"Official" 2018 Disney After Hours (DAH) Thread (Now Closed, see New 2019 Thread)

[georgina]

Stuck on the monorail! Yippee!

 

[nancy155]

Stuck on the monorail! Yippee!

Oh no. I was just told we could use lanyards for FP lines at 8 pm. So I am all close by the BTMRR.

 

[Lesley Wake]

6:30 got lanyard from liberty square!

That is a relief! Let us know how using it as a FP goes!

 

[nancy155]

I can’t believe how crazy busy it is. Can’t wait for 9 when the lines clear out!!!

 

[nancy155]

That is a relief! Let us know how using it as a FP goes!

Was told at 8 can begin using it as a FP

 

[MommaBerd]

Stuck on the monorail! Yippee!

Are you unstuck yet?!?

 

[nancy155]

Now they are saying not until 9 and we’re pretty rude about it

 

[georgina]

Splash says 45 min but us a walkon

 

[georgina]

Are you unstuck yet?!?

Yeah. It was only maybe 12-15 min. They says a station was having power issues. Got in and rode Peoplemover and Buzz and now Splash after a 6/7 min stoppage there also

 

[hereforthechurros]

OK that was one of the more bizarre experiences of my life - I just rode splash with no music on most of the ride. A lot of the lighting was off too as were some of the effects and movements. The drop was the least scary bit of the ride!

Finally have a chance to sit down, backread and post about our 2/8 experience because THIS! How odd was that? It was my son’s first time and he was so confused. Creepy indeed! So many of the animatronics were off as well. At least there was audio on the backend.

Edit: to clarify it was actually cool to experience it but so random!

 

[PlutosNumberOneFan]

Watched the fireworks from the splash bridge - didn’t go on big thunder to watch as it said 60mins wait but lesson learnt... as soon as the fireworks were over we walked right on!

No luck using lanyard for fastpass there either.

 

[nancy155]

Watched the fireworks from the splash bridge - didn’t go on big thunder to watch as it said 60mins wait but lesson learnt... as soon as the fireworks were over we walked right on!

No luck using lanyard for fastpass there either.

I walked right on as well After fireworks

 

[hereforthechurros]

Week late on my review but I underestimated how busy I would be leading the way for our group of 6 during our trip! Plus we were there 8 days with very little down time so, whew, finally home and can breathe. Hope everyone has a great time tonight!

Our 2/8 evening didn’t go quite as planned but can’t blame the event itself. I will say it was far more crowded than I envisioned; I was sure it had sold out. Not the case!

Three members of our group had never been to WDW and didn’t understand how staying on a schedule optimizes your time so we were late/behind on everything. DAH was no different. We didn’t even get to the gates until 6:30 pm but got right in and made our way to a FP on Splash. Splash was down. So we ducked into Country Bear Jamboree then started to make our way to our second FP at Haunted Mansion when my sister decided she needed dinner immediately which was frustrating because we had appetizers before we left and I warned everyone that food would be hard to find. And it was. We tried to go into Columbia Harbor House but it was closed at 7:00 pm. WTH! So we rode HM then got snacks from Sleepy Hollow. Ate said snacks while watching a terrible view of the HEA. After fireworks it felt like everyone turned around and headed back into the park - not just ticket holders. Fighting our way to jungle cruise took a while. Little frustrating that from 6:30-8:30 pm we only did two attractions. I feel like those with 9-12 events will fare better. From 8:30 pm on we did:

Jungle Cruise
Magic carpets
Pirates of the Caribbean
Splash Mountain (audio off)
Buzz Lightyear
Tea Cups
Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh
Seven Dwarves Mine Train (long wait)
Peter Pan

Lines for most carts were long so we only stopped twice. Few waters, couple diet cokes, one popcorn and one ice cream each. Definitely didn’t maximize the snacking. We left a few minutes early to catch a bus to WL and it worked out perfectly. Left feeling like I wanted a re-do but I do have a few great memories from the night and don’t regret it

By the way, crowds during our visit were nutty. I read all the warnings but sheesh.

 

[georgina]

Popcorn lines really long in Frontier and liberty sq

Shorter in fantasyland but no popcorn!

Finally found popcorn in tomorrow land but longer line again.

 

[Haley R]

Watched the fireworks from the splash bridge - didn’t go on big thunder to watch as it said 60mins wait but lesson learnt... as soon as the fireworks were over we walked right on!

No luck using lanyard for fastpass there either.

So do you think you actually could’ve ridden btmr during the fireworks?

 

[hitchRALB]

Looking forward to the reports from tonight, especially advice on what to do during the 7-9pm zone while Park is still open to other guests.

 

[nancy155]

Lantern photo op is available. Right outside small world on way to haunted mansion!

 

[GADisneyDad14]

Lantern photo op is available. Right outside small world on way to haunted mansion!

Really? NICE! Assume not much line?

 

[nancy155]

Really? NICE! Assume not much line?

Nope. Probably 8 people

 

[GADisneyDad14]

Hate to be the mean moderator here, but friendly request to keep posts on the topic of DAH. It helps folks who don’t read these threads that often to be able to skim and quickly find info/experiences related to the event. There are also a few other threads going on right now discussing these larger-than-expected Jan/Feb park crowds, if so inclined.

To that extent, I did do some clean-up of a few posts above. I appreciate your understanding.

Thank you to everyone for the live reports from tonight, hope folks are having a great time!