How far in front were you? We were literally the second family walking up to the Matterhorn. There were CMs trying to provide guidance. No big deal, but we would have been the second family in line but they made us go through all of the switchback chains and, despite warnings from the CMs there, some children cut under the chains to get their family ahead of us. So we were third.
We did this during EE on Tuesday June 26. And we never ran or even jogged. We just power walked.
Maybe they do it differently between EE and non-EE days? Or maybe they have changed methods over the last month? Or maybe if you are one of the first they let you go right at the Matterhorn, but after the line starts to fill they direct you to the left?