Originally Posted By mickeymousears Okay, can someone define a "soft opening"? Is that like the time the store opens before they actually have a grand opening? what I actually want to know is am I able to ride Monsters inc on new years.
Originally Posted By belle42 short answer - maybe a soft opening is having an attraction open before the official opening. the trick to that is the ride can be closed at any time for no reason whatsoever.
Originally Posted By PirateJohn Soft opening means that the attraction isn't officially open. Therefore, it may close early, open late, or not be open at all on a given day. When I was in Animation Academy during its soft opening, we were technically to be open 12-6 every day, but in reality we'd shut down early quite often to take care of technical issues that arose. The purpose of a soft opening, therefore, is to work out the kinks of an attraction before it's expected to remain open throughout the day.
Originally Posted By trollinda We were at California Adventure today and they had a billboard in the plaza between the two parks actually advertising that the ride is open!!!
