I think (/hope) there’s a few key reasons as to why it’s opening 2025:
- They were planning on keeping it open into late 2023/2024, but issues arised & they decided to close it early.
- Mack has a fabrication backlog, so the new track/trains can’t be done sooner rather than later.
- They’re reversing changes made to, and updating the existing, theming as to be more in line with the expectation they’ve set with Leviathan/WoO (hopefully).
- The location is adjacent to WoO’s, so it could be the case that they’re only starting Scooby after WoO.
As for capacity, the trains & ride computer *should* help that immensely.