Category — i. Itineraries for Walt Disney World

DISNEY WORLD NEXT WEEK: JUNE 14 to JUNE 22, 2025

The material below details next week’s Disney World operating hours, parades, early entry, extended evening hours, and fireworks.

OPERATING HOURS AT WALT DISNEY WORLD 6/14/25 – 6/22/25

Magic Kingdom will be open 9a-10p 6/14 through 6/16, 9a-11p 6/17 and 6/18, and 9a-10p 6/19 through 6/22

Epcot will be open from 9a-9p every day

Disney’s Hollywood Studios will be open from 9a-9p every

Disney’s Animal Kingdom will be open from 8a-6p 6/14 through 6/18, 7.30a-6.30p 6/19 through 6/21, and 8a-6p 6/22

EARLY ENTRY AT WALT DISNEY WORLD 6/14/25 – 6/22/25

• Magic Kingdom: every morning
• Epcot: every morning
• Disney’s Hollywood Studios: every morning
• Disney’s Animal Kingdom: every morning

EXTENDED EVENING HOURS AT WALT DISNEY WORLD 6/14/25 – 6/22/25

• Epcot: 6/16
• Magic Kingdom: 6/18

PARADES AT WALT DISNEY WORLD 6/14/25 – 6/22/25

Magic Kingdom’s afternoon parade will show at 3p every day

FIREWORKS AND EVENING SHOWS AT WALT DISNEY WORLD 6/14/25 – 6/22/25

• At Magic Kingdom, the evening fireworks show is scheduled at 9.20p every night
• At Epcot, the evening show Luminous shows at 9p every night
• At Disney’s Hollywood Studios, the evening spectacular Fantasmic is scheduled at 9.30p every night

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DISNEY WORLD NEXT WEEK: JUNE 7 to JUNE 15, 2025

The material below details next week’s Disney World operating hours, parades, early entry, extended evening hours, and fireworks.

OPERATING HOURS AT WALT DISNEY WORLD 6/7/25 – 6/15/25

Magic Kingdom will be open 9a-10p every day

Epcot will be open from 9a-9p every day

Disney’s Hollywood Studios will be open from 9a-10p 6/7, and 9a-9p 6/8 through 6/15

Disney’s Animal Kingdom will be open from 8a-6p every day

EARLY ENTRY AT WALT DISNEY WORLD 6/7/25 – 6/15/25

• Magic Kingdom: every morning
• Epcot: every morning
• Disney’s Hollywood Studios: every morning
• Disney’s Animal Kingdom: every morning

EXTENDED EVENING HOURS AT WALT DISNEY WORLD 6/7/25 – 6/15/25

• Epcot: 6/9
• Magic Kingdom: 6/11

PARADES AT WALT DISNEY WORLD 6/7/25 – 6/15/25

Magic Kingdom’s afternoon parade will show at 3p every day

FIREWORKS AND EVENING SHOWS AT WALT DISNEY WORLD 6/7/25 – 6/15/25

• At Magic Kingdom, the evening fireworks show is scheduled at 9.20p every night
• At Epcot, the evening show Luminous shows at 9p every night
• At Disney’s Hollywood Studios, the evening spectacular Fantasmic is scheduled at 9p and 10.30p 6/7, 9p 6/8 through 6/13, and 9.30p 6/14 and 6/15

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DISNEY WORLD NEXT WEEK: MAY 31 to JUNE 8, 2025

The material below details next week’s Disney World operating hours, parades, early entry, extended evening hours, and fireworks.

OPERATING HOURS AT WALT DISNEY WORLD 5/31/25 – 6/8/25

Magic Kingdom will be open 9a-10p every day

Epcot will be open from 9a-9p every day

Disney’s Hollywood Studios will be open from 9a-10p 5/13, 9a-9p 6/1 and 6/2, 9a-10p 6/3, 9a-9p 6/4, 9a-10p 6/5 through 6/7, and 9a-9p 6/8

Disney’s Animal Kingdom will be open from 8a-8p 5/31, 7.30a-6.30p 6/1 through 6/3, 8a-6p 6/4 and 6/5, 7.30a-6.30p 6/6, and 8a-6p 6/7 and 6/8

EARLY ENTRY AT WALT DISNEY WORLD 5/31/25 – 6/8/25

• Magic Kingdom: every morning
• Epcot: every morning
• Disney’s Hollywood Studios: every morning
• Disney’s Animal Kingdom: every morning

EXTENDED EVENING HOURS AT WALT DISNEY WORLD 5/31/25 – 6/8/25

• Epcot: 6/2
• Magic Kingdom: 6/4

PARADES AT WALT DISNEY WORLD 5/31/25 – 6/8/25

Magic Kingdom’s afternoon parade will show at 3p every day

FIREWORKS AND EVENING SHOWS AT WALT DISNEY WORLD 5/24/25 – 6/1/25

• At Magic Kingdom, the evening fireworks show is scheduled at 9.20p every night
• At Epcot, the evening show Luminous shows at 9p every night
• At Disney’s Hollywood Studios, the evening spectacular Fantasmic is scheduled at 9p and 10.30p 5/31, 9p 6/1 and 6/2, 9 and 10.30p 6/3, 9p 6/4, 9 and 10.30p 6/5 through 6/7, and 9p 6/8

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UPDATED ITINERARY WITH MULTI PASS AND SINGLE PASS LIGHTNING LANES AT WALT DISNEY WORLD

Below is my updated Multi Pass based Disney World itinerary for first time visitors who may never return, released in late May 2025. It replaces my Multi Pass with Tiana itinerary.

This itinerary optimizes Early Entry, Lightning Lane Single Pass, Lighting Lane Multi Pass, and Park Close strategies to minimize waits and create an overall relaxing Walt Disney World experience.

The dining in this itinerary is slightly changed compared to my last Tiana itinerary:

• The First Sunday Fantasmic dinner package is deleted, as the scheduling is too tight when Fantasmic shows early during late fall/winter/early months
• The Monday Akershus time is moved from 6 to 6.30p to make the afternoon more efficient
• The Wednesday Crystal Palace time is moved from 6p to 5p, to not conflict with what I expect to be the new Evening Parade schedule during late fall/winter/early months

For those who have already booked dining for May, June or July based on the Tiana itinerary times, the first two changes don’t matter, and you can use your Tiana itinerary reservations.

The Wednesday change for May, June and July almost certainly doesn’t matter either. The new evening parade will launch July 20. My guess is that it will have its first (perhaps only) showing in the summer at 9p.  If this is so, then the old Crystal Palace time will work fine for those who have already booked it.

Beyond this, there are multiple changes related to ride openings and closings, and also a year’s worth of experience with Lightning Lanes. Overall, the itinerary is both simpler and cheaper…

My itineraries use all the tools available to guests to shorten waits, and thus will only work for those staying in a Disney-owned or other hotel eligible for both Early Entry and for seven days in advance booking of LLSP and LLMP attractions.  That narrows the list to all of the Disney-owned value, moderate, deluxe, and DVC properties, and in addition Shades of Green, the Swan, Swan Reserve, and Dolphin. (For more on these hotels, see this.)

Included are a detailed To-Do List with everything you need to do–especially reservations–when, and detailed daily agendas that cover what to do and see, in order, in each of the parks. See the links.

For a larger version, click here.

This itinerary won’t work all weeks, and some weeks that it mostly works it may benefit from some little adjustments. Check your week here.

TO-DO LIST FOR THE UPDATED DISNEY WORLD MULTI PASS ITINERARY

The To-Do List for this itinerary is here.

DAILY AGENDAS FOR THE UPDATED DISNEY WORLD MULTI PASS ITINERARY

Detailed daily agendas are in the links:

• Saturday
• Sunday
• Monday
• Tuesday
• Wednesday
• Thursday
• Friday
• Saturday
• Sunday

This itinerary is dedicated to my friend and co-author Josh Humphrey, who died at the age of 36 on March 10th, 2022.

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(Note: this is from the Disney World Updated Multi Pass Itinerary.)

EPCOT DAY 1: FIRST SATURDAY AGENDA

Your plan today is to see Guardians of the Galaxy: Cosmic Rewind, Remy’s Ratatouille Adventure, Soarin’ Around the World, and also a few other Epcot attractions, and to fit in among these what you can of other parts of Epcot’s World Showcase. You will complete your Epcot visit on another day.

You need to have pre-booked

• A Lightning Lane Single Pass visit to Guardians of the Galaxy: Cosmic Rewind for 5.30p, and also
• Lightning Lane Multi Pass Tier 1 for Remy’s Ratatouille Adventure at 7.30p, and also for The Seas with Nemo and Friends at 4.30p and Spaceship Earth at 6.30p.

You will also enter the line for Soarin’ Around the World just before park close and see it.

You will see the rest of the park–including Epcot’s evening show, Luminous–on Day 2. Note that if your arrival today is late you can skip The Seas with Nemo and Friends and see it on Day 2.

AT THE PARK

Arrive at Epcot as soon as you can, ideally at 5p, and no later than 6p.

Go through the turnstiles and use your 4.30p Lightning Lane Multi Pass to ride The Seas with Nemo and Friends.

Then use your 5.30p Lightning Lane Single Pass to ride Guardians of the Galaxy: Cosmic Rewind.

Ride Spaceship Earth, and have dinner at nearby Connections.

Head to France and see Remy’s Ratatouille Adventure using your 7.30p Lightning Lane Multi Pass.

Head back to Soarin Around the World in the Land Pavilion.  You need to be in line at the ride just before park close.  If you have time (and you likely will), on your way to Soarin explore the pavilions France, UK and Canada, saving the films in France and Canada for Day 2.

Then be at Soarin Around the World no later than 8:45p, and ride it.

You are almost done for the day, but on your way out of the park, be sure to watch the lights on Spaceship Earth.

Return to your hotel.

PREVIEW OF TOMORROW

You will spending the first of two days at Disney’s Hollywood Studios. Your day will start early.

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(Note: this is from the Disney World Updated Multi Pass Itinerary.)

DISNEY’S HOLLYWOOD STUDIOS DAY 1: FIRST SUNDAY AGENDA

Today you will begin your visit to Disney’s Hollywood Studios. Your plan today is to see most of the attractions in the Sunset Boulevard area, including Fantasmic, and in addition across the park see Rise of the Resistance via Lightning Lane Single Pass. You will complete your visit to Disney’s Hollywood Studios on another day.

You will take advantage of Early Entry, and also need to have prebooked both Lightning Lane Single Pass and Lightning Lane Multi Pass.

You need a Lightning Lane Single Pass visit to Rise of the Resistance for 1p.

For Multi Passes, I may revise the following recommendations once I know better how a couple of rides that are opening in late May 2025 fit into both Multi Pass and crowd patterns.  But for now, book

• Lightning Lane Multi Pass Tier 1 for Rock ‘n’ Roller Coaster at 9a, and Tier 2 LLMP for Tower of Terror at 10.30a and for For the First Time in Forever: A Frozen Sing-Along Celebration 12.30p show

You will have an afternoon break, then return to the park for the evening spectacular Fantasmic.

AT THE PARK

Arrive at the tapstiles at Disney’s Hollywood Studios no later than 45 minutes before Early Entry begins (for example, if the general public opening is 9a, this will mean a 7.45a arrival for an 8.30a Early Entry).

When you are let in for Early Entry, immediately head to Mickey and Minnie’s Runaway Railway and ride it.

Make your way across the park and use your 9a Lightning Lane Multi Pass to ride Rick ‘n’ Roller Coaster.

Get in line for the 10a showing of the new attraction Disney Villains: Unfairly Ever After and see it.

Use your 10.30a Lightning Lane Multi Pass for Tower of Terror.

See the new attraction The Little Mermaid – A Musical Adventure.

Have an early lunch.

See the 12.30 show of For the First Time in Forever: A Frozen Sing-Along Celebration

Use your 1p Lightning Lane Single Pass to see Rise of the Resistance.

You are now off for the rest of the afternoon, needing to return to Disney’s Hollywood Studios in time to see Fantasmic.  Depending on the time of year, the first (or only) Fantasmic showtime can be from 7p til 9.30p, with some nights having a second show, commonly 90 minutes later. You want to arrive at the entrance to Fantasmic by 45 minutes before the first showtime.

Depending on the timing of the show, you may want to arrive even earlier to have some time to explore before Fantasmic. You also may want to stay after Fantasmic on nights when the park stays open after the first show.  Toy Story Land and Galaxy’s Edge are good places to wander and linger after dark, and you can also try for additional Multi Passes.

PREVIEW OF TOMORROW

You will have an early start for your final visit to Epcot.

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