Can you count on Food and Wine soft opening?

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We are staying at WDW AKL September 13-20. We have four day park hoppers (military) and are probably going to buy MNSSHP tickets for a night. Originally we planned on taking "off" the Friday (September 19) before we headed back and do a character breakfast, time at the pool, etc.

We thought it might be fun to spend Thursday evening at the Food and Wine soft opening at Epcot, but how certain is it that there will be a soft opening? Conversely, if we switch Thursday to an "off" day and Friday to a park day, how slammed will Epcot be on opening night?

Thanks for any thoughts.

 

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We thought it might be fun to spend Thursday evening at the Food and Wine soft opening at Epcot, but how certain is it that there will be a soft opening? Conversely, if we switch Thursday to an "off" day and Friday to a park day, how slammed will Epcot be on opening night?

While no soft opening is going to be guaranteed, I think it's pretty likely that Disney will continue to have the soft opening/cast preview before the official start of the event. That being said, it is possible that not all booths will be running or not all items will be offered. The merchandise, festival center, demos, etc. will most likely not be available during a soft opening.

I do think Friday night will be pretty busy in Epcot. Friday day, on the other hand, might not be too bad. I've done F&W on Friday for a lunch and it was manageable, but I wouldn't do a Friday dinner.

 

[starryagain]

thanks for the response. I mainly wanted to try food and wine vs any demos or whatever. And I'm not picky. If only a few booths are open that is fine by me