In relation to that, Hansa have confirmed that the big FX have been delayed until next season due to the delayed construction.
Those FX are meant to be on the lift hill, so they must have indentifed the lift hill as needing something extra, as you say.
Don't know how it will feel without them, or if they'll have something temporary in place (e.g. some music). It's in the dark so it could do with something.