The devs stated in the steam page for the drilling thunder trailer, that in order to play old survival worlds, you would need to downgrade the game to an older version.
Devs:
"Will my old worlds still work in 1.0?
Your old worlds will still work in Creative Mode.
However, old survival worlds will only work by switching to an older version.
But starting a new world is really worth it since Survival Mode now has a full story from beginning to end and a ton of new content in 1.0."
I take that as you won't be able to open them in 1.0 and on.
So I wanted to take a look at mine one last time.
I hope you enjoy.