Magic Kingdom to be open 24 hours on leap day

[NemoRanger]

I just do not see the thrill in being open 24hours. I have never had a 4am craving to ride Space Mountain.

[joanna71985]

I can't wait! I will definitely be there (and will be going for staying all 24 hours).

[hobie16]

It'll probably be like the 24 hour grocery stores. At 3 AM the only people wandering the aisles are the dope smokers who have a terminal case of the munchies.

[ktulu]

It'll probably be like the 24 hour grocery stores. At 3 AM the only people wandering the aisles are the dope smokers who have a terminal case of the munchies.

I worked the register at a 24 hour grocery store. Usually the 3AM crowd were the folks who worked in a bar. Bartenders and strippers were the regulars. One of them, a stripper, was also a volunteer firefighter. The drunks bought crap, the regulars did the normal grocery shopping. I always asked the manager to watch things while I went and washed my hands after everyone left. I took in lots of one dollar bills...

[kurtisnelson]

I'm not sure it'll be worth the costs. Disney is going to have to pay out a hell of a lot of overtime, third shift differential and probably some double-back, a LOT more electricity will be used than normal (running rides mostly but also climate control), and there are many other overhead costs as well. I'm not sure there's going to be enough people there to cover all of these costs let alone make profit. Guest service will also suffer as there will be quite a few CMs who are very tired or otherwise don't want to be working at the gawd-awful hours of the morning.

I'm betting it's going to be even more expensive then we think. Admission alone barely covers basic operating costs, all the profit is on food, beverage, and merch. But how much of that are they going to sell at 5am? Even more so, a bunch of locations can't really even be open that late because they *have* to be cleaned fully.

Personally I see this:

Casey's corner will open later than usual and will stay open the whole period.
TSRs will have usual service.
...actually, how early does CRT normally hold breakfast? I could see that making cleaning impossible.
ODF will ramp way down at midnight, probably just to EGrove, Pott's, type locations.
Attractions will be severely limited starting at 3am.

Park will hard close at 6am, party style, with some form of a park sweep. Park will be clear by 6:45am. The normal steam pressure wash will not happen, as restocking and safety related maintenance is the priority.
I'm then guessing that the B and A tickets will have a slightly delayed open of 10am the next day so they can get their normal maintenance. There's also morning EMH the next day at 8am so they might not even close the E tickets for the night and just have opening shift come in an hour or two early.

The saving grace of the whole thing is that the parks are at minimum close of 8pm on both sides and much of the week, so there probably won't be that much overtime.

The next day, there will be a riot at Chatham Place.

[ktulu]

I wonder how much coffee they sell...

[DonutGoddess]

Hmmm... might work for me! LOL me and my hubby still working nights!

[DisneyMom]

Yep, my Hubby can sleep his usual then go to DLR all night....as for my sleep cycle, I don't have one

[hobie16]

...as for my sleep cycle, I don't have one

Did it look like this?

[DonutGoddess]

Personally I see this:

Casey's corner will open later than usual and will stay open the whole period.
TSRs will have usual service.
...actually, how early does CRT normally hold breakfast? I could see that making cleaning impossible.
ODF will ramp way down at midnight, probably just to EGrove, Pott's, type locations.
Attractions will be severely limited starting at 3am.

Hmmmm... running around all night with nothing but crap to eat? Maybe I will pack a sandwich.

For the night shift we do our first break at 1am, then lunch at 3am. By then I am hungry!