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Getting ready for Walmart's sensory-friendly hours.

Every Walmart U.S. store turns some things down from 8 to 10 every morning, local time: the TV walls show a still picture, the radio is off, and the lights go lower where the store can. Plan the trip for those two hours.

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Sensory supports. Sensory-friendly hours at every Walmart U.S. store, every morning.

Hours

Sensory-friendly hours every day, 8 to 10 am local time. Store opening times vary, so check your store's hours on walmart.com before you go.

Every Walmart U.S. store

When it's quieter

“We operate sensory-friendly shopping hours at all U.S. stores from 8 a.m. to 10 a.m. daily.”

The program changes “the TV walls to a static image,” turns “off the radio,” and lowers “the lights where possible.”

  • The hours are the same every day, so pick the morning that fits your week. Aim to be at the checkout before 10.
  • “Where possible” means some stores lower the lights and some don't. The TV walls and the radio are the changes Walmart names for every store.

In their own words: corporate.walmart.com. Checked Sat, Oct 31, 2026. Something changed? Tell us

Three things to know

  1. Every Walmart U.S. store runs sensory-friendly hours from 8 to 10 am local time, every day. Walmart made them daily on Nov 10, 2023, with “no planned end date.”
  2. Every Walmart U.S. store has Caroline's Carts: a shopping cart with a large seat that faces the person pushing and a five-point harness, so a caregiver doesn't have to push a wheelchair and a cart at once.
  3. On a hard day, Walmart's pickup and delivery let you skip going in.

Visual schedule

Walmart Morning

  • Drive to the store
  • Go in the store
  • Get a cart
  • Follow the list
  • Wait in line
  • Pay at the checkout
  • Walk to the car
  • Go home
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Ask before you go

  • whether announcements over the speakers stop
  • whether checkout and self-checkout sounds are turned down
  • which stores lower the lights
  • a quiet room or headphones to borrow
More about Walmart, sensory-friendly hours at every U.S. store
  • The hours began as a Saturday test during back-to-school 2023. Walmart says the feedback was “overwhelmingly positive,” so it made them daily.
  • Blind and low-vision shoppers can get free navigation help in U.S. stores through Aira.

Source: corporate.walmart.com