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You are here: Home / Disney News / January 2016 Disney World Operating Schedule Updates

January 2016 Disney World Operating Schedule Updates

December 21, 2015 ~ 6 minutes read7 Comments

Disney made a round of updates to the January 2016 operating schedule today. The full operating schedule is available here: http://media.disneywebcontent.com/StaticFiles/ParkHours/WDWTravelAgent_january.pdf. This also confirms the Star Wars Symphony in the Stare fireworks times for the month. The show will take place at 8pm most nights. Peak nights earlier in the month see the fireworks scheduled at 10pm or 11pm. On select nights, a second Fantasmic has been added at 9pm, in addition to the 7pm show. That makes it relatively easy to enjoy the fireworks and then file into the Hollywood Hills theater for the second Fantasmic, which would be the desirable order of things. Note that the fireworks close Great Movie Ride one hour and 15 minutes before the start of the fireworks and Toy Story Mania 45 minutes before the start of the fireworks.

Friday January 1:

  • Epcot hours extended to 8am-9pm from 9am-9pm.
  • Hollywood Studios hours extended to 8am-11pm from 8am-10pm. Star Wars fireworks added at 11pm.

Saturday January 2:

  • Epcot hours extended to 8am-9pm from 9am-9pm.
  • Hollywood Studios hours extended to 8am-11pm from 8am-10pm. Star Wars fireworks added at 11pm.

Sunday January 3:

  • Hollywood Studios hours extended to 9am-11pm from 9am-8pm. Second Fantasmic added at 7pm, in addition to 8:30pm show. Star Wars fireworks added at 11pm.
  • Note that Festival of Fantasy Parade returns today.
  • Second Main Street Electrical Parade added at 11pm, in addition to 9pm Parade.

Monday January 4:

  • Animal Kingdom hours extended to 9am-6:30pm from 9am-5:30pm.
  • Hollywood Studios hours extended to 9am-10pm from 9am-7pm.  Second Fantasmic added at 7pm, in addition to 8:30pm show. Star Wars fireworks added at 10pm.
  • Second Main Street Electrical Parade added at 11pm, in addition to 9pm Parade.

Tuesday January 5:

  • Animal Kingdom hours extended to 9am-6:30pm from 9am-6pm.
  • Hollywood Studios hours extended to 9am-8:30pm from 9am-7pm. Second Fantasmic added at 9pm, in addition to 7pm show. Star Wars fireworks added at 8pm.
  • Second Main Street Electrical Parade added at 9pm, in addition to 7pm Parade.

Wednesday January 6:

  • Animal Kingdom hours extended to 9am-6:30pm from 9am-6pm.
  • Hollywood Studios hours extended to 9am-8:30pm from 9am-7pm. Second Fantasmic added at 9pm, in addition to 7pm show. Star Wars fireworks added at 8pm.
  • Magic Kingdom hours extended to 9am-9pm from 9am-8pm. Second Main Street Electrical Parade added at 9pm, in addition to 7pm Parade.

Thursday January 7:

  • Animal Kingdom hours extended to 9am-5:30pm from 9am-5pm.
  • Hollywood Studios hours extended to 9am-8pm from 9am-7pm. Star Wars fireworks added at 8pm.
  • Magic Kingdom hours extended to 9am-9pm from 9am-8pm. Second Main Street Electrical Parade added at 9pm, in addition to 7pm Parade.

Friday January 8:

  • Animal Kingdom hours extended to 9am-6pm from 9am-5pm.
  • Hollywood Studios hours extended to 9am-9pm from 9am-8pm. Second Fantasmic added at 9pm, in addition to 7pm show. Star Wars fireworks added at 8pm.
  • Second Main Street Electrical Parade added at 9pm, in addition to 7pm Parade.

Saturday January 9:

  • Animal Kingdom hours extended to 9am-8pm from 9am-6:30pm.
  • Hollywood Studios hours extended to 9am-8:30pm from 9am-7pm. Second Fantasmic added at 9pm, in addition to 7pm show. Star Wars fireworks added at 8pm.
  • Second Main Street Electrical Parade added at 11pm, in addition to 9pm Parade.

Sunday January 10:

  • Animal Kingdom hours extended to 9am-5:30pm from 9am-5pm.
  • Hollywood Studios hours extended to 9am-8pm from 9am-7pm. Star Wars fireworks added at 8pm.
  • Magic Kingdom hours extended to 9am-9pm from 9am-8pm. Second Main Street Electrical Parade added at 9pm, in addition to 7pm Parade.

Monday January 11:

  • Hollywood Studios hours extended to 9am-8pm from 9am-7pm. Star Wars fireworks added at 8pm.

Tuesday January 12:

  • Hollywood Studios hours extended to 9am-8pm from 9am-7pm. Star Wars fireworks added at 8pm.

Wednesday January 13:

  • Hollywood Studios hours extended to 9am-8pm from 9am-7pm. Star Wars fireworks added at 8pm.

Thursday January 14:

  • Hollywood Studios hours extended to 9am-8pm from 9am-7pm. Star Wars fireworks added at 8pm.

Friday January 15:

  • Animal Kingdom hours extended to 9am-5:30pm from 9am-5pm.
  • Hollywood Studios hours extended to 9am-8:30pm from 9am-7pm. Second Fantasmic added at 9pm, in addition to 7pm show. Star Wars fireworks added at 8pm.
  • Second Main Street Electrical Parade added at 11pm, in addition to 9pm Parade.

Saturday January 16:

  • Animal Kingdom hours extended to 8am-8pm from 9am-8pm.
  • Epcot hours extended to 8am-9pm from 9am-9pm.
  • Hollywood Studios hours extended to 8am-10pm from 9am-10pm. Second Fantasmic added at 9pm, in addition to 7pm show. Star Wars fireworks added at 8pm.
  • Magic Kingdom hours extended to 8am-12am from 9am-12am. Second Main Street Electrical Parade added at 11pm, in addition to 9pm Parade.

Sunday January 17:

  • Animal Kingdom hours extended to 8am-8pm from 9am-8pm.
  • Epcot hours extended to 8am-9pm from 9am-9pm.
  • Hollywood Studios hours extended to 8am-10pm from 9am-10pm. Second Fantasmic added at 9pm, in addition to 7pm show. Star Wars fireworks added at 8pm.
  • Magic Kingdom hours extended to 9am-12am from 9am-11pm. Second Main Street Electrical Parade added at 11pm, in addition to 9pm Parade.

Monday January 18:

  • Hollywood Studios hours extended from 9am-8pm to 9am-8:30pm.  Second Fantasmic added at 9pm, in addition to 7pm show. Star Wars fireworks added at 8pm.
  • Second Main Street Electrical Parade added at 11pm, in addition to 9pm Parade.

Tuesday January 19:

  • Hollywood Studios hours extended to 9am-8pm from 9am-7pm. Star Wars fireworks added at 8pm.
  • Magic Kingdom hours extended to 9am-11pm from 9am-9pm. Second Main Street Electrical Parade added at 9pm, in addition to 7pm Parade.

Wednesday January 20:

  • Hollywood Studios hours extended to 9am-8pm from 9am-7pm. Star Wars fireworks added at 8pm.
  • Magic Kingdom hours extended to 9am-9pm from 9am-8pm. Second Main Street Electrical Parade added at 9pm, in addition to 7pm Parade.

Thursday January 21:

  • Hollywood Studios hours extended to 9am-8pm from 9am-7pm. Star Wars fireworks added at 8pm.

Friday January 22:

  • Animal Kingdom hours extended to 9am-5:30pm from 9am-5pm.
  • Hollywood Studios hours extended to 9am-8pm from 9am-7pm. Star Wars fireworks added at 8pm.
  • Magic Kingdom hours extended to 9am-10pm from 9am-9pm. Second Main Street Electrical Parade added at 9pm, in addition to 7pm Parade,

Saturday January 23:

  • Animal Kingdom hours extended to 9am-7pm from 9am-6:30pm.
  • Hollywood Studios hours extended to 9am-8pm from 9am-7pm. Star Wars fireworks added at 8pm.
  • Second Main Street Electrical Parade added at 10pm, in addition to 8pm Parade.

Sunday January 24:

  • Hollywood Studios hours extended to 9am-8:30pm from 9am-7pm. Second Fantasmic added at 9pm, in addition to 7pm show. Star Wars fireworks added at 8pm.
  • Magic Kingdom hours extended to 9am-11pm from 9am-10pm. Second Main Street Electrical Parade added at 10pm, in addition to 8pm Parade,

Monday January 25:

  • Hollywood Studios hours extended to 9am-8pm from 9am-7pm. Star Wars fireworks added at 8pm.
  • Magic Kingdom hours extended to 9am-9pm from 9am-8pm. Second Main Street Electrical Parade added at 9pm, in addition to 7pm Parade,

Tuesday January 26:

  • Hollywood Studios hours extended to 9am-8pm from 9am-7pm. Star Wars fireworks added at 8pm.

Wednesday January 27:

  • Hollywood Studios hours extended to 9am-8pm from 9am-7pm. Star Wars fireworks added at 8pm.

Thursday January 28:

  • Hollywood Studios hours extended to 9am-8pm from 9am-7pm. Star Wars fireworks added at 8pm.

Friday January 29:

  • Hollywood Studios hours extended to 9am-8:30pm from 9am-8pm. Second Fantasmic added at 9pm, in addition to 7pm show. Star Wars fireworks added at 8pm.
  • Second Main Street Electrical Parade added at 11pm, in addition to 9pm Parade.

Saturday January 30:

  • Animal Kingdom hours extended to 8am-6:30pm from 9am-6:30pm.
  • Hollywood Studios hours extended to 9am-8:30pm from 9am-8pm. Second Fantasmic added at 9pm, in addition to 7pm show. Star Wars fireworks added at 8pm.
  • Magic Kingdom hours extended to 8am-1am from 9am-12am. Second Main Street Electrical Parade added at 11pm, in addition to 9pm Parade.

Sunday January 31:

  • No current changes. Expect an update halfway through January.

Last modified: December 24, 2015 Filed Under: Disney News

Comments

  1. Micah says

    December 21, 2015 at 11:42 pm

    Thanks for posting this Josh, nice to see the final hours for January (except for 1/31, for some reason).

    Interesting that AK will now open at 7am on 1/30 with the new opening time, plus EMH. That seems pretty early for one of the lowest crowd times of the year, and with them not even extending the closing time past 6:30.

    Reply
  2. Traci says

    December 24, 2015 at 1:27 am

    Sorry I am confused. Never saw Epcot close at 8– it was always 9 on every calendar I saw–it was 9 for your calendar that I have been planning off of and has been 9 for the past 10 years I have been going.

    Reply
    • April says

      December 26, 2015 at 9:45 am

      I don’t see any 8pm close listed for Epcot, either before or after the operating schedule changes. There are a few days where the opening has been shifted from 9am to 8am–maybe your eyes got confused? 🙂

      Reply
  3. Snoopy says

    December 24, 2015 at 9:22 am

    Based on these changes, when will you update the January 2016 crowd calendar?

    Reply
  4. Mel says

    December 30, 2015 at 5:14 pm

    Hi!

    That links to this page which states the extended times but has nothing to do with the crowd calendar. 🙁

    Reply
  5. Mel says

    December 30, 2015 at 5:18 pm

    Ooops! It’s within the same post before you follow the link. Sorry.

    Reply

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