Well... I don't know if the ride was open during EE but the lines definitely were. We went on Monday, opening day with no intention of riding the ride. Turns out the ride didn't open to the public until the afternoon. I'd say on that day the line was easily over 4 hours long. I've never seen such a long line. We came back Wednesday thinking it might be easier to get on the ride. Well Wednesday the park was way more crowded than Monday. We didn't have EE so we waited until opening at 9 am. We got over to the Finding Nemo ride and the wait was 2 hours. We decided to FF space mountain and then, ride Autopia. After two rides the park was packed to the gills. So we headed over to the California side. I did the ride in Orlando so I don't feel slighted at all. Hopefully, we can come back and try again.