You mean 8:30 was the time you got checked in? What time did you line up for check in? Did you get your table assignment and wristband then? And then what time and where did you go to be seated?
I’m asking because I did the second show in early June, and ended up more confused than anything. I had to check in at 8:15 for the 10:15 show- the line for being lead over at 9:40, an hour and a half later, was already forming! I went and rode Ariel instead, and used the restroom, and wandered back not long after- and the line was HUGE already. At 9:45 we stood up, but it took ages to get up into a group to be lead over there. By the time I got there it was pretty late and the server was pretty frazzled and ignored me for a bit while she took the orders of the couple already sitting at the table. She plopped a plate in front of me without asking, which was when I was able to tell her I had a gluten free plate reserved, so she had to scramble to get that switched. All in all, it seems like a much rawer deal to wait so long for the second show.