Dining Reservation During Early Entry?

[Coaster Lover]

We have an 8:40 am reservation at Akershus on a day where early entry at EPCOT happens at 8:30 am. We're staying on site, so getting in at 8:30 for early entry isn't an issue, I'm just concerned that between the conjestion at the front of the park and the decent walk from the front of the park to Norway, getting to the restaurant by 8:40 might be tight. Do they let people with dining reservations in before the early entry time, or is the expectation simply that we'll get to Akershus as quickly as we can (and they'll offer some grace if we're a little late)?

 

[Tuvalu]

There is a separate entrance for those with breakfast ADRs, so showing up a little earlier than 8:30 won’t be a problem. Also, there is grace given to those who arrive a few minutes late - especially at breakfast, when there will be lots of arrivals for the first seatings of the day (which yours is.)

 

[CaptainAmerica]

We have an 8:40 am reservation at Akershus on a day where early entry at EPCOT happens at 8:30 am. We're staying on site, so getting in at 8:30 for early entry isn't an issue, I'm just concerned that between the conjestion at the front of the park and the decent walk from the front of the park to Norway, getting to the restaurant by 8:40 might be tight. Do they let people with dining reservations in before the early entry time, or is the expectation simply that we'll get to Akershus as quickly as we can (and they'll offer some grace if we're a little late)?

They'll start letting people into the park around 8:00, and at the front gates they won't distinguish between resort guests and non-resort guests.

Then there will be a second checkpoint where cast members with handheld scanners will check to see who is a resort guest (and/or has a dining reservation) before they allow you deeper into the park.

Then there will be a third checkpoint where a line of cast members will be preventing people from walking to the attractions until 8:30.

The exact positioning of the checkpoints varies, especially with the construction all throughout Future World, but you'll just join the line of people preparing to ride Frozen at 8:30 and won't have any trouble getting to the restaurant by 8:40.