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DISNEY WORLD NEXT WEEK: APRIL 20, 2013 TO APRIL 28, 2013

The material below details operating hours, Extra Magic Hours, parades, and fireworks.

The same stuff is in the table, but organized by park, not by topic.

(For more on April 2013, see this.)

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Extra Magic Hours next week (and to a lesser extent, operating hours) are a little different than the typical pattern for this time of year.

• Disney’s Animal Kingdom has morning extra magic hours Sunday the 21st and Saturday the 27th, instead of Monday and Wednesday. It also has unusual 8a openings on Saturday the 27th and Sunday the 28th.
• Disney’s Hollywood Studios has its typical Saturday morning EMH on Saturday the 20th, but instead of them being scheduled again Saturday the 27th, they are booked for Wednesday the 24th.
• On Sunday the 28th, instead of evening EMH at the Magic Kingdom, evening EMH will be at the Studios

Those following this site’s Autumn-Winter-Spring itinerary for arrival dates of 4/20 and 4/27 will need to be at the Animal Kingdom an hour earlier than indicated for its “First Sunday.”

OVERVIEW: NOVEMBER 2013 AT DISNEY WORLD

This page reviews November 2013 Walt Disney World crowds, prices, deals and discounts, weather, and operating hours; adds a few other notes; and ends with week by week summaries.

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THANKSGIVING 2013 AT WALT DISNEY WORLD

Update October 23: New extended operating hours and 8a openings.

Thanksgiving week at Walt Disney World is busy–particularly Wednesday through Saturday.

While not as crowded as some other holiday weeks–Easter and Christmas, for example–it can be very challenging, and the material below gives some hints on how to deal with it.

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Update 5/1: The party dates are now out, and are as forecast. The pages linked to below now have the confirmed dates.

Disney’s November calendar is out, and based on it, I’ve completed the date forecasts for Mickey’s Not-so-Scary Halloween Party, and published the first set of date forecasts for Mickey’s Very Merry Christmas Party.

• For the forecasted dates for Mickey’s Not-so-Scary Halloween Party (“MNSSHP”), see this.
• For the forecasted dates for Mickey’s Very Merry Christmas Party (“MVMCP), see this.

DISNEY WORLD’S SPECIAL CHRISTMAS PARTY IN 2013

While Christmas itself is December 25 of course, Walt Disney World provides a special Christmas celebration at the Magic Kingdom many nights in November and December.

This celebration is called “Mickey’s Very Merry Christmas Party, or “MVMCP” for short.

At the party, many of the Magic Kingdom’s rides are open, and cookies and hot chocolate, special events, and slightly different Christmas parades and fireworks, and even snow (!) are offered.

The official Disney World page for this event (where you can also buy tickets, when they become available) can be found here.  For a review of MVMCP, see this.

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