Teebin do you have any more information if they are still thinking of letting people in tonight or is it looking like a bust now?
Biggest crowd I've seen gathered yet. Photo from AllAroundOrlando
Also they've sent out a violinist who apparently played 'Don't Stop Believin'
Photo from Andrew Kuzmicki
Seems like they legitimately tried to do a soft opening tonight. Lots of higher ups around between 5 - 6:30, constantly on their phones and huddling. Security was pointing at the gates as if they were trying to determine how they were going to move them. The Knights Bus conductor came out and a violin player performed in front of Kings Cross. You could feel the excitement building. Then there was final management huddle inside Kings Cross, which was followed by a march towards the crowd to advise it wasn't happening. I'm placing my bets on Gringotts being the culprit of course.
^ Yep... I only know that it was seriously considered and can only hypothesize why it didn't. Anyone saying, "I told you so" at this point should be shot after having their fingernails ripped out.
Meanwhile, can you imagine just standing around in costume cleaning a grill or ice cream scoop that already is clean and hasn't been used? How friggin tedious can it get, just standing there and talking about your current girlfriend/boyfriend?
Reason: Friggin ride not reliable... still... unreliable... still. Can you people believe it? WB must be slamming their foot down and saying no. Goodness knows what they will do on the 8th.
Indeed. I'm really curious what's going to happen with the package previews. I'm leaning towards running it in its limited capacity with 2-4 vehicles (had heard they got a 3rd and possibly 4th RV sorted out and logged all the needed cycles) since they'll know how many people will be there. I wonder if they would push WB to allow softs and then use the convenient "unforeseen technical breakdown" once they let the public in and after the preview guests have ridden so that they can continue with a soft opening tomorrow? This could be very interesting.
It's true the theme park enthusiasts just want to soak in the details, a lot of "normal" folks will be rather upset if the "centerpiece" attraction is not open on grand opening day
This, the amount of people who want to walk around look at buildings and little details are incredibly small. Details don't keep guests off the streets so the hardcores can walk around looking at this stuff either.
POE is amazingly detailed, and I wish more people noticed all that, but still not like DA.This is true as well. There are quite a few members on this website that judge a park by its mechanical transport attractions only. I see the Potter lands, and many other areas in the parks to be a bigger walk through attraction. POE is equally as dazzling to me as anything created for the WW. It is what it is a guess.
My understanding is that Gringotts has one specific issue still: vehicle 'check in' with ride control. They're using a newer system that is causing issues. It's a fixable problem, so it's not like prior rumors that vehicles were jumping off the track, 'just' had people riding, and has to cycle xxxx amount of times.
Also, WB does not want guests into the land without everything. They understand ride breakdowns, but will not put up with phased openings.