One of the benefits to staying at one of the Walt Disney World Resorts is that you become eligible to participate in the Extra Magic Hours that are held at the Disney World Theme Parks.

Extra Magic Hours are special times at a specific park each day where the park stays open only for Resort guests.

During the Extra Magic Hour Mornings, the park of the day opens 1 hour earlier for Disney Resort Guests.

The Extra Magic Hour Evenings give Disney Resort Guest 3 extra hours to enjoy the park of the day.

During the Extra Magic hours most of the key attractions are open. Here is the current list:
Magic Kingdom Theme Park
Mornings:
Big Thunder Mountain Railroad, Cinderella's Golden Carrousel, Dumbo the Flying Elephant, Haunted Mansion, "it's a small world", The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh, Mickey's PhilharMagic, Peter Pan's Flight, Splash Mountain
Evenings:
Includes attractions listed above and Buzz Lightyear's Space Ranger Spin, The Magic Carpets of Aladdin, Pirates of the Caribbean, Stitch's Great Escape!, Tomorrowland Speedway

Epcot
Mornings:
Living with the Land, Mission: SPACE, Soarin', Spaceship Earth, Test Track
Evenings:
Includes attractions listed above and Honey, I Shrunk the Audience, Journey Into Imagination With Figment, Mexico - Gran Fiesta Tour Starring The Three Caballeros, Norway-Maelstrom, The American Adventure

Disney's Hollywood Studios
Mornings:
Muppet Vision 3-D, Rock 'n' Roller Coaster Starring Aerosmith, Star Tours, Toy Story Mania!, The Twilight Zone Tower of Terror
Evenings:
Includes attractions listed above and The Great Movie Ride, Voyage of The Little Mermaid

Disney's Animal Kingdom Theme Park
Mornings:
DINOSAUR, Expedition Everest, It's Tough to be a Bug!, Kilimanjaro Safaris, Pangani Forest Exploration Trail
Evenings:
DINOSAUR, Expedition Everest, Festival of the Lion King, It's Tough to be a Bug!, Kali River Rapids, Primeval Whirl, TriceraTop Spin

Check the Disney World website to see the current schedule for Extra Magic Hour Parks.

Here is the schedule for this week:

Monday Aug 3: Morning - Hollywood Studios Evening - Animal Kingdom

Tuesday Aug 4: Morning - Magic Kingdom Evening - Epcot

Wednesday Aug 5: Morning - Animal Kingdom Evening - Hollywood Studios

Thursday Aug 6: Morning - Magic Kingdom Evening - Epcot

Friday Aug 7: Morning - Hollywood Studios Evening - Magic Kingdom

Saturday Aug 8: Morning - Animal Kingdom

Sunday Aug 9: Morning - Epcot Evening - Magic Kingdom

In order to take advantage of the Extra Magic Hours, you need to have valid theme park admission and Resort IDs (Door Key Cards) for each member of your party.

For the Morning Extra Magic Hours the Disney Transportation will be operating early for the park of the day. At the park entrance just show your Resort ID in addition to your theme park ticket and you are free to start enjoying the park.

After the normal park closing time (for Evening Extra Magic Hours) just continue enjoying the park and be prepared to show your Resort IDs at each attraction that yo visit during the evening.

Extra Magic Hours are a nice perk for Walt Disney World Resort Guests. They are easy to take advantage of if you are interested. Just remember to bring your Resort IDs for ALL members of your party.