Thought I'd post a follow up. I ended up pre-ordering through Best Buy instead of Verizon, since BB included Samsung's new Wireless Charger for free on pre-orders. Spoke to a manager before-hand, and they were able to do so, even though I wanted to switch to Verizon.
Phone came in yesterday (Samsung S6 Edge 32GB Black Sapphire

)...Best Buy setup the new Verizon account, ported my number over from Sprint, and I was out the door. The port was completed and active on new acct before I left the store. Really enjoying the new phone AND the better signal so far!