Orlando Attraction Hours and Event Times

The definitive quick reference guide to Disney park hours, Orlando area attraction hours and Orlando area event times

Welcome to TravelPost.com's quick reference guide to Disney World and Orlando Area attractions. We've got you covered with hours and events at Disney's Magic Kingdom, EPCOT Center, and all the other Disney attractions. For more variety, we've included the best Orlando area attractions like Sea World, Universal Studios and even NASA Kennedy Space Center. In one convenient chart we provide the essential information you need to see all the best Orlando attractions and get the most out of your stay.

For each top Orlando area attraction we provide the hours of operation, significant events and event times, and a link to the TravelPost.com hotel directory for nearby hotel and reviews. With TravelPost.com's Orlando area quick reference guide, travelers can determine at one glance the opening hours and can't miss events in Orlando. Enjoy this free service from The Premier Source for Unbiased Hotel Reviews.

Orlando Attractions Hour Reference Guide

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Key to the Hours Chart

The dark blue colored bars represent hours during which the attractions are open year round. The lighter blue colored bars represent seasonal hours as the closing times for many attractions, and the starting times for many events vary with the daylight throughout the year. For each attraction a link to the official website can be found in a pop-up window on mouse over, use this link to confirm the exact hours of operation during your stay. Events are shown in gold text. Events with a fixed starting time are shown with a vertical line at the time they begin. Events with seasonally varying start times do not have this vertical line and are shown inside a box that represent the range of possible start times. Mouse over the event name for more information.

Attractions Reference Information

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Disney's Magic Kingdom opens to the general public at 9am everyday, while the closing time varies between 7pm and 12am seasonally, and sometimes from day to day. Once you"re at the Magic Kingdom there are several scheduled events you may want to catch: "Dreams Come True" - the current daytime parade - travels through the park and down Mainstreet USA. It starts at 3pm daily and lasts about 15 minutes. "Wishes" - the fireworks show over Cinderella's Castle, lasts about 12 minutes. The "Spectromagic" Parade - is a nighttime parade also travels down Mainstreet USA, it lasts about 20 minures but there are oc-casionally days with out a performance of Spectromagic. Times vary seasonally for the nighttime events, generally 7pm or 9pm for "Spectromagic" and 8pm or 10pm for "Wishes". In summer there is often a second performance of "Spectromagic" 1 hour after "Wishes".
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EPCOT Center opens to the general public at 9am everyday, while the closing time varies between 9pm and 10pm. The Future World section of EPCOT usually closes at 7pm but the World Showcase section of EPCOT stays open later and be sure to stay for "Illuminations" light show, a spectacular combination of lasers and fireworks with video images of Disney characters, at the World Showcase Lagoon. EPCOT's "Illuminations" show starts at 9pm daily and lasts about 12 minutes.
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Disney MGM Studios opens to the general public at 9am everyday, while the closing time varies between 7pm and 10pm seasonally and sometimes from day to day. If you"re at Disney's MGM studios in the evening, check out "Fantasmic", a combination pyrotechnic and hydrotechnic show based on the classic movie Fantasia. "Fantasmic" takes place at the Fantasmic amphitheater and lasts 26 minutes. Times vary between 7:00 and 10:30 with 2 shows on select nights, in which case the 2nd starts 1:30 after the first.
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Disney's Animal Kingdom opens to the general public at 9am everyday, and closes be-fore dark, sometime between 5pm and 8pm, depending on the season. While you"re at Disney's Animal Kingdom catch the "Jammin" Jungle Parade" featuring disney characters and their animal friends - The Jammin" Jungle Parade starts at 4 pm daily and lasts 15 minutes.
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Sea World Orlando opens to the general public at 9am everyday, while the closing time varies between 6pm and 10pm seasonally and sometimes from day to day. While you"re there be sure to catch "Believe" - Shamu's new show. There are multiple performances of Shamu'ss show "Believe" each day and the times vary, generally there is an early afternoon show around 1pm, a late afternoon show around 4pm and sometimes evening show around 6:30pm.
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Discovery Cove's regular hours are 9am-5pm year round. In the summer time Discovery Cove has special evening hours from 3pm - 9pm, with separate admission required.
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Universal Studios Orlando opens to the general public at 9am everyday. The closing time varies between 6pm and 10pm seasonally, and is generally the same closing time as Universal Islands of Adventure.
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Universal City Walk is open 11am to 2am, 365 days a year. Be sure to catch Blue Man Group's new permanent show starting in June 2007.
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Downtown Disney Market Place is open from 9:30am to 11:30pm every day. Be sure to catch La Nouba, the spectacular show by Cirque Du Soleil, at 6pm and 9pm Tuesday through Saturday. There are no shows Sunday and Monday and the shows often sell out, you can purchase tickets up to 6 months in advance. The nightlife of Downtown Disney Pleasure Island is open from 3pm to 2am every day.
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Orlando Prime Outlets is Florida's largest outlet mall, located at 5401 W. Oakridge Road, near Universal Studios. It's open 10am to 9pm Mon-Sat and 10am-7pm Sunday. Prime Outlets Orlando is one extra hour every day in Summer.
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Orlando Premium Outlets is an upscale outlet mall located at 8200 Vineland Avenue between Sea World and Downtown Disney. It is open 10am-10pm Mon-Sat and 10am-9pm Sun. Premium Outlets Orlando is open one extra hour every day in Summer.
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NASA Kennedy Space Center is located at Cape Canaveral about 60 miles from Orlando the visitor center is open from 9am to 5:30pm every day. Guided bus tours of NASA Kennedy Space Center last 2 - 2.5 hours and leave approximately every 15 minutes beginning at 10am with the last tour at 2:15pm.
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How this Page was Put Together and Disclaimers

The information in this chart was collected by TravelPost.com's editorial team. All information was accurate at time of publication, but the individual attractions may change their hours of operation at any time. Information presented here was obtained from the attraction's web sites, or supplied by an unofficial source and subsequently confirmed with the attraction's official representatives. This list does not contain every worthwhile attraction in the Orlando area, it consists of a selection of attractions based on popularity. Please send us any updates, corrections or additional information about these attractions or others you feel should be included.