Overview
- Announcements now ban sleeping, loitering, and mid-line joining, with no exceptions even for hotel guests using early access.
- Staff in yellow vests are stationed around station exits and lockers, urging guests not to wait in ways that inconvenience nearby residents.
- Guest photos and posts from about 4:45 to 5:30 a.m. show queues already stretched long before opening and public transit areas overwhelmed.
- Hotel guests report exhaustion and frustration as the paid perk’s value erodes, with international visitors facing added language and etiquette hurdles.
- Coverage frames the crunch as part of a wider demand-versus-capacity problem at Disney parks, with commentators urging staggered arrivals, larger early-entry windows, holding zones, and clearer multilingual guidance; no long-term changes have been announced.