Magic Kingdom and Animal Kingdom Get Extended Hours for Early March 2025

3 days ago in "Operating Hours"

Posted: Monday February 17, 2025 9:40am ET by WDWMAGIC Staff

Walt Disney World has announced updated operating hours for early March 2025, affecting Disney’s Animal Kingdom and Magic Kingdom. These adjustments include extended evening hours, earlier entry times at Magic Kingdom, and later closings across multiple dates. Here’s a full breakdown of the latest changes.

Magic Kingdom park hours have been extended March 2 - 8, 2025.

Disney's Animal Kingdom

March Operating Hours Changes

March 2–3: Closing extended from 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm.
March 4 & 7: Closing extended from 6:00 pm to 7:00 pm.
March 8: Closing extended from 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm.

Updated Operating Hours

March 2–3: 8:00 am – 8:00 pm.
March 4 & 7: 8:00 am – 7:00 pm.
March 8: 8:00 am – 8:00 pm.

Magic Kingdom

Early Entry Changes

March 2–3: Early entry now begins at 7:30 am instead of 8:30 am.

March Operating Hours Changes

March 2: Park opening moved up to 8:00 am, with closing extended to 11:00 pm.
March 3: Park opening moved up to 8:00 am, with closing extended to 10:00 pm.
March 4: Closing extended from 9:00 pm to 11:00 pm.
March 5–6: Closing extended from 9:00 pm to 10:00 pm.
March 7–8: Closing extended from 9:00 pm to 11:00 pm.

Extended Evening Hours

March 5: Extended evening hours now from 10:00 pm – 12:00 am (previously 9:00 pm – 11:00 pm).

Updated Operating Hours

March 2: 8:00 am – 11:00 pm.
March 3: 8:00 am – 10:00 pm.
March 4: 9:00 am – 11:00 pm.
March 5–6: 9:00 am – 10:00 pm.
March 7–8: 9:00 am – 11:00 pm.

You can also view park hours through April 27, 2025.

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DCBaker5 days ago

Park hours at Magic Kingdom and Animal Kingdom have been extended for the week of March 2, 2025. Magic Kingdom March 2: 8am-11pm (previously 9am-9pm) March 3: 8am-10pm (previously 9am-9pm) March 4, 7, 8: 9am-11pm (previously 9am-9pm) March 5, 6: 9am-10pm (previously 9am-9pm) Disney’s Animal Kingdom March 2, 3, 8: 8am-8pm (previously 8am-6pm) March 4, 7: 8am-7pm (previously 8am-6pm)

DCBaker12 days ago

Park hours at Magic Kingdom and Animal Kingdom have been extended for the week of February 23, 2025. Magic Kingdom Feb. 23, 24, 25, 26, 27: 9am-10pm (previously 9am-9pm) Feb. 28: 9am-11pm (previously 9am-9pm) March 1: 8am-11pm (previously 9am-9pm) Disney’s Animal Kingdom Feb. 23: 8am-8pm (previously 8am-6pm) Feb. 24, 28: 8am-7pm (previously 8am-6pm) March 1: 8am-8pm (previously 8am-6pm) Note: EPCOT will have a delayed opening at 10am on Sunday, February 23 due to the runDisney Princess Half Marathon.

DCBaker15 days ago

Should happen this week - it appears Disney extended the hours at Animal Kingdom in March a bit early.

Drdcm15 days ago

I wonder why they didn’t extend hours the last week of february/first week of march…

DCBaker19 days ago

Disney has extended park hours at Magic Kingdom, Animal Kingdom and Hollywood Studio for the week of February 16, 2025. Magic Kingdom Feb. 16, 17, 20, 21: 9am-10pm (previously 9am-9pm) Feb. 18: 8am-11pm (previously 9am-9pm) Feb. 19, 22: 9am-11pm (previously 9am-9pm) Disney’s Animal Kingdom Feb. 16, 17, 18, 21, 22: 8am-8pm (previously 8am-6pm) Feb. 19, 20: 8am-7pm (previously 8am-6pm) Disney's Hollywood Studios Feb. 16: 8:30am-9pm (previously 9am-9pm)

DCBaker26 days ago

Park hours at Magic Kingdom, Animal Kingdom and Hollywood Studios have been extended for the week of February 9, 2025. Magic Kingdom Feb. 9, 10: 9am-10pm (previously 9am-9pm) Feb. 13, 15: 9am-11pm (previously 9am-9pm) Feb. 14: 8am-11pm (previously 9am-9pm) Disney’s Animal Kingdom Feb. 9, 14, 15: 8am-8pm (previously 8am-6pm) Disney's Hollywood Studios Feb. 14, 15: 8:30am-9pm (previously 9am-9pm)

RememberWhenJan 17, 2025

@DCBaker - Just wanted to say thank you for these posts.

DCBakerJan 17, 2025

Disney has extended park hours at Magic Kingdom and Animal Kingdom for the week of February 2, 2025. Magic Kingdom Feb. 2, 7 : 9am-11pm (previously 9am-9pm) Feb. 3, 5, 6: 9am-10pm (previously 9am-9pm) Feb. 8: 8am-11pm (previously 9am-9pm) Disney’s Animal Kingdom Feb. 2, 8: 8am-8pm (previously 8am-6pm) Feb. 3, 7: 8am-7pm (previously 8am-6pm)

DCBakerJan 10, 2025

Park hours at Magic Kingdom and Animal Kingdom have been extended for the week of January 26, 2025. Magic Kingdom Jan. 26: 9am-11pm (previously 9am-9pm)  Jan. 27, 28: 9am-10pm (previously 9am-9pm) Jan. 29, 31: 8am-11pm (previously 9am-9pm)  Jan. 30: 8am-4:30pm (previously 9am-4:30pm) Feb. 1: 8am-11pm (previously 9am-9pm)  Disney’s Animal Kingdom Jan. 26: 8am-8pm (previously 8am-6pm) Jan. 31: 8am-7pm (previously 8am-6pm)  Feb. 1: 8am-8pm (previously 8am-6pm) Note: EPCOT has a delayed opening at 10am this Saturday, January 11 and Sunday, January 12, due to the runDisney Half and Full Marathon.

DCBakerJan 03, 2025

Disney has extended park hours at Magic Kingdom and Animal Kingdom for the week of January 19, 2025. Magic Kingdom Jan. 19, 20, 21, 22, 24: 9am-10pm (previously 9am-9pm) Jan. 25: 8am-11pm (previously 9am-9pm) Disney’s Animal Kingdom Jan. 19, 25: 8am-8pm (previously 8am-6pm) Jan. 20, 24: 8am-7pm (previously 8am-6pm)

DCBakerDec 30, 2024

The National Dance Team Championship has an extended evening hours event at EPCOT on Friday, Jan. 31, but I'm not sure if that plays into the schedule shift on Feb. 3.

nickysDec 29, 2024

@DCBaker , Monday 3rd Feb has had EEH listed for AK instead of Epcot. Do you know if this is because of a CM Celebration event? Or a conference / competition / private buyout?

spectromagic04Dec 28, 2024

Wow they usually don’t extend hours after they already extended them.

DCBakerDec 28, 2024

Update - Disney has extended park hours at Animal Kingdom on January 5 and 6: Disney’s Animal Kingdom Jan. 5 : 8am-8pm (previously 8am-7pm) Jan. 6 : 8am-8pm (previously 8am-6pm)