I think opening up EMH to several of the Disney Springs hotels has ballooned the number of people that can stick around which inflates the crowds. Disney is making it so the only way you can experience the parks with reasonable crowds is to pay fo the extra events.
Except that it seems like this week wasn’t quite reasonable. Honestly, I don’t wait 25 minutes during regular hours. I just find something else to do. At $139 plus tax, these waits aren’t acceptable. That’s not a low wait. Anything over 15 minutes cannot be described as a low wait.