Extended Evening Hours Coming to Hollywood Studios for Christmas 2022

It’s a Festivus miracle! For a limited time this holiday season, Extended Evening Theme Park Hours will return to Disney’s Hollywood Studios. This post shares dates, details, and strategy for taking advantage of the on-site perk for Walt Disney World guests staying at a Deluxe Resorts, DVC Villas, and select other hotels.

For those who are new to Walt Disney World vacation planning, Extended Evening Theme Park Hours is nighttime counterpart to Early Theme Park Entry. There are several differences, most notably that guests staying at Value or Moderate Resorts are not eligible for Extended Evening Hours.

Extended Evening Theme Park Hours has two types of resort eligibility, occurs two nights per week, is at two parks, and runs for two hours (pretty much everything about the perk occurs in twos). It’s usually every Monday at EPCOT and every Wednesday at Magic Kingdom. See our Strategy Guide Guide for Extended Evening Hours at Walt Disney World for more ins and outs of the nighttime Deluxe benefit.

By contrast, Early Entry is offered at all 4 theme parks every single day, runs for 30 minutes, and every on-site resort guest is eligible, including the third party on-property hotels. Despite the expanded eligibility, Early Entry is also great–especially at Disney’s Hollywood Studios! (For everything you need to know about that benefit, see our Strategy Guide for Early Theme Park Entry at Walt Disney World.)

Anyway, here’s the new announcement about Extended Evening Hours at DHS from Walt Disney World:

Special Disney’s Hollywood Studios Offering – December 15 and 22, 2022 – It’s time for the most magical season of the year at Walt Disney World Resort! We welcome you to enjoy a few extra hours of festive fun at Magic Kingdom park, EPCOT and––now at Disney’s Hollywood Studios!

During select nights this December, Guests staying at a Disney Deluxe Resort, Disney Deluxe Villa Resort or other select hotels can experience more attractions and more yuletide joy with extended evening theme park hours!

Feast your eyes on sparkling décor, special holiday overlays on some favorite attractions, heartwarming performances and so much more!

Extended Evening Theme Park Hours will be available at Magic Kingdom and EPCOT on the following dates in December 2022:

  • Magic Kingdom Park
    Dec 7, 14, 21 & 28
  • EPCOT
    Dec 5, 12, 19 & 26

Additionally, Extended Evening Theme Park Hours at Disney’s Hollywood Studios is available on December 15 and 22, 2022 from 9:00 PM to 11:00 PM.

Here’s the eligible attraction roster for Extended Evening Hours at Disney’s Hollywood Studios:

  • Alien Swirling Saucers
  • Mickey & Minnie’s Runaway Railway
  • Millennium Falcon: Smugglers Run
  • Rock ‘n’ Roller Coaster Starring Aerosmith
  • Slinky Dog Dash
  • Star Tours – The Adventures Continue
  • Star Wars: Rise of the Resistance
  • Toy Story Mania!
  • The Twilight Zone Tower of Terror

In addition to the December 2022 schedule, here are dates and times for now through November 2022:

Date Theme Park Extended Hours
Monday, Sept 12 EPCOT 9:00 PM to 11:00 PM
Wednesday, Sept 14 Magic Kingdom 11:00 PM to 1:00 AM
Monday, Sept 19 EPCOT 9:00 PM to 11:00 PM
Wednesday, Sept 21 Magic Kingdom 11:00 PM to 1:00 AM
Monday, Sept 26 EPCOT 9:00 PM to 11:00 PM
Wednesday, Sept 28 Magic Kingdom 11:00 PM to 1:00 AM
Monday, Oct 3 EPCOT 9:00 PM to 11:00 PM
Wednesday, Oct 5 Magic Kingdom 10:00 PM to midnight
Monday, Oct 10 EPCOT 9:00 PM to 11:00 PM
Wednesday, Oct 12 Magic Kingdom 10:00 PM to midnight
Monday, Oct 17 EPCOT 9:00 PM to 11:00 PM
Wednesday, Oct 19 Magic Kingdom 10:00 PM to midnight
Monday, Oct 24 EPCOT 9:00 PM to 11:00 PM
Wednesday, Oct 26 Magic Kingdom 10:00 PM to midnight
Monday, Oct 31 EPCOT 9:00 PM to 11:00 PM
Wednesday, Nov 2 Magic Kingdom 10:00 PM to midnight
Monday, Nov 7 EPCOT 9:00 PM to 11:00 PM
Wednesday, Nov 9 Magic Kingdom 10:00 PM to midnight
Monday, Nov 14 EPCOT 9:00 PM to 11:00 PM
Wednesday, Nov 16 Magic Kingdom 10:00 PM to midnight

I don’t know why Walt Disney World published the schedule for December, but not the remainder of November. Rest assured, there almost certainly will be Extended Evening Hours on November 21, 23, 28 & 30.

Normally, Disney’s Hollywood Studios does not participate in Extended Evening Theme Park Hours. However, DHS did participate in Extended Evening Hours earlier this spring, and will again a couple of times during the Christmas 2022 season.

It’s worth noting that those rare Evening Extra Magic Hours nights (post-Star Wars Galaxy’s Edge) at Disney’s Hollywood Studios were fantastic–the crowd situation during Evening EMH was always better at DHS. We’d expect the same to hold true for Extended Evening Hours at DHS, and would highly recommend taking advantage if you’re able to do so.

We haven’t done Disney’s Hollywood Studios for Extended Evening Theme Park Hours and a lot has changed since this park last offered Evening Extra Magic Hours. Namely, Star Wars: Rise of the Resistance is operating without a virtual queue and Mickey & Minnie’s Runaway Railway is open, period.

When DHS offers another Extended Evening Hours, our recommendation is starting with Mickey & Minnie’s Runaway Railway, followed by Rock ‘n’ Roller Coaster and Tower of Terror, and finishing with Slinky Dog Dash before jumping in line for Star Wars: Rise of the Resistance right at the very end of the night. That’ll likely be the best strategy, and one we hope to test in December 2022!

Ultimately, that’s what you need to know about Extended Evening Theme Park Hours at Disney’s Hollywood Studios.

While the return of Fantasmic will unquestionably make DHS more popular at night, we’re still hopeful that Extended Evening Hours are as good as Evening Extra Magic Hours at DHS, which were fantastic!

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YOUR THOUGHTS

Thoughts on Extended Evening Theme Park Hours at Disney’s Hollywood Studios? Excited to take advantage of the limited time on-site guest perk or think it’s too short to be useful? Disappointed about the eligibility rules or attraction lineups? Do you agree or disagree with our assessment? Any questions we can help you answer? Hearing your feedback–even when you disagree with us–is both interesting to us and helpful to other readers, so please share your thoughts below in the comments!

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