a daring prediction, however we referred to as this one. (We additionally referred to as or hoped for a themed Magic Kingdom After Hours occasion this summer time. Here’s hoping that has merely but to be introduced.)

If you haven’t already learn it, we’d advocate testing our standalone Guide to 2023 After Hours at Disney’s Hollywood Studios. While we’re important of “overbuying” upcharge choices as a consequence of FOMO and so forth, we truly love After Hours at DHS. It’s undoubtedly a splurge, nevertheless it’s one which’s truly definitely worth the cash. After Hours at Disney’s Hollywood Studios provides a VIP vibe to the go to, and at a fraction of the value of hiring a tour information. After Hours at DHS is our favourite of those occasions, and the one that provides essentially the most worth for cash as a consequence of lack of alternate options to the paid occasion.

I assume we’ll find yourself doing After Hours at EPCOT, however I can’t think about that’ll earn as enthusiastic of a advice. In giant half, that’s as a result of we’ve already executed the free model of After Hours there many instances through Extended Evening Hours. We actually like that occasion…when it’s free. 

The distinction between EPCOT and Disney’s Hollywood Studios is the variety of headliners. While the quantity has elevated at EPCOT, there are nonetheless extra at DHS–and it’s a harder park to “conquer” with typical technique. Early Entry nonetheless works fairly effectively at EPCOT, as does Genie+ when you don’t thoughts criss-crossing the park.

We have comparable emotions about After Hours at Typhoon Lagoon. Without query, nighttime is the most effective time at Typhoon Lagoon. We’ve talked about this earlier than, nevertheless it’s value reiterating that sundown and past is our favourite time to go to the water parks. We’ve executed Typhoon Lagoon within the night a number of instances, together with Moonlight Magic (once more) final summer time.

With that mentioned, the important distinction is that each one of these have been free. I’m unsure I’d pay ~$75 per individual for this expertise if I have been a mean visitor. There are a number of different issues I’d first prioritize with that cash. With that mentioned, if I have been selecting between the price of a single-day water park ticket or H2O Glow After Hours occasion admission…I may be keen to pay the premium value for night. It’s actually a way more nice expertise, not less than in my view.

Ultimately, now we have very combined emotions about After Hours and the way it has basically put a paywall round what was regular working hours at Walt Disney World. However, we’ve made these complaints many instances previously (see this when you’ve missed them), so I received’t rehash them right here.

Setting all of that apart, we like After Hours and advocate it to a number of first-timers and rare Walt Disney World visitors. Between the low crowds and the timing (late at night time throughout what would be the hottest months of the yr in Florida), it’s a pleasing and quasi-VIP expertise.

Compared to different Walt Disney World upcharges, After Hours is definitely one we are able to endorse. It’s solely barely costlier than the Magic Kingdom Fireworks Dessert Parties (which have elevated in value a ton over time).

After Hours is corresponding to the Halloween and Christmas events, albeit with considerably decrease crowds and minus the seasonal leisure. In reality, we’re so happy with this occasion that it made our Best Value Splurges at Walt Disney World List.

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Your Thoughts

Have you attended After Hours at Magic Kingdom or Hollywood Studios this yr? Planning on attending the occasion at EPCOT, Typhoon Lagoon, or one of many summer time dates at DHS? Hopeful {that a} themed social gathering involves Magic Kingdom this summer time? What do you consider the occasion? Would you attend, or is it too dear? Do you agree or disagree with our evaluation? Any questions we can assist you reply? Hearing your suggestions–even while you disagree with us–is each fascinating to us and useful to different readers, so please share your ideas under within the feedback!