We were there a couple of days ago and I asked if they happened to be doing any soft openings that day. The CM said not as far as he knew. But he did say that he's ridden on it several times--so it's definitely operational. Empty cars were whooshing around when we stood there. DH got chosen for a survey when he entered the park (we entered separately) and I wonder if he had answered the questions correctly if he would have been given a preview pass. They seemed to be looking for males that don't normally visit AK often, so they quit asking him questions (as an AP holder who's visited 5 times this year he didn't fit their model). Guess we'll never know if he would have got to try it!