Walt Disney World Monorail times shortened

Leah Zanolla | Posted: Jul 10, 2011 | Updated: Oct 19, 2014 - 9:25:27 AM

The Walt Disney World monorail system will stop running one hour after the regular park closing time. The change will be effective on July 11th for the Epcot monorail and August 1st for the Magic Kingdom monorail. This will mainly affect guests attending evening Extra Magic Hours at those parks as they will have to use buses or, in the case of the Magic Kingdom, ferries to travel back to their resorts or the Transportation and Ticket Center. Here's the official statement from Disney:

"From time to time, we make adjustments to our operations to accommodate for planned transportation maintenance. With that in mind, operating hours for the Epcot Monorail system will be modified to operate one hour after regular park close beginning July 11, 2011 and the Magic Kingdom Monorail system will also operate one hour after regular park close beginning August 1, 2011. At that time, watercraft (where applicable) and additional buses will be available to transport guests to their destination.

Return service from evening Extra Magic Hours in the parks will be supported by watercraft (where applicable) and bus transportation."