We got ours abut 2 weeks ago (also about 5 weeks early) I was very exctied as well at first, then I remebered everything we had to do!
I'm a little anxious to try the ME, if it works as good as they and everyone here says, its sounds great and will be nice not to have to deal with bags since we wont land until 11:30 after a very long and busy few days...
When I called DVC MS to add ME for our September trip, the CM told me they have recently started sending them earlier, probably in case anything is messed up. She said we should be getting ours about 40-45 days before our trip, so anytime in the next week!!
Got mine today!! They re-issued them after we changed resorts. They definitely seem to have gotten the system moving more smoothly since our last trip.