It's definitely not the same as it was a few years ago. It's great, but if you're there for photo taking, it's not as fun. This year will be interesting...which leads to.....
Unless they want to spend the mornings doing some uber-cleaning, which won't let them do the tours. It's honestly a coin toss, though. A lot of "What if's?" at this point.
I don't think the IP is actually coming. I'll let ya know which one it was when the time comes. Just gotta wait for all announcements (or that one lol).