Disney World Hotels Eligible for Early Theme Park Entry Through 2025 with Attractions
If you’re planning a Walt Disney World vacation, you’ll want to take advantage of as many resort benefits as possible. One of those benefits is the early theme park entry benefit. Below, we list the Disney Resort Hotels and other select hotels eligible for early theme park entry benefits through 2025. After that, we’ve included a list of attractions available at each park during the early entry period.
Disney introduced the early theme park entry for Disney Resort Hotel and select other hotel guests a few years back. It allows eligible guests to enter the theme parks 30 minutes early and applies to each of the four parks daily. Therefore, if you’re staying at an eligible hotel, you can enter Magic Kingdom, Epcot, Disney’s Hollywood Studios, or Disney’s Animal Kingdom up to thirty minutes before the official park opening each day.
Having an extra 30 minutes each morning is a tremendous advantage. You’ll be able to visit popular attractions with little to no wait before the bulk of the crowd arrives. Getting at least one of the more significant attractions out of the way before the parks open to regular guests puts you ahead of the crowd.
List of Disney Resorts Eligible for Early Theme Park Entry
The following Walt Disney World Resort Hotels and select off-site hotels are eligible for early theme park entry:
- Disney’s All-Star Movies Resort
- Disney’s All-Star Sports Resort
- Disney’s All-Star Music Resort
- The Campsites at Disney’s Fort Wilderness Resort
- Disney’s Art of Animation Resort
- Disney’s Pop Century Resort
- Disney’s Caribbean Beach Resort
- Disney’s Coronado Springs Resort
- Disney’s Port Orleans Riverside Resort
- Disney’s Port Orleans French Quarter
- The Cabins at Disney’s Fort Wilderness Resort
- Disney’s Polynesian Village Resort
- Disney’s Grand Floridian Resort & Spa
- Disney’s Contemporary Resort
- Disney’s Wilderness Lodge Resort
- Disney’s Yacht Club Resort
- Disney’s Beach Club Resort
- Disney’s Boardwalk Inn
- Disney’s Animal Kingdom Lodge
- Bay Lake Tower at Disney’s Contemporary Resort
- Boulder Ridge Villas at Disney’s Wilderness Lodge
- Copper Creek Villas & Cabins at Disney’s Wilderness Lodge
- Disney’s Animal Kingdom Villas – Jambo House
- Disney’s Animal Kingdom Villas – Kidani Village
- Disney’s Beach Club Villas
- Disney’s BoardWalk Villas
- Disney’s Old Key West Resort
- Disney’s Polynesian Villas and Bungalows
- Disney’s Riviera Resort
- Disney’s Saratoga Springs Resort and Spa
- The Villas at Disney’s Grand Floridian Resort and Spa
- Walt Disney World Dolphin Hotel
- Walt Disney World Swan Hotel
- Walt Disney World Swan Reserve
- Renaissance Orlando Resort and Spa (Disney Springs)
- DoubleTree Suites Disney Springs by Hilton Orlando
- Drury Plaza Hotel Orlando Lake Buena Vista
- Four Seasons Resort Orlando
- Hilton Orlando Buena Vista Palace
- Hilton Orlando Lake Buena Vista
- Holiday Inn Orlando
- Shades of Green on Walt Disney World Resort
- Signia by Hilton Orlando Bonnet Creek
- Waldorf Astoria Orlando
- Wyndham Garden Lake Buena Vista
- Wyndham Lake Buena Vista
*Valid admission and park reservations (where applicable) are required to enter the theme parks. Guests must link their resort reservations to their MagicBand, Keys to the World Card, or Disney MagicMobile Pass.
Select Attractions Available for Early Entry
We’ve added a list of available attractions for each Walt Disney World theme park during early entry.
Magic Kingdom Early Entry Rides
The following attractions are available at Magic Kingdom during early entry. Tomorrowland and Fantasyland are the only lands open during the early 30-minute period.
- “it’s a small world”
- Astro Orbiter
- Buzz Lightyear’s Space Ranger Spin
- Dumbo the Flying Elephant
- Mad Tea Party
- Mickey’s PhilharMagic
- Peter Pan’s Flight
- Prince Charming Regal Carrousel
- Seven Dwarfs Mine Train
- Space Mountain
- The Barnstormer
- The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh
- Tomorrowland Speedway
- Tomorrowland Transit Authority PeopleMover
- Under the Sea ~ Journey of The Little Mermaid
- Walt Disney’s Carousel of Progress
Epcot Early Entry Rides
The following attractions are available during early entry at Epcot each morning.
- Frozen Ever After
- Mission: SPACE
- Remy’s Ratatouille Adventure
- Soarin’ Around the World
- Spaceship Earth
- Test Track*
- The Seas with Nemo & Friends
*Test Track will reopen from a lengthy refurbishment in the late summer of 2025.
Disney’s Hollywood Studios Early Entry Rides
The following attractions are available during early entry at Disney’s Hollywood Studios.
- Alien Swirling Saucers
- Mickey & Minnie’s Runaway Railway
- Millennium Falcon: Smugglers Run
- Rock ‘n’ Roller Coaster Starring Aerosmith
- Slinky Dog Dash
- Star Tours – The Adventures Continue
- Star Wars: Rise of the Resistance
- The Twilight Zone Tower of Terror
- Toy Story Mania!
Disney’s Animal Kingdom Early Entry Rides
The following attractions are available during early entry at Disney’s Animal Kingdom.
- Avatar Flight of Passage
- DINOSAUR*
- Expedition Everest – Legend of the Forbidden Mountain
- It’s Tough to be a Bug!*
- Na’vi River Journey
- TriceraTop Spin*
*Triceratop Spin will permanently close in early January 2025. It’s Tough to Be a Bug! will permanently close in 2025. A new show, Zootopia: Better Zoogether, will open in its place in late 2025. Lastly, 2025 is your last year to ride DINOSAUR at Disney’s Animal Kingdom.
Final Thoughts
If you plan to take advantage of this considerable benefit, you should arrive at the park as early as possible. Even if you arrive on time for early entry, you will likely be too late due to the crowds.
It’s like the old saying: If you’re early, you’re on time, and if you’re on time, you’re late. However, we recently arrived at Animal Kingdom about 15 minutes late for early entry and did okay. You can read about that experience in our 24 Hours at Disney World trip report.
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