That is my thought exactly! I’m from Vermont, so the heat in the Summer in FL is a lot for my family (even with mid-day breaks). Night time at the parks is preferred due to the sun not being directly on us, so after hours allows us that option. PLUS, the ticket price of AH basically equals a park ticket + multipass & individual LL passes for Epcot anyway.
It seems like they let you in to Epcot at 7 pm with AH tickets, which would mean we’d get at least 2 hours to roam World Showcase before the 9 pm park closure and grab some snacks/drinks.
We have 4 more days at Disney after the AH events. So I did plan on going back to HS on another day for shows and Epcot for anything I missed at the world showcase.
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Our trip isn’t until August.
I don’t see us doing Epcot though.
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Oh goodness! I read your initial question wrong… I now see you said you went to MNSSHP last year, not that you did AH last year 
We’ll just miss you for the Hollywood Studios AH event!!! We’re going for the 8/21/25 event. I’m still wavering on the Epcot AH on 8/22/25… but I may do it!
Let us know how the HS event goes!
Yes, they will let you into the park with an AH ticket at 7, which is nice because you can get food and also watch the nighttime show. We have sometimes not used a regular park ticket on the day of an AH and that offsets the cost a bit. It is kind of nice having a leisurely rest/pool day followed by AH.
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I just bought my tickets through Undercover Tourist and saved $12 a ticket for the H.S. August 20th date. I noticed for the Epcot event on August 21st, it’s only a $4 savings… I’m still wavering on buying Epcots AH
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Thank you for the intell!
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I ended up also buying the After Hours tickets for Epcot for August… I watched several YouTuber’s experiences (Ear Scouts, Mammoth Club, TheTimTracker, AllEars) and feel like it would be worth it considering I am spending another day at Epcot later in my trip to do world showcase and eat/drink around the world. So this event would be good to just ride the rides.
Undercover Tourist ended up saving me $5 per ticket today, instead of $4. Then I was able to easily add them to my Disney App’s tickets for my magic band.
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I really enjoyed the Epcot After Hours. It had more of a party vibe with a DJ, dance party and characters. We moved from ride to ride, enjoying the music and atmosphere. I was really sad that it wasn’t available during my last trip.
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