Epcot intrinsically has nighttime allure due to a few unintended reasons:
It's the second park. People go to MK first. Then they park hop to Epcot or on their second day after sleeping in they go to Epcot.
Epcot has two distinct halves, the nature of which makes people do Future World first and then World Showcase. For the record, World Showcase has always opened after Future World except during some event. It'd be really interesting to see what would happen if World Showcase opened at the same time for an extended period and if that would shift crowds.
World Showcase has dining. It is known for dining and if you're going to spend your theme park pennies for one sit down its dinner - though from a price and crowd and use of time standpoint lunch is a better value.
Now imagine if Pandora was only open at night. People would plan their evenings at AK.
It's the second park. People go to MK first. Then they park hop to Epcot or on their second day after sleeping in they go to Epcot.
Epcot has two distinct halves, the nature of which makes people do Future World first and then World Showcase. For the record, World Showcase has always opened after Future World except during some event. It'd be really interesting to see what would happen if World Showcase opened at the same time for an extended period and if that would shift crowds.
World Showcase has dining. It is known for dining and if you're going to spend your theme park pennies for one sit down its dinner - though from a price and crowd and use of time standpoint lunch is a better value.
Now imagine if Pandora was only open at night. People would plan their evenings at AK.