Later Park Closing Returns to Epcot During Festival of the Holidays in 2025

While updating our November 2025 planning guide, we noticed that park hours at Epcot shift from a 9:00 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. close, starting November 28th. This was not a surprise. In the past few years, we’ve seen the same change at Epcot during the International Festival of the Holidays. This year’s festival runs from November 28 through December 30, 2025. We expect to see a 9:30 p.m. close each evening of the festival as park hours become available.

The good news is that those visiting this time of year will have an extra 30 minutes in the park. It’s important to note that Epcot’s evening fireworks, Luminous: The Symphony of Us, are always held at park closing. So, the nightly fireworks performance will shift to 9:30 p.m. instead of the usual 9:00 p.m. A few shops will remain open until about an hour after the park closes. So don’t feel the need to rush out of the park when the fireworks conclude. We prefer to take our time and let the park clear out.

With this change, we’ll likely see extended evening hours for deluxe and deluxe villa guests at Epcot shift to 9:30 to 11:30 p.m. if and when they’re offered. Those hours are yet to be posted, but we’ll add them to our December 2025 planning guide as they’re released.

As far as other parks, time will tell whether any later evenings are offered during the holidays. When hours are extended, they will be updated in the My Disney Experience app. It is important to check those hours leading up to and during your trip. You can do so by opening the app, selecting the hamburger icon (three stacked lines) on the bottom right corner, then scrolling down to the last item (Park Hours and Info) under “Plan My Next Visit.” You’ll see a calendar with the current month and date selected. The calendar will generally let you see up to about 70 days out.

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Or you might like our entire guide to this year’s festival:

2025 Epcot International Festival of the Holidays Guide

The Epcot International Festival of the Holidays runs from November 28th to December 30th in 2025. In simpler terms, it starts the day after Thanksgiving and continues through the day…

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