2+ months after the announcement of SW:GE and I'm still surprised by so many people reacting negativity. We're going end of Sept into Oct. We picked this time because we wanted to see Halloween and we got free dining the day it opened. When they announced SW:GE we were anxious at first but that lasted 5 minutes - then we realized how exciting of a time it will be and how much we have to look forward to.
Will it be crowded? Probably. But seriously...so what? You're at WDW where thousands of people would kill to trade places with you. Yes, you've paid thousands of dollars for flights and a resort and you want a "perfect" vacation where you're the only family in the park, but a vacation is only as good as your attitude so why STILL be mad about this? For the Aug-Sept vacationers, it's still right when school starts, it's still super hot, it's still hurricane season, only 1 ride is open at SW:GE, and some people did change their plans to earlier to avoid it all.
They're giving us EEMH at 1 park and EMH at 2 other parks to spread out the crowds. If you don't want to get up at 4am to be there for 6am, then don't. It's really no big deal! Keep in mind the people on forums like this are a very small percentage of the people that go to WDW. Your average traveler may not even know about getting in at 6am, about booking ADRS 180 days out, about touring plan strategies, etc. Sure, the 8am PPO breakfasts I booked at MK and AK aren't giving me an advantage anymore, but again - so what? We're still months out so I was able to push them into the 9am hour instead (and can I add that shows just how much availability there still is, that I can change reservations for a group of 6 with no problem). We're traveling with 2 grandparents that I know can't keep up with us but we'll go at their pace and we will still somehow have a magical time. We are huge SW fans and have accepted that we may not get into SW:GE but it will be there for another 50 years.
I don't feel like it was a bait and switch. Some people are just looking to complain about something. Seeing the
Disneyland reservation system and virtual queue gives me hope for how they will handle WDW. If it's crazy crowded oh well. You can still have a great trip!