We just wrapped up a 7-Night
DCL cruise this weekend and spent a single day at Epcot before returning home. Just some notes from our Early Entry in case this information is useful to anyone...
We stayed at Beach Club and took advantage of the quick walk over to the International Gateway and Early Entry into the park. Left the room around 7:20am. By the time we got over to the entrance, there was a crowd of maybe 50-75 people being held back by the Skyliner. At 7:30, we were allowed up to the tapstiles and at 7:35 they started letting people through. We headed toward Ratatouille, and were held briefly in France before being taken back to the ride at 7:40. We were off the ride by 8:00am and made a leisurely stroll toward Norway, stopping for pictures, water and bathroom. Frozen was about a 10 minute wait when we arrived at 8:15, and we were able to complete our ride before 8:30am. By the time we exited, I think the wait was up to 45 minutes.
We didn't really need
Genie+ but I purchased it anyway because it was my first chance to use it and I wanted to see how it all worked before using it on a bigger trip later this year. I did use it for shorter waits on Test Track and Soarin, but it wasn't much help on anything else we did since we rope dropped the other big rides earlier in the day.
We got group 63 in the virtual queue for Guardians at the 7am drop and also purchased ILL ($17 each) so that we could have a second ride. With the way the timing worked out, we got to ride it back to back. We all enjoyed the ride and were glad that we had the chance to go on it twice. I am prone to motion sickness and did have to look away from the screens at some points as we whipped through, but didn't have any lingering issues with the ride. My 5yo daughter said that it was "crazy" but that she would do it again sometime. (Note: Ratatouille was way worse for me than Guardians.)
Overall it was a great day. I'm looking forward to the day when all the construction will be completed but am really enjoying all the new spaces that have opened up so far.