WOW!
Heard about this on the DIS Daily Fix video and see what happened.
Our family's home DVC resort is BCV and one of the reasons we bought and added on at BCV was the walking access to Epcot and DHS.
I hope this is not some new policy because quite frankly I will raise holy heck. I'd actually refuse to go out the front. EMH is a bonus to all of us staying on property.
In the past Disney staff have been really flexible. I remember a few years ago being on the outside of main entrance after park closing. Talked to security and they let us go in the park to walk through to Int'l Gateway.
We are not too happy Disney is bringing the new Skyliner traffic to the Int'l Gateway which is a small entrance already. Now they will funnel traffic from the value resorts which have very high room and guest counts. This is also going to cause capacity issues with the Boats to DHS as thousands of new guests experiencing the Int'l gateway will see and subsequently use the boats to go from Epcot to DHS. This will end up having no room on the boat by the time it reaches the dock at YC and BC. Trust me these non Epcot resort guests will not take the Skyliner back to CB station then transfer to DHS - they will use the boats.
People pay more to stay at the Epcot Resorts and DVC member pay for transportation as part of our dues. We chose to buy at BCV and to add on points because of the ease of access to the 2 parks. During this time of year people pay a premium to stay at the Epcot Resorts specifically for Food and Wine. Being able to stumble back to our rooms after drinking around the world is pretty standard.
My advice to you and to any guest who experienced this to contact Disney by phone, e-mail or snail mail.
They need to know that it is ludicrous to make people go out the main entrance if they are staying at BC, YC, BW or Swan / Dolphin. You paid a lot of money to stay at these resorts.