We did EMH this morning and it was a mess in places but I can see their plan (just wish they had explained it)
We arrived close to 7 am - via monorail (were scanned at TTC). We lined up for the bag check - security people were not yet out we just all stood in line. Then they had a meeting for a bit and finally were ready to go - went through bag check and the scanner then lined up at the turnstiles..... and waited. Around 7:30 they let us scan our MB and go in
that's when things got interesting... they let a bunch of us in (which I was expecting ) to walk down Main Street- so we're strolling down Main Street taking pictures etc and a security guard comes up and tells us very nicely that there was a mistake and they should not have let us (and everyone in front of us) in yet... and she asked us to head back towards the entrance (but we could take our time). We went back taking our time and then before we had made it back they let the rest of the mass of humanity in so we turned around and walked back towards the castle. Got down to the Hub and stood in front of the castle expecting some kind of Welcome something (in our experience they did at least something for morning EMH) the CM told us the Welcome Show would be at 9. OK so asked if we could go through the castle when things opened up to get to Fantasy Land - nope - we were told you can go over via Liberty Bridge....OK went over there and was told that was only for the breakfast people. So went to stand by (what we call) Merida Bridge and realized that they had that blocked off in 2 places - where we were in the Hub and further on. We had to walk back a bit and (with what appeared to be the rest of the planet) go through a funnel type area to get our Magic Bands scanned again) Once we did that we could wait at the "actual" rope.
I can see what they are doing - they appear to let everyone in and then the EMH folks can go through the funneling area to get their MB scanned and then (when the time is right) on to FL and TL while the rest of the 'non-resort' guests hang out / wait in the Hub and Main street. It makes sense but was confusing this morning with no signs or people telling you where to go.
Also I had planned our morning to be a character morning via
@kennythepirate character locator - the times are now sadly "off" during the EMH timeframe for certain characters. Alice was supposed to be out at 8 :20 am but she was finishing her set at that point. And Mary Poppins should have been out in the fireworks area at 8:20 but she wasn't out there because, of course that was where the non-resort people were - we looked for Mary by the Carousel but couldn't find her so not sure if she is out early. Figured out that their schedules are now different because they have to be in the morning show at 8:55 am so the 8:20 start time is out the window (or so it appears). Not sure if Tinker Bell who normally opens for EMH (as I recall) was open we didn't make it back that way. Also other characters (Snow White, and Minnie as I recall) should have been out near the front of the park for EMH but I bet they weren't due to the incoming non- resort guests... We did ask CMs but they just didn't know where/ what was going on with the characters today.
so that's my report from MK EMH I'm sure they will make it all work but this morning wasn't the smooth operation we were expecting.