Yeah I don't get it, like It's a Small World is going to be open. I have missed it on my 2 past trips, it honestly was mind blowing to me. Big Thunder being down is a shame, I'm going Dec 14th - 19th and hope it opens soon. I saw videos of it being in testing so maybe they will have a date soon.
One thing I love about TDR is they publish their entire refurb schedule a year out. "Muh tickets sale" is no excuse, Tokyo is like twice the size of LA in population and is perfectly fine with publishing their entire schedule.