How do tickets for After Hours work?

[Mo&Chris]

I'm just about to book after hours tickets for Animal Kingdom for May, but before I do...

Do we get physical tickets or e tickets? We haven't got park tickets or magic bands yet. I know you don't need park tickets to go to these events, so how does it get linked up?

Any insight, please?

/Mo

[FloridaNuts93]

We bought direct from Disney, and they were linked up to MDE. We never had physical tickets.

[THE WIZARD]

If you book on MDE you dont get tickets you just get it come up on MDE as confirmation. When you arrive (its started at 9pm for us in September), they check that you can actually come into AK then direct you to where you get your wrist bands. We had park tickets so went in at 7pm for dinner before it started so if you don't have park tickets then you will be allowed in at 9pm when it starts (it will show up when they check your Magic Bands). They were turning people away who did not have park tickets before then. It was a great evening but don't do Pandora first as it will still have a que for people with park tickets in it. Go up to Everest or Dinosaur Ride (its usually empty) then work your way back to Pandora. Dont miss Rivers of Light it was really good.

[BarryL]

Originally Posted by THE WIZARD

If you book on MDE you dont get tickets you just get it come up on MDE as confirmation. When you arrive (its started at 9pm for us in September), they check that you can actually come into AK then direct you to where you get your wrist bands. We had park tickets so went in at 7pm for dinner before it started so if you don't have park tickets then you will be allowed in at 9pm when it starts (it will show up when they check your Magic Bands). They were turning people away who did not have park tickets before then. It was a great evening but don't do Pandora first as it will still have a que for people with park tickets in it. Go up to Everest or Dinosaur Ride (its usually empty) then work your way back to Pandora. Dont miss Rivers of Light it was really good.

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They were turning people away before 9?
Disney's own info page states you can enter from 7pm with an after hours ticket
disneyworld.disney.go/en...m-after-hours/

I haven't done an AK after hours but I've been in MK at 7pm without using a day ticket

[captain-codeye]

Originally Posted by BarryL

They were turning people away before 9?
Disney's own info page states you can enter from 7pm with an after hours ticket
disneyworld.disney.go/en...m-after-hours/

I haven't done an AK after hours but I've been in MK at 7pm without using a day ticket

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Yes that’s correct, they can’t turn people away as it clearly states entry from 7pm.

I’m looking for mk in Feb and I will be in for 7!

[Guest]

Originally Posted by BarryL

They were turning people away before 9?
Disney's own info page states you can enter from 7pm with an after hours ticket
disneyworld.disney.go/en...m-after-hours/

I haven't done an AK after hours but I've been in MK at 7pm without using a day ticket

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No they wouldn’t be. It is like MNSSHP, I didn’t have a day ticket but I was allowed into the park at 4pm and could book fast passes.

[Posiesmum]

Originally Posted by Claudette

No they wouldn’t be. It is like MNSSHP, I didn’t have a day ticket but I was allowed into the park at 4pm and could book fast passes.

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Same for MVMCP, we don’t have day tickets, but have booked FP from 4pm despite the entry time of 7pm.

[Mo&Chris]

Booked this morning, for 9th May.

If anyone else wonders about this, the one thing I'll add to Wizard's post is that when you book, it asks for the names of who's going, so you need to be linked up on MDE first.

We got a sample of Animal Kingdom in the dark last year, after getting a sunset FP for Kilimanjaro Safari, and loved it, so can't wait to get a lot more time to wander in the dark!

/Mo

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Originally Posted by Mo&Chris

Booked this morning, for 9th May.

If anyone else wonders about this, the one thing I'll add to Wizard's post is that when you book, it asks for the names of who's going, so you need to be linked up on MDE first.

We got a sample of Animal Kingdom in the dark last year, after getting a sunset FP for Kilimanjaro Safari, and loved it, so can't wait to get a lot more time to wander in the dark!

/Mo

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Pandora is lovely in the dark, we also like Everest in the dark. I have done AK after hours twice now but probably that is enough and we won’t do it again.

We are going to do MK villains one in April and will have dinner in Cinderella’s Royal Table beforehand, I enjoy a TS dinner before it starts and it is a good idea as I don’t remember seeing much else available.

[Posiesmum]

We did what must have been the very first late night AK about 3 years ago. It was linked to the re release of Lion King. It started with a gala Lion King show in the (then) new theatre, with parts of the film shown on a big screen, and a live orchestra. There were then loads of food and drink stalls (all included) throughout Harambe and dancing and entertainment. It finished with the lighting of the tree and we got souvenir bamboo snack boxes. It was a great evening, called Harambe Nights I think. It was great.