Yes, and no.
As a general rule, this is just a MK thing - at least from the standpoint of having an opening show.
Epcot will sometimes, but its not consistent, let guests through the tapstyles, but then hold everyone somewhere around Spaceship Earth, separating folks into two groups - one heading to Soarin' and the other heading to Test Track and/or Frozen.
HS sometimes does the "enter and hold" thing, but again it's not consistent.
At Animal Kingdom, I believe they're doing a version where they walk the crowd to Pandora in stages. In that case, it seems to be more of a need to have space to put the vast, anticipatory crowd.
Steve
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