What time to arrive at CRT on EMH day?

[mermaidblue!]

I have an 8:15 AM reservation for Cinderella's Royal Table this Thursday morning. (BTW, I scored this ADR just today, totally last minute!) I'm going to surprise my 5 & 10 year old daughters. We went to CRT last year for dinner and they LOVED it. My dilemma: MK has Extra Magic Hours and opens at 8am that day...what time to arrive?

I've never done an early morning ADR, but I've heard guests can get in before park opening if necessary. Will they allow us into the park earlier than 8AM for an 8:15 ADR? Who's done this before? I'd love to hear about it! Thanks in advance.

 

[krb2g]

I'm not sure how much earlier they will let you in for an 8:15 reservation, but I would probably try to get there by 7:45 just in case they will. Then you could take a few pictures in the nearly empty park (and get FP at 8, if you wanted) before your 8:15 ADR.