TP hours for AK seem to be wrong - says park closes at 8PM, but ROL starts at 8:30PM

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OK, apologies if this is user error, but…

I am attempting to make a TP for AK on April 7, 2019

TP claims AK park hours on April 7, 2019 are: 9:00am - 8:00pm
But… Disney site shows ROL showtime for that date as 8:30 PM
https://disneyworld.disney.go.com/entertainment/animal-kingdom/rivers-of-light/

So, it seems the TP hours must be wrong… right?

OK, I looked here https://disneyworld.disney.go.com/destinations/animal-kingdom/ and it says
Tuesday April 07, 2020
9:00 AM to 8:00 PM
Ticketed Event | 9:00 PM to 12:00 AM

So… TP seems to be sort of right? I have booked the Ultimate Nights of Adventure which starts at 4:30 and ends with the ROL show starting at 8:30 – the ticketed event would NOT appear to be that… and TP does not show a ticketed event… so maybe I need to call Disney…

Plan itself (unoptimized b/c of the hours issue) is here: AK - Tues

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That is actually quite common, so I would assume the hours are correct. It just means the park will start emptying before the show begins.

Same for Fantasmic at DHS.

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OK, I called Disney. That is a Disney After Hours day. So yes, after ROL, they will kick us out.

But… I went ahead and purchased the DAH tickets so we can enjoy that too :slight_smile:

I guess TP though still needs to update that it is a DAH day, since I did not see that ticketed event mentioned when I created the TP for that day

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I’m not sure TP “allows” Plans to be made for DAH, which would be why it doesn’t include them in their hours.

Unless you have a ticket, it really doesn’t affect your plans. And the show being after park close is fairly normal whether there is an after hours event or not.

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For other ticketed events (EMM, MVMCP) there is a checkbox on the TP, so that the plan knows you are attending that event. I saw no such checkbox for DAH