There's a chance, but Soft Openings or General Public previews seem to be happening less often with the latest attractions.
It seems to depend on the readiness of the attraction and how much test & adjust they wish to do with Guests vs Cast. Most recent attractions have seemed to go from Cast Previews to Media Previews to Grand Opening.
As mentioned above, the New Fantasyland attractions had General Public previews (I and a few other INTERCOTee's were lucky enough to catch them during the ICOT15 celebration). At least from current memory this seems like the last time they did a significant "Soft Opening" period.
Just postulating, but the rise of social media may have impacted General Public previews. Disney use to be able to let small groups of Guests on the attractions ahead of the Media and could still keep the attractions mostly under wraps. Now it would be live streamed immediately ....
The most recent soft opening Walt Disney World did was for the NBA Experience and they specifically had to ask that nothing be shared on Social Media until the Grand Opening a few days later.
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