Overview

• Disney’s Hollywood Studios will close to regular day guests at 6 p.m. on August 16, and Animal Kingdom will shut at 5 p.m. on August 28 according to the updated park hours.
• Magic Kingdom will host Mickey’s Not-So-Scary Halloween Party on seven August evenings, with non-party guests asked to exit by 6 p.m. on party nights.
• Starting August 28, Universal Studios Florida will cut daytime access at 5 p.m. on Halloween Horror Nights dates and at 7 p.m. on other fall evenings to allow event setup.
• Disney has not explained its specific early-closure dates, prompting outlets to infer that private buyouts or exclusive corporate gatherings are behind the schedule changes.
• The revised hours eliminate key after-dark offerings—such as Pandora’s bioluminescent nighttime appearance and Fantasmic!—and underscore a post-2020 trend of reduced late-night park access.