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The brakes are designed by default to be closed, in the stop or slow down the train position. The power supplied to them is to open or release them. That way, even in the event of total system or power failure, the train will stop at the next brake run.
HHN website:
The Wizarding World of Harry Potter™ — Diagon Alley™ will not be open during this event.
http://www.halloweenhorrornights.com/orlando/rides.html
No. Not TM previews either. Lots of folks in many internal departments need to start seeing this stuff before it opens. This will be happening pretty consistently now. Then there probably will be TM previews. After that is when the possibility, based solely on past precedence, that any "soft"...
I love how folks think a company as large as Universal or Disney would actually tell front line employees something as secret as an opening date and then say they can't talk about it. Front line TM's only clue about opening dates come from forums like this and rumor sites. The supervisors of...
^ This. There are more full to capacity UTH tours going out than ever before. Last year the 1st weekend required 3 tours going out for both morning and afternoon sessions just to give 30 more people per day a chance to go.