tuesday september 19th hours of walt disney world magic kingdom

Of course, that’s relative–after the first 10 days, August is the fall off-season.

Previously, in our August 2022 Crowd Calendar Update, we predicted that these would be the most crowded dates of the month. These extensions are all on nights when Mickey’s Not So Scary Halloween Party is not being held. Magic Kingdom will now stay open for one extra hour–until 11:00 pm–from now through August 2, plus the following dates: Recently, Walt Disney World adjusted its schedule to account for this. It’s akin to “predicting” that Peter Pan’s Flight and Seven Dwarfs Mine Train will have higher wait times than Carousel of Progress. Those are air quotes around prediction because this pattern has played out predictably and consistently for the last 5+ years.

It’s actually one of the easiest “predictions” we make. Magic Kingdom crowd dynamics during party season has been one of the key discussion points of our August through December crowd calendars for several years. (Which never materialized due to reinstated mask rules and the Delta variant.)

It was a hot topic last year when Disney After Hours Boo Bash was announced, a decision that was likely based at least in part on anticipated heavy crowds for the kickoff of Walt Disney World’s 50th Anniversary. The Halloween party pushes attendance much higher on the dates it’s not occurring and lower on days of the event. As we’ve discussed countless times, MNSSHP disrupts crowd dynamics, but it does so predictably. This has been predicated upon the 2022 Mickey’s Not So Scary Halloween Party, which causes crowd levels to fluctuate dramatically by day at Walt Disney World in August, September, and October. In a few recent posts, we’ve covered the best and worst days to do Magic Kingdom next month.

Tuesday september 19th hours of walt disney world magic kingdom