Walls Down at Seven Dwarfs Mine Train, Soft Opening Soon?

John Frost

John Frost

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I'm hearing rumors that more walls are coming down from around Seven Dwarfs Mine Train tonight. I wonder if that means soft openings will start soon?
 
I saw on twitter that they started to come down yesterday. Not sure to what extent, but some of them have come down
 
Latest word is that operations training is complete and training for regular cast members can begin. That means we could see Cast Member previews starting sometime later this week... could see, is the operative word.
 
Looks like it. We have to get our eyes closer as they are eyeing to surprise their audience and keep them thrilled, none other than us. I can't keep my mind out of it even for a second, I am just so fired up. I wish I could be there whenever it's gonna open and be among the first fans to experience it and broadcast to the world how fun is the new fun.
 
All right! We won't be there until around Christmas-time, since that's when we take our annual trip, but I hope it will be open for you guys soon! (and for us in December, haha)
 
I haven't heard anything at all about passholder previews. I know that they were filming a new commercial there earlier this past week with riders on the ride, so we should be hearing something soon!
 
Just saw on Twitter from several sources that all of the walls are now down. They are posting pictures of the queue and entrance as well!
 
Just a heads up, the current rumors are that there is still work to be done. So my question to you is, if Disney has a ribbon cutting for an attraction, would you expect it to be open to the public afterward? What if it remains closed for weeks while work continues?
 
In my opinion, they shouldn't have the ribbon-cutting until it's completely finished and ready to open to the public..that's the whole point of a ribbon-cutting, right? :) Otherwise they're going to have some very disappointed guests....
 
Quick update: I've heard the same information from two sources now (although they could be getting it from the same source, so YMMV). SDMT exited test-and-adjust just in time for the media preview. They're now having to train multiple shifts of cast members on operations and safety procedures. Evac is a bit of a challenge due to swinging nature of cars. There's a fix for that, but it requires some extra training. As soon as they feel training is sufficient, they'll start putting the ride into regular operation mode. Of course, it will help having some actual riders for the roller coaster, so at that point Cast Member and AP previews may be scheduled. One source said they don't know if this will happen until the last week before May 28th (ie, during the 24 hour day for APs), the other source was a tad bit more optimistic. The end result is the same, training is ongoing. No official word on CM or AP previews, let alone soft openings.
 
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