Do I need to check In at hotel to use EMH?

[orlandoman88]

Hi there

Have a one night TA stay booked at Fort Wilderness and a one night stay at AKL Kidani Lodge later in the holiday.

On both check in days we are quite keen to visit the parks first thing and not go to hotel first to check in. My question is can we check in online using MDE go straight to the parks we want to on the day of check in, get free parking, make use of any morning extra magic hours etc without actually physically visiting the hotel?

We are visiting Disney Springs at the start of the holiday to purchase character magic bands so we will have magic bands so just wondering if we can use that to get free parking EMH etc without actually physically checking in first.

Tia