Orlando 2026 May 8–17
Day 7 Thu, May 14
🏰 Magic Kingdom

Magic Kingdom — Headliner Day

Big Disney day. LL Multi Pass strongly recommended. Be Our Guest dinner. Stay for fireworks.

Weather· climate average

88° /67°
Thunderstorms
45% · 0.1"

Climate average — too far out for forecast

Park hours

Open
9:00 AM
Close
10:00 PM
Fireworks
10:00 PM
  • Early entry: 8:30 AM for Disney resort guests only.
  • Happily Ever After moved to 10 PM start (post April 19, 2026). Hollywood Studios runs Disney After Hours 9:30 PM–12:30 AM tonight (separately ticketed).

Source: Disney Food Blog

Rope drop

At the gate 45 min before open. Tron virtual queue drops at 7am — phone ready. Walk to Seven Dwarfs Mine Train, then Peter Pan's, then ride LL momentum.

Must do

  • Seven Dwarfs Mine Train (38" — LL)
  • Space Mountain (44")
  • Big Thunder Mountain (40")
  • Peter Pan's Flight (LL — line is brutal)
  • Haunted Mansion
  • Pirates of the Caribbean
  • It's a Small World
  • TRON Lightcycle/Run (48" — virtual queue or LL Single Pass)
  • Happily Ever After fireworks (~9pm)

Express / Lightning Lane

LL Multi Pass priority order:

  1. Seven Dwarfs Mine Train
  2. Peter Pan's Flight
  3. Big Thunder
  4. Space Mountain (or Jungle Cruise)

LL Single Pass: Tron if you miss the virtual queue.

Rain backup

Lots of indoor (Pirates, Mansion, Small World, Pooh, Carousel of Progress, Hall of Presidents). Fireworks may cancel — check My Disney Experience.

Meals

Height blocks

  • Bowen (46”): out at Tron (48”)
  • Briggs (42”): out at Tron, Space Mountain (44”)
  • Louie: out at Tron, Space Mountain

Single rider: none. Use rider switch (parent swap).

Fireworks: stake out Hub grass 45 min before. Plan 30+ min exit.