FULL SCHEDULE for Disney World Parks Reopening After Hurricane Ian

Disney4me · September 30, 2022

On Tuesday, September 27th, Disney World announced that the theme parks would close due to the threat of Hurricane Ian. This closure was scheduled to last through Thursday, September 29th.

Magic Kingdom Entrance

Now that the storm has passed by Central Florida and the weather is starting to clear up, Disney is getting ready to reopen the parks. They will do this with a phased reopening, which means that the park opening times are a little different than usual. Check out the full schedule for reopening here.

On Friday, September 30th, the Disney World theme parks will begin a phased reopening.

EPCOT

Here’s the schedule for when each park will open, with all times in EST:

Magic Kingdom:

Early Theme Park Entry (for visitors staying at Disney hotels): 8AM
All guests can enter: 10AM
Park Close: 6PM
Mickey’s Not-So-Scary Halloween Party: 4PM guest entry; 7PM to 12AM party hours

Magic Kingdom

EPCOT:

Early Theme Park Entry (for visitors staying at Disney hotels): 9AM
All guests can enter: 11AM
Park close: 9PM

EPCOT

Disney’s Hollywood Studios:

Early Theme Park Entry (for visitors staying at Disney hotels): 10AM
All guests can enter: 12PM
Park close: 9PM

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Hollywood Studios

Disney’s Animal Kingdom:

Early Theme Park Entry (for visitors staying at Disney hotels): 11AM
All guests can enter: 1PM
Park close: 7PM

Animal Kingdom!

Disney Springs:

Open 10AM to 11:30PM

Disney Springs

Fantasia Fairways Miniature Golf Course:

Open 3PM to 10PM

Scott Gustin reported this schedule, and the times have been slowly updating on Disney World’s website.

Note that guests will be able to check into their Disney hotel on Friday, beginning at 3PM. Some Disney World hotels will remain closed for all of Friday, including Disney’s Fort Wilderness Resort & Campground, Copper Creek Cabins at Disney’s Wilderness Lodge, Treehouse Villas at Disney’s Saratoga Springs Resort & Spa, and the Bungalows at Disney’s Polynesian Village Resort.

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Disney’s Animal Kingdom

As usual, Park Pass Reservations are required to enter any theme park on Friday, September 30th. The Park Pass Reservation calendar has been updated to show available parks on Friday. Previously, it was showing that there were no passes available. Now, it looks like there are only available passes for EPCOT.

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We’ll continue to watch for more updates as Disney releases additional information about the parks’ reopening. Stay tuned to DFB for all the latest news!