Ocean Motion early entry

Sorry if it has been answered in another forum, but how is early entry working for Platnum Pass holders on Ocean Motion. It's on the wrong side of the fences.

Do you have to show your pass to get back to Raptor?

I don't know how early entry for OM works specifically. I do know you must show your pass to get back to the Raptor side. Same as if you went to Donut Time during early entry for example.

Does Ocean Motion even run during the early entry time period? I thought it was just a limited number of rides (mainly bigger ones).

Ocean Motion is now one of the ERT rides.

As is the Midway Carousel. I'm wondering if all guests can ride those 2. It would give them something to do for an hour.

I didn't see that they had added OM and the carousel to the ERT lineup. I may buy a Platinum pass for my wife and daughter this year. Neither will ride any of the long time ERT rides. So we would either need to skip ERT, drive separately or have them sit for an hour doing nothing. These two options give them something to do during that early hour.

Well, your assuming that the 2 rides are in fact available to everyone. I was just posing that as a possibility.

I am not assuming that at all. I suspect that the two rides are only available during ERT for Platinum Pass holders. But if I buy those passes for them, my wife and daughter would be much more interested in getting to the park an hour early if there is something they could do.

From what I observed, those two rides are indeed open to everybody during the early ride period. You just have to show your pass if you want to cut back to the other side and get to Raptor and the other early entry rides.

How early can non-platinum pass holders get in the gate?

^If you are staying at one of the Resorts, you get the Early Entry ERT.

If you aren't and don't hold a pass, you get in when the park opens.

The gates, at least at the front entrance, open to everyone at 9. There are barricades setup inside the park that limit non-pass holders/resort guests to the area on the right side of the front gate. Within that area, Donut Time and the midway games are open and available to everyone, as well as Ocean Motion and the Carousel.