After a month of relatively low crowds, short park hours, and plentiful Disney Park Pass Reservation availability, our luck may finally be running out. As spring break season approaches, it looks like Disney World is preparing for larger-than-average crowds.
How can you tell, exactly? By looking at the park hours and Park Pass Reservation availability, that’s how! Let’s take a look at what the week of March 7th is shaping up to be, and what you can do to prepare if you’re heading to Disney World next week!
Disney World Park Hours the Week of March 7th
Magic Kingdom will be open later than it has in the past few weeks! On Sunday, March 7th through Monday, March 8th, and Friday, March 12th, and Saturday 13th, March, the park will be open from 9AM-10PM. On Tuesday, March 9th, and Thursday, March 11th, Magic Kingdom will be open from 9AM-8PM. Finally, on Wednesday, March 10th, Magic Kingdom will be open from 9AM-7PM.
EPCOT’s park hours also vary from day to day next week. From Sunday, March 7th through Thursday, March 11th, EPCOT will be open from 11AM-8PM. On Friday, March 12th, EPCOT will be open from 11AM-9PM. And on Saturday, March 13th, EPCOT will be open from 11AM-11PM. The EPCOT Flower and Garden Festival will be open the same hours as the park each day.
Typically, Disney’s Hollywood Studios has the same hours daily. Next week, however, there will be a slight variation! From Sunday, March 7th through Thursday, March 11th, Hollywood Studios will be open from 9AM-7PM. On Friday, March 12th, and Saturday, March 13th, Hollywood Studios will be open from 9AM-8PM.
Finally, Disney’s Animal Kingdom has varying hours as well. On Sunday, March 7th and Thursday, March 11th, Animal Kingdom will be open from 8AM-6PM. From Monday, March 8th through Wednesday, March 10th, Animal Kingdom will be open from 8AM-5PM. On Friday, March 12th, Animal Kingdom will be open from 8AM-7PM. And on Saturday, March 13th, Animal Kingdom will be open from 8AM-8PM.
Across the board, all four theme parks will be open for additional hours on Saturday, March 13th. When you look at the park hours, it appears to be the case that spring break is right around the corner, and Disney is preparing for those crowds!
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Current Disney Park Pass Reservation Availability the Week of March 7th
For the last few weeks, Disney Park Pass Reservation availability has been fairly wide open across all three ticket types. For the week of March 7th, however, that’s a different story. Let’s take a look and what your current options are, depending on your ticket type, if you’re heading to the parks next week.
Disney Resort Guests
For Disney Resort Guests, Park Pass Reservations are currently available at Magic Kingdom, EPCOT, and Disney’s Animal Kingdom on March 7th as well as from March 9th through March 11th.
On March 8th, 12th, and 13th, Disney Resort Guests can book a Park Pass Reservation at EPCOT and Disney’s Animal Kingdom.
Theme Park Ticket Guests
Theme Park Ticket Guests currently have the same Park Pass Reservation availability as Disney Resort Guests, which typically tends to be the case. Theme Park Ticket Guests can book at Park Pass Reservation at Magic Kingdom, EPCOT, and Disney’s Animal Kingdom on March 7th, 9th, 10th, and 11th.
And just like Disney Resort Guests, Park Pass Reservations are available at EPCOT and Disney’s Animal Kingdom on March 8th, 12th, and 13th.
Annual Passholders
Annual Passholders typically have the most restrictive Park Pass Reservation availability, but as of this writing, the opposite is true! We’ll start with the bad news: on Sunday, March 7th, all four theme parks are completely booked and no Annual Passholder Park Pass Reservations are available.
However, from March 8th through 12th, all four theme parks are completely wide open for Annual Passholders!
On Saturday, March 13th, Annual Passholders can book a Park Pass Reservation at EPCOT and Disney’s Animal Kingdom.
The rest of March is shaping up to be busy as well. Disney World could be the busiest it has been since the holiday season, so if you’re heading into the parks next week, be sure to pack your patience! Also, follow along as we continue to report the latest happenings from Disney World!
Click here to check out photos from the first signs of spring break crowds arriving in Disney World.
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