January
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They finally updated it - thanks for sharing!
Thanks! Iāll add this one to the list.
FWIW, March is now posted
Updated to indicate that March is out. However, April is well overdue and May should have been out by now.
April is now out at the above posted link.
I guess WDW is not releasing these calendars anymore? May isnāt available and certainly not Juneā¦
They certainly do not appear to be releasing them as timely as they used to - it used to be that a given monthās initial calendar would be published in advance of the first 180+10 day for the month so that TAs could help their clients plan out ADRs.
I knowā¦ and it is so frustratingā¦ but I guess we have to do the best we can making ADRs with no knowledge of park hours! The adventure continues . . . . 
OK, I have been trying to get someone official at Disney to explain what is happening with the TA Calendar for May 2018 and beyond. I first asked the useless cows who know surprising little about Disney Disney Moms Panel, who appear to have declined to answer the question.
I then contacted Guest Relations, who failed to answer my question and instead told me how to access the online calendar on the Disney World web page. Which I obviously knew how to do, as in my e-mail I pointed out that it only shows 180 days out, which is useless for planning. OTL
The quest continuesā¦
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Thanks! I really needed to laugh todayš
Do not meddle in the affairs of wizards, for they are subtle and quick to anger. 
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Certainty of death, small chance of success - what are we waiting for?
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Got a second reply from WDW Guest Services:
āOne of the main reasons that we have stopped the previous practice of releasing our theme park monthly calendar ahead of time is due to all of the new additions appearing in our theme parks and our resorts! All of these changes will affect how our theme parksā hours will be change and how we will be able to provide the best experiences for our guests.ā
In other words, we are lazy. Planning-wise, there is no difference in releasing operating hours one day at a time for 180 days out and releasing them for the entire month that falls in the current 180+10 window. Additionally, the monthly plans still exist, as people like Kenny the Pirate who have friends in low places have been able to get access to the āinternal onlyā calendars that are released on the same schedule that the TA calendars used to be - that is why he has been able to release his June 2018 Crowd Calendar with hours for all the parks.
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I have found another source for operating hours calendars that go out beyond with WDW posts. Kenny the Pirate appears to have access to the calendars on a schedule similar to the old TA calendars. He will not say what his source is, other than it is reliable (Iām thinking that he knows someone who has access to the internal CM-only calendar that was the source for the TA calendars). I have been checking the hours he lists for June 2018, and so far they have exactly matched what has been posted on a 180 day basis on the WDW web site. Currently he has hours posted through July 2018, and I would expect August to be posted in mid-January.
A few words of warning here:
- The advance calendars (and the hours when released at 180 days) now appear to be very generic, i.e. almost exactly the same week by week. This leads me to believe that WDW will be doing a lot more park hour changes as we get closer to dates in question, as the calendars used to have a lot more variability in them. With that in mind, the TP predicted hours (before they are overwritten by the āactualā hours on a 180 day basis), might give a better indication of what the hours will actually end up being.
- Although the KtP hours have proven thus far to match the hours when released on the WDW website, this is not an official WDW announcement so donāt blame the messenger if they are wrong for your trip dates.
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OK, I have been tracking the hours on KtPās calendars versus the initial hours released on the WDW website for over a month now, and his park hours (both regular and EMH) have been spot on. Therefore, I think that his calendars are a good substitute for the old TA calendars (may they rest in peace).
One thing I did not check is how quickly his calendars are adjusted when WDW makes a change in operating hours. For that I would rely on the TP calendar, using the Crowd Tracker which will send you an e-mail alert when park hours or Crowd Levels change.
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Thanks @brklinck for tracking this. I will miss the old calendars but I think, as you have indicated above, that he must have somebody on the insideā¦
But I appreciate your continuing to address this.
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This one at an Alt source for WDW is updated Jan 2019 - https://pixievacations.com/walt-disney-world-crowd-calendars/
Welcome to the forum! I have never seen that link. Thanks for sharing.