We went to the MK EMM on Sunday, 10/2. We arrived a little late - entering the park at just about 8:00am - because we'd been out late the night before and I had trouble getting my DD up and moving so early. We stopped at BBB to get a sprinkle of pixie dust, and my DD tried unsuccessfully to pull the sword from the stone in front of the Carrousel. As
@AngiTN mentioned, I'd read earlier reports that suggested riding Peter Pan and Pooh first since most folks go straight to 7DMT, so we went to Peter Pan and rode twice. They did make us get off between rides, but they had the ropes arranged so that it was only a short loop to get back around instead of having to completely exit and re-enter the queue. I didn't ask if they would have let us through the standby line.
Next we went to the Carrousel - as a PP mentioned, it was open to guests with PPO breakfast ADRs in addition to EMM attendees. Then we headed to Pooh and rode twice. For this ride, though, my DD wanted to go through the standby queue and the CM said it was fine, so we did this on our first ride and then used the FP entrance for the second ride. Like Peter Pan, we had to get off between rides - but for Pooh, we had to exit completely and walk back around to the line entrance.
After Pooh we headed to 7DMT. I actually wasn't sure if we were going to get on this at all because my DD was nervous. She rode it back in April for the first time and didn't like it too much, but we had gone on almost right after breakfast so it upset her stomach. She decided she wanted to try it again and she loved it! We ended up riding 5x in a row, switching seats each time. Like Peter Pan, the ropes were arranged so that we didn't have to completely exit and re-enter the queue again - just had to make a small loop (and once my DD decided she liked it, we wanted to ride as many times as we could before 9:00am so I didn't ask about checking out the SB line for this one, either). We have a few PhotoPass photos in which we're the only people visible on the ride - so cool!
The park opened at about 8:50, but we were allowed to use the FP entrance until 9:00am. We entered the line for our last ride right at 9:00, and after our ride the SB line was already crazy long, so we headed further into Fantasyland and rode the Barnstormer and a few other rides. Around 9:45 we headed back for breakfast at PVH. The place was nearly empty - maybe four or five other families eating when we entered - but there was still plenty of food out and they were still refreshing it even close to 10:00am. The food was pretty good - my DD enjoyed the pastries and fresh fruit, and I really liked the french toast, potatoes, and the cheeses and cured meats (cheddar, brie, and two types of ham). They also offered a vegetable frittata, sausage links, and bacon. The coffee wasn't great but it did the job. They also had dispensers of juice and water, small cartons of milk, and Danimals smoothies. My DD's favorite part of breakfast was waving to the riders on IASW. We rode IASW and Pirates with FPs and then headed back to our resort around 11:00 to rest (which turned into swimming) before
MNSSHP.
Overall, I felt like this was money well spent and would probably do it again. Next time, I'd either go to bed early the night before or plan for downtime in the evening - but we only had two park days so we packed in as much as possible and slept in yesterday morning to recover.
I've ridden 7DMT in the rain before, and it was painful. Disappointed because we don't have a FP+ for any of those three rides.
