Really looking forward to all these new things for my Disney World trip in September, but I'm wondering what effect the later opening of all this will have on crowd size for late summer, early fall.

Was very excited to see River of Lights and have already bought and paid for very expensive trip to Disney so could see it.Can't come back in summer it takes years now to save up for a trip.I would rather see partial opening than none and can eat dinner somewhere else if know this ahead of time and Frozen being delayed too my grandkids favorite better to open in stages than all at once and not in summer when so busy.we never plan summer trips anymore

It's the right decision. I just hope it's running for when we make the trip over the pond for the first two weeks of July!

Don't they also have the Rain Forest Cafe for sit down dining?

I think what is also a likely factor is the delays in Shanghai construction. It would make no sense for the park to extend its operating hours while the entire resort is being told to cut costs to hide the overruns in Shanghai construction. I think its very likely that all the nighttime offerings could have been ready for an April 22 debut but the executives probably thought it would be best to try and save money on labor costs.

I am so sad about this news because I am planning a trip with my mom, aunts, and grandmother near the end of May and we were really looking forward to Rivers of Light. But I guess this gives us a good excuse to make a return trip later on!