JohnD
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Because it's open to everyone using VQ between 3/23 to 4/3 before the official open on 4/4. Hence "soft opening." These are not AP previews.
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JohnD
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What's your point? Official opening is 4/4. Soft opening is 3/23 until then. By definition, that's the end of March. So?
No Name
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They originally said it would open “in time for the 50th anniversary” and now they seem determined to make sure the official opening doesn’t fall within that. They are trying so hard to be wrong!!
doctornick
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Yes, but the proper term for what is going on starting 3/23 is "the ride is open". Soft openings are stuff like it opens spontaneously without warning and you might get lucky to go on - but they are having people do a virtual queue instead and apparently offering paid rides. That's not really consistent with what would be considered a "soft opening"
UNCgolf
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For what it’s worth, it’s the form used by the US government:
Archeology
Federal authorities, regulations and guidelines define how GSA preserves and treats archeological sites and objects.www.gsa.gov
I agree it is the less common spelling, but it isn’t a misspelling or in any way erroneous.
The US government is inconsistent in its usage -- they spell it archaeology in places as well: https://careers.doi.gov/occupational-series/archaeology (and they actually spell it both ways in the text on that page, which is just... bizarre. Pick one!)-- but regardless I do consider it erroneous in the context of the sign (I wouldn't have called it out as a misspelling if someone had just written it in a post here).
Inn my experience you'd be unlikely to see anyone involved in the field (even tangentially as opposed to an actual professional archaeologist) spell it that way even today, much less in the 1930s or 1940s, which is presumably the sign's intended era.
Admittedly I did not clarify the specific context of the sign in my original comment.
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lazyboy97o
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No, that is not what was meant. It was to be the park’s Space Mountain. A Space Mountain 4.0 with a mandatory franchise.
JoeCamel
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Soft opening means you are not assured you will ride even after getting in line, after open you can have some expectation of riding, it may go down for any reason at any time. This close and with as long as it took to open I would be surprised to see any downtime.
LittleBuford
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It was actually among American archaeologists in the mid-twentieth century that the variant form gained ground (this was also the era in which the Chicago Tribune was using “thru” for “through”), so if there’s any attraction for which the A-less spelling is appropriate, it’s Indiana Jones.
That said, I very much doubt this is the level on which Disney was thinking.
doctornick
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I’m well aware. Which is why I think it is ridiculous to sell rides via ILL during soft opening. Which they apparently plan to do
JoeCamel
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I think $6 for a mickey bar is redic too but you know Bob
UNCgolf
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I didn't know that, but that's strange.
I wonder why it gained ground and then fell back out of fashion. As I said, I have rarely seen it spelled that way here, and almost never in any professional or academic setting.
Regardless, I think everyone can agree that sign had other, much larger problems.
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Gringrinngghost
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gerarar
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Considering MK is usually open later (than like Epcot) til around 11pm, more BGs will be able to be called in a single day, thus more VQ availablity. So the cutoff time and last call should be around 10pm.
Obviously this won't really matter much for the first few days/weeks.
