Perhaps, but I think it is more likely that their reviews are slightly 'tainted' in one way or another.
To be fair, the only definition of "technical rehearsal" that matters in this case is the one the park are going by, which is most likely the definition used in theatrical settings. Technical rehearsals are very different to dress rehearsals, and come in stages. Firstly it is just run throughs used for setting and tweaking sound and lighting cues, with more and more added in as other parts are completed. Going by the reports and reviews from the first day it sounds pretty much like what would be expected of this particular phase.
Probably not, but because the pressure was on to get the ride open, the ride system has obviously gone through all the testing it needs to know it is safe to open to guests, as long as guests are made aware that it is in technical rehearsals stage then they can open and finally stop all the "why is valhalla not open" and "when will it open" questions they were getting day in day out. They may have slightly overestimated people's ability to google what technical rehearsal means though.
Train before mine did that a couple of weeks ago, I overheard one of the ops saying 'same thing as yesterday' at the time
If you stop on the second launch it will boost you a lot more then the rolling launch. I remember a few years back it happened and we were in the station and the staff member said it and how she was jealous that she wasn’t on the ride.
