We met Ariel at 7.30am and while the posted wait was 15 we actually walked straight in - there was no one else there. Over the last week we've found that most of the wait times are inflated. Anything posted at 5-20 minutes has mostly been a walkon to the point we're now surprised if we actually wait the posted time or even half of it.
We arrived at MK just after opening yesterday and the entrance was much busier than when we arrived before opening a few days ago. It took us a while to get through bag check. Once we were in we headed to Fantasyland and walked onto the Mad Tea Party and then went to meet Ariel and did the mermaid ride which was also a walkon.
Carousel and It's a Small World were both walkon just after 8am. Gaston's Tavern was empty at 8am. We actually had to wait for enough people to do Enchanted Tales with Belle at 8.30am. We did Seven Dwarfs Mine Train, Peter Pan's Flight and met Rapunzel and Tiana with FP+ before 9.45am.
Dumbo was a walkon and Barnstormer was a 5 minute wait at 10.30am. The Circus area was dead but there were 15 minute waits for the M&Gs. We got cookies and slushies without waiting and all the tables outside were free.
We walked onto Peoplemover at 11.15am and got a FP+ for Buzz straight away with a few refreshes. We joined the street party im the hub and walked down main street besides the floats and out of the park just before 12. We felt like we got loads done with VERY little waiting!
We took the monorail over to Chef Mickey's and then to Epcot and got loads done there using FP+ too.
Today we got to DHS at 5.45am and again hung back from the initial crowd and followed it down to TSL at a leisurely pace. I actually intended to arrive just after 6am but our bus was already waiting when we got to the stop.
I could see SDD wasn't running as we walked down so we darted into TSM before anyone else noticed and walked straight on. SDD came back up as we exited TSM so we went straight over and walked on before anyone else got there too. We went round twice more with the queue growing each time but still only about 10 mins the third time.
We went and got breakfast at Woody's Lunchbox just after 7am. There was no queue to order and more empty tables than taken tables.
We walked onto AS2 twice, walked through SW:GE which wasn't that crowded. We did Star Tours twice with no wait. Walked straight in to meet Olaf. Mickey and Minnie was posted 15 minutes but was actually 5 minutes tops. We went back round to TSM and walked on just before the end of EEMH, posted wait was 5 minutes.
We watched the first Little Mermaid Show and then met Vampirina with a little wait. We did our SDD FP+ just after 10am and I cancelled our Star Tours FP+ as we'd already done it. We were back at the resort by 11am!
In TSL during EEMH the longest waits seem to be for the character M&Gs. AS2 has been walkon whenever we've attempted it or looked that way. Today they ran both sides for a while then shut one as it wasn't needed.
I see people saying the crowds have returned but we're still getting way more done every day than I imagined we would by getting to the park early and utilising EEMH and then FP+.