The TOT will only be open for us, not the general public as this occurs after the park closes for the day. As far as skipping the pre-show? good question, I'll see what I can find out, we could get dizzy from having to run around the building over and over and over again, there must be a way to bypass the line but maybe not the preshow as the elevator they use for the child-swap would not work for 300 persons.