Overview
- Disney’s Hollywood Studios will stop admitting regular day guests at 5:00 p.m., leaving roughly an eight-hour public operating window on Tuesday, Oct. 20.
- The early closure is the result of a private buyout for attendees of the Gartner IT Symposium/Xpo 2026, which is holding an exclusive evening at the park from its Swan and Dolphin conference site.
- Planned evening offerings for regular guests will not run, with Fantasmic! removed from the schedule and after-dark access to Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge unavailable that night.
- Guests are advised to prioritize headline attractions early in the day, shift their visit to another park that stays open later, or reschedule; check the official park calendar and the My Disney Experience app for last-minute updates.
- This takeover continues a pattern of corporate buyouts — including Gartner in 2023 and SAP Sapphire in 2024 — that shorten public hours, redirect evening crowds across the resort, and create itinerary uncertainty for visitors.