Hoping it's all up and running 2 weeks+ before Halloween. Ie, hoping it will be up by next weekend at the absolute latest. Then a few days or so afterwards. I should be able to do more testing on Sunday-Tuesday. Sundays stores close at 5, and I have Monday (thanksgiving) and Tuesday off.
To be perfectly honest, I would expect to need to do any quests to get into the areas starting out. It might be a little while before I put in an NPC or remove quest requirements, IF we decide to remove them at all.