Let's back this bus up for a second. I'm assuming that the rumors of a July opening have stemmed from that news article that surfaced a few weeks ago, which the park confirmed that the stated July opening was erroneous at the time.
@Snoo has been in contact with the park regarding its opening and they are not yet comfortable with announcing any opening date yet. The best they can tell us is that they're working as hard as they can to get the ride open ASAP.
Regarding the Kennywood Live currently scheduled for June 22nd: At this time, we are still planning on holding the Live on this date for the time being.
@Snoo and I have been watching the progress and will make a game call on rescheduling or not when we're together at Carowinds in two weeks. If you're planning on attending the Kennywood Live, I'd hold off on making any travel accommodations for a few more weeks. Finally, if we do flex the Kennywood Live, we will only be moving the Kennywood day - we will still plan on visiting Cedar Point on June 23rd.
@Hutch - Someone posted an update to Reddit showing the completed lift/predrop with an incomplete banana roll and then a second photo with the predrop missing and the banana roll complete. We can assume that it was removed due to that cross tie getting cut out, but who knows if they're doing a complete replacement or if they just pulled it down to re-weld it on the ground:
https://www.reddit.com/r/path%3D%252Fr%252Frollercoasters%252Fcomments%252Fbe7cui%252F
Watching this ride progress has been so frustrating. It's late April now and they still have an entire tower to construct, but with this latest piece getting removed it feels like there's no end in sight. Granted, they could possibly knock up that final tower in a week, and hopefully the electrical is nearly complete.