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October Twilights and Rivers of Light



By Dave Shute

As predicted, Disney extended the operating hours at the Animal Kingdom in October to 8.30p closes, going deeper into the evening by an hour early in the month and by an hour and a half later in month.

Closes now range from an hour after civil twilight early in the month to an hour and a half after civil twilight later in the month. (For why the end of civil twilight matters to Rivers of Light and other evening shows, and other definitions, see this.)

This gives plenty of scope for two shows of Rivers of Light—apparently nearing dress rehearsal—the first at 7.30 or 7p and second at 9 or 8.30p (an evening show after park close has been common practice at Disney World for years, at the Studios).

See the image.

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  • The top dotted red line is the updated 2016 Animal Kingdom close (average October 2015 close is the bottom dotted green line).
  • The sloped lines are, from the bottom up, sunset (gold), end of civil twilight (red) and the ends of nautical (grey) and astronomical (black) twilight.

As you can see from the distance between the sloping red line and the dotted red line, open hours after civil twilight range from about an hour earlier in the month to an hour and a half later in the month.

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3 comments

1 Dawn { 09.24.16 at 10:47 am }

Hi Dave,
I’m wondering if there are any ‘rumors’ attached to this regarding the dining packages for the Rivers of Light shows and whether or not they will be available ?

2 Dave { 09.25.16 at 8:54 am }

Dawn, after the April opening fail I’d expect a long “soft-open” before FP+ and dining packages become available.

3 Dawn { 09.25.16 at 10:50 am }

Thanks Dave! I’ll keep a watch for them…plenty of time before my April trip for them to get things right!!

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