I am happy to report my installation and first launch went flawlessly! 
I upgraded from 9.5 pro with lots of plugins and VST’s. No errors on launch at all. All content seems to be there as expected.
I opened up an existing 9.5 project with Rack instruments connecting to VEP and it worked on the first try.
The screen seems brighter. More crisp. Maybe a higher contrast setting or something? Not a bad thing, just was the first thing i noticed that was different.
I like the new channel settings window and the way the channel strip works. Much cleaner to my eyes.
The track type icons are a nice add.
I am happy so far. I have not hit any snags and no bugs that are in my workflow…yet. Whew! I am always holding my breath when I step out as an early adopter. 