Disney park days help

ELLENUT · 5 Jul 22, 04:20 PM

So I’m probably going to book 10/11 nights onsite ( said I wouldn’t do it without dining plan included but hey ho).

Anyway not done Disney since 2015 so I will have lots more questions however I will start with this one.

I know I will need to book my park days but how do I know which parks will be closing early etc… we are going April/May

Mariesmith · 5 Jul 22, 04:29 PM

I just made a basic plan and booked the park days I thought we would want to do.

At 60 days out when booking some meals I changed a few days around to suit the park hours.

Disney_Jess · 5 Jul 22, 10:36 PM

You won’t know that far in advance, but you can cancel and rearrange park days closer to the time!

kk20 · 6 Jul 22, 03:28 PM

book parks now. worry about switching them later.

MadasanOwl · 6 Jul 22, 10:45 PM

I check which days certain parks tend to have extended evening hours before completing a basic plan around that. Then when any special events are announced I check the dates against my plan and do any reservation swaps at that point to allow us to maximise our park time. I'll also try to avoid parks like magic kingdom, Hollywood studios and waterparks on the weekends where I can as they are supposed to be busier.

**mandco** · 7 Jul 22, 07:53 AM

For a rough guide select theme park hours & tools in The blue dibb banner bit select Florida theme park hours( on the left)
Then in the select date to view box select previous this will bring up the park months for all previous years.

The last couple of years obviously are a bit more random due to Covid but usually there are fairly consistent patterns for opening times - you do neeD to take onto account easters dates if your looking at April.

Basically though provisionally book parks days how ever you want now and go back and switch them around once the schedules are released.

ELLENUT · 7 Jul 22, 07:58 AM

Originally Posted by mandco

For a rough guide select theme park hours & tools in The blue dibb banner bit select Florida theme park hours( on the left)
Then in the select date to view box select previous this will bring up the park months for all previous years.

The last couple of years obviously are a bit more random due to Covid but usually there are fairly consistent patterns for opening times - you do neeD to take onto account easters dates if your looking at April.

Basically though provisionally book parks days how ever you want now and go back and switch them around once the schedules are released.

Thanks, I do usually use this to plan but didn’t notice you could go backwards so that should give me an idea.

6 Jul 22, 03:28 PM	#4
	6 Jul 22, 03:28 PM kk20 Imagineer
kk20 Imagineer Join Date: Jan 13	book parks now. worry about switching them later.

7 Jul 22, 07:53 AM	#6
	7 Jul 22, 07:53 AM mandco VIP Dibber ✓Premium Member
mandco VIP Dibber Join Date: Mar 08	For a rough guide select theme park hours & tools in The blue dibb banner bit select Florida theme park hours( on the left) Then in the select date to view box select previous this will bring up the park months for all previous years. The last couple of years obviously are a bit more random due to Covid but usually there are fairly consistent patterns for opening times - you do neeD to take onto account easters dates if your looking at April. Basically though provisionally book parks days how ever you want now and go back and switch them around once the schedules are released.