I attended Tuesday, March 5th - and agree with the PP - the weather was not our friend this morning....
I arrived by bus around 7:20 am; very easy to get my wristband and get in line by the railroad station. At 7:45 am, they announced they were still waiting for “Tinkerbell” to show up and get things started; when you’re paying big $$ for each minute of a short event, this was not a welcome announcement. My watch showed they let us in around 7:48 am - which corresponds with the PP, at said we were let in at 7:49 am. I stopped for one Photopass op on Main Street; I arrived in Fantasyland at around 7:53 am.
Most people were heading to 7DMT, so I decided to meet the Princesses. Was in & out for all four princesses in 10 minutes; no line whatsoever. Then walked over for a short line for Peter Pan; I might have waited 8 minutes here?? After leaving there, it was starting to mist - but made my way over to 7DMT. They were sending us in the Standby line at this point, and there was perhaps a 10-minute wait. By the time I actually got on the ride, the mist had turned to a steady drizzle - and it was COLD. My pictures are hysterical, because I had donned my poncho at this point, but with the wind blowing, I look like a ghost!! I rode it a 2nd time, and we were STILL going through the standby line, but a much shorter wait this time. By my 3rd trip, they had opened up the “shortcut” in the FastPass line, which was nice. I rode it several more times, getting off around 8:45 am. I decided to walk over to breakfast, but then saw that Pooh was open, so hopped into line for that.
Getting out of Pooh, the masses of barbarians had arrived, and so I fought against the crowds ALL heading to 7DMT and made my way to Cosmic Ray’s. Be warned that 99% of the people/traffic are heading IN to Fantasyland; you’re trying to head OUT of you’re heading to breakfast. It was a melee, and you have to be very careful and aggressive to NOT get ran over by speeding strollers!!!
It was a relief to go inside for breakfast, as it was really raining now. I am Celiac, and was able to talk to a chef, who made me both French toast sticks and waffles, gluten-free. Delicious. I waited perhaps 8 minutes for my plate...but hey, at least I was warm!!!
I’d done this event several times when it first came out, and I prefer the “old” way - fewer tickets sold, with breakfast at the old Pinocchio Haus. It was so easy to head over there and not fight like a salmon swimming upstream.