Patience, the Community Manager for the Lord of the Rings Online, has published an updated schedule for this week, paving the way to Open Beta on March 30th! A snippet is below:

Hi everyone,

Here's a brief outline of what you can expect over the next few days as we transition from Closed to Open Beta:

Monday, March 26:

From 7:00PM - 10:00PM EDT, Turbine admins will be on Brandywine and Meneldor with surprises for the players. (Hint: Bring Minstrels. Lots and lots of Minstrels.)

Tuesday, March 27:

LOTRO game servers will go dark in the morning and will remain closed until Friday. All player characters will be wiped.

Click here for the entire schedule.