For the time being, could we please file this in the big old Disney rumor bin. This wasn’t even going to be written up, but many people have messaged me to ask me about it so let’s look at the latest rumor of Disney doing away with Extra Magic Hours come 2016.
The rumor going around is that Extra Magic Hours at the Disney Parks will be discontinued come next year. Here is how it started.
Travel agents usually get something called the “provisional operating hours” for the Disney Parks, and it’s given out to them ahead of the publicized hours for Walt Disney World. So far, there are no Extra Magic Hours listed from Jan. 1, 2016, and forward.
What we need to take into account here is that these hours are very early and often modified, altered, and are subject to change.
WDWMagic has also pointed out that the website for the Downtown Disney Hilton Hotel states Extra Magic Hours are “a magical guest benefit for stays through December 31, 2015.” That adds some more to the possibility of them going away, but still isn’t confirmation.
For now, this is nothing more than a rumor. Back in 2013, Walt Disney World did shorten evening Extra Magic Hours from three to two, but that was due to the third hour often having empty parks.
I have reached out to a number of my sources inside the parks and behind the scenes, and the rumor has been heard. As of this time, there is nothing to say there will be a change to anything dealing with Extra Magic Hours. That could change, but is what it is at this time.
Once more, and this can’t be said enough, this is nothing more than a rumor. Extra Magic Hours are in place throughout all of 2015, and it’s only June…so a lot can happen between now and 2016.
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I just pulled up the January dates and Extra Magic Hours are listed. So seems to be a rumor.