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Disney World is changing quite a bit these days! The parks are getting a major overhaul, but the crowds are still coming to the parks even while there’s a symphony of construction underway.
Magic Kingdom Crowds
How do we know that? Well, Disney’s most expensive skip-the-line service has sold out multiple days in a row!
Disney’s first After Hours event of the year officially sold out at the Magic Kingdom earlier this week.
Magic Kingdom After Hours
The January 12th event, which offered tickets at $175, was completely sold out as of Monday morning. The event, which sees the park open an extra three hours for ticketholders to enjoy at a lower capacity, was the first of 16 After Hours events at the Magic Kingdom scheduled for the year.
We’ve talked about it a thousand times by now, but holiday time at Disney World is the busiest time of year, and you should not underestimate the crowds during your visit.
The crowds have arrived
If one of your ways of beating the crowds is by purchasing Lightning Lanes, well, we have some news that might make you change your strategy.
Trying to plan a Disney World trip during the holiday season can be as difficult as trying to wrangle eels into a bucket — but it doesn’t have to be! And, if you’re heading to Disney World during Christmas this year, we’ve got great news because park hours have just been released for the season.
Christmas at Disney World!
Between Mickey’s Very Merry Christmas Party at Magic Kingdom, Jollywood Nights at Hollywood Studios, the EPCOT International Festival of the Holidays, and so much more, now is a great time to experience the holidays at Disney World. Let’s get into all the details!
We’re less than a month away from the official opening of Epic Universe on May 22nd, and we couldn’t be more excited!
Portal Entrance to Super Nintendo World
Currently, the park is operating at around 20% capacity during Annual Passholder previews (ongoing through May 19th), but when it opens fully, it’ll be at full capacity (100%). How many of these days are really looking like they’ll be at full capacity, though? Well, we just took a look at ticket sales, and those of you who are visiting during the first few weeks may want to prepare yourselves.
Universal Orlando Annual Passholders’ Epic Universe early previews officially kicked off on April 17th. Now, we’ve already been to a media event to check it out, but we’re Passholders, too, so what can we say? We are BACK!
Epic Universe
Obviously, we can’t get enough of Epic Universe, but today is a little different from when we were last here. For starters, early preview tickets for Annual Passholders sold out for multiple dates, so we had to see how that impacts crowds in the new park on the first day of these previews!
What does Disney World look like on a sold-out day?!
Cinderella Castle
In early 2024, Disney World got rid of its park pass reservation system for the majority of its guests — those with date-based tickets. However, Annual Passholders and other people with specific tickets still need to make reservations. Park pass reservations can “sell out” on busier days, meaning that those folks will be blocked out from visiting the parks that are “sold out” — and that’s exactly what happened on Monday, January 6th.
January 6th is shaping up to be a big day at Disney World.
Cinderella Castle
This random Monday in January is looking like it’s going to be a very busy day at the parks! We’ve just gotten out of the busy holiday season, but this upcoming weekend, January 8th through January 12th, is the Walt Disney World Marathon Weekend, which is likely to bring in lots of people to the parks. As we start the marathon week, there may be other factors at play that are causing January 6th to be SO busy.
Do you want to know one of our favorite tricks to riding as many Disney World attractions as possible in a single day?
Magic Kingdom
Nope, we’re not talking about hitting the parks for rope drop or using Lightning Lanes, we’re here to talk about Disney After Hours! These events are offered on select nights throughout the year, and with your ticket, you’ll have access to the park of your choice after it closes for the day. With After Hours, we’ve been able to knock out SO many rides with short wait times, and it looks like people are starting to catch on to the appeal!
It’s no secret that the holiday season is a very busy time in Disney World.
Lightning Lane at Expedition Everest
That’s especially true now that we’re getting closer to New Year’s Eve. In fact, we’ve already seen park pass reservations sell out at three of Disney World’s parks. We also expected to see Lightning Lane Multi Pass to sell out, at least for the more popular parks (like Magic Kingdom, for example), but today…Lightning Lane Multi Pass sold out for Disney World’s least popular park — and y’all, this was not on our 2024 bingo card.
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