We (self, DH, and DD 7) went to EMM at TSL today. We left Beach Club at 6:35 and drove to DHS and parked in the first row. We went through security at 6:55. We had our MagicBands scanned, and then were given a wristband. We tapped in at around 7am. We had to walk all the way to Indy and then double back to the arches. I found this irritating; the RealFeel is already around 90—just let us walk as little as possible already! They were strongly encouraging folks to go to breakfast. We went to the arches and were in the second row of families at the big arch. Bathrooms are available at the Brown Derby side doors.
Here’s the run-down of the morning.
7:28 Line started to move and we were marched to TSL
7:33 Got in line for SDD (Posted wait time: 15 minutes)
7:42 Off SDD Ride #1 (Total time: 9 minutes)
7:43 Back in SDD line (Posted wait time: 25 minutes)
8:01 Off SDD Ride #2 (Total time: 18 minutes)
8:02 Back in SDD line (Posted wait time: 25 minutes)
8:26 Off SDD Ride #3 (Total time: 24 minutes)
8:28 Entered TSM
8:41 Off TSM
8:44 AS2 Ride #1
8:49 AS2 Ride #2 (we were allowed to stay in our vehicle)
8:54 Exit AS2 and TSL (passed Buzz with no line, but DD wasn’t interested)
8:55 Passed mass of humanity going to TSL shortly before Buzz
We then did 2 rides on Star Tours. We were hoping for 3, but the line built quickly, I’m guessing in part because RnRC was down (and was down until about noon). We went to breakfast at 9:40. The food was good (well, better than the Fantasyland version) and it was well organized. But we had to stalk to get a table in the AC at that time. At 9:59, they took down one of the milk and juice stations, and a 10 they took down one of the pastry stations. We left at 10:05, and it looked like they were champing at the bit to take everything down ASAP.
My opinion on this event is rather mixed. I was hoping for something more like Fantasyland’s EMM, where the longest we waited for 7DMT was about 10 minutes. In fact, I was pretty irritated that they are marketing short wait times at all. But then we returned to TSL at 10:30 to do a FP+ for TSM (thus only the single ride earlier), and holy guacamole. Talk about insanity. The waits for BOTH SDD and TSM were 120 minutes.
I’m still irritated that they would market this as little wait times. But my kid really wanted to do SDD multiple times. TSL EMM was a way to do this. I would do Fantasyland EMM again in a heartbeat. This one, well, I’d have to think about it.