Yesterday Disney had announced that the whole resort would be closing early in anticipation of Hurricane Dorian. Disney has been keeping an eye on the hurricane and, while most things are still shutting down at 2 p.m. or 3 p.m., Disney did change a couple of closing times.
Instead of closing at 3 p.m. Epcot will now close at 7 p.m. and instead of closing at 3 p.m. Disney Springs will now close at 8 p.m. So if you are in Disney World and looking for things to do a little later in the day today, either head to Disney Springs or Epcot.
Here is the updated closing times:
Closing Times
- Magic Kingdom will close at 3 p.m.
- Epcot will close at 7 p.m.
- Hollywood Studios will close at 2 p.m.
- Animal Kingdom will close at 2 p.m.
- Disney Springs will close at 8 p.m.
- ESPN Wide World of Sports is closed.
- Blizzard Beach Water Park is closed.
- Typhoon Lagoon Water Park will close at 3 p.m.
- Winter Summerland Miniature Golf will close at 3 p.m.
- Fantasia Gardens Miniature Golf will close at 3 p.m.
Other Hurricane Related Information:
Special Event Tickets
Guests who purchased special event tickets for Disney After Hours or Mickey’s Not-So-Scary Halloween Party for September 3 can either get a refund, get another ticket for the same event on a different day, or get a 1-Day Flexible Date Ticket with a Park Hopper Option that can be used any day before December 31, 2020.
To redeem on of the options call 407-939-7818 by December 15, 2019. Make sure to have your tickets available to you during the call, because that will help move things along.
Dining and Other Experience Reservations
Park dining reservations for September 3 will be honored up until one hour before the park closes. Dining reservations at Disney Resort hotels will be honored until 5:30 p.m. Disney will not be enforcing their cancellation policy for dining and other experiences for September 3, so don’t worry about cancelling if you have reservations booked that day. Prepaid dining experiences or other experiences that would happen after the adjusted operating hours for September 3 will automatically be cancelled and refunded.
You can keep on eye on Disney’s announcements regarding closings during the hurricane on their website. You can also review their hurricane policy.
Orlando International Airport ceased operations at 2 a.m. this morning and all the flights have been cancelled for today. You can keep up-to-date with the announcements from the airport by visiting their press page.
Hoping everyone stays safe during the storm!
Thanks for reading!
Liz
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I love all things Disney, but my main love is for Disney World and I'm always planning for the next trip. Before becoming a Disney blogger, I was a radio DJ, so I guess I'm just continuing in the communication industry, just in a different form. I love talking Disney and I could talk about Disney all day. That's why I started blogging and created the Facebook group. The Disney community is full of friendly, helpful, and happy people...and I love being a part of it! If there is any Disney subject you would like to see covered just let me know! Need help planning your Disney vacation. Feel free to contact myself or Melissa at Never Stop Dreaming Travel Co. We love helping people plan their trips! Thanks for reading and I hope you enjoy! Don't forget to check out our Countdown to Disney app! Feel free to email me with suggestions of things you would like to see in the app :-)