joel_maxwell
Permanent Resident of EPCOT
it is just like kids with vegetables...... they think they taste good until you tell them what it is then they turn their nose up at it........ im living proof :lol:Thrawn said:
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Expedition Everest drop, in excess of 100ft!
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RIPHorizons
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mousermerf said:
Right, its from the crest of the lift hill to the trough that is created before the next rising section.
goofyfan13
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RIPHorizons said:
You meant to say hill right? :lookaroun :lol: :wave:
RIPHorizons
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:brick:
Hill....
Hill....
sillyspook13
Well-Known Member
Unfortunately it's a different story for those of us with motion sickness. If I ride it and :hurl: the next morning from the migraine headach don't say I didn't warn you!:animwink:Thrawn said:
But I'm still planning to ride, motion sickness or not!
patsfan567
Member
since the height of the drop got a little higher, how fast will it go now?
Valawen9 said:
Its straight for some of the way, and then curves. This photo gives you a good view of the curve.
http://www.wdwmagic.com/thumbnails/everest/webeverest%20area%20-%20steep%20track_small.jpg
Thrawn
Account Suspended
wdwmagic said:
Exactly. It curves around the second set of scaffolding, which is about 10 feet above the ground. Then it goes - from Master Yoda's estimate - 10-15 feet below grade, which means the straight drop is about 90 feet or so. I'm not trying to fight with you Steve, just to get the poster the information he/she is looking for.
Thrawn said:
You talk about things with an air of authority, when you really dont know what you are talking about. You take little things that you read on the forum, and then present them as fact, when a lot of them have no credibility in the first place. You even then have the nerve to argue with people, using your assumptions as the basis of the argument. Your recent constant arguing over the height of the drop is just rediculous. Each thread that you take part in turns into you trying to "out-fact" another poster, and half of the time, you are flat out wrong, or are just widely assuming things. To be honest, I find your posts incredibly irritating and annoying, full of mis-information, and arrogant. I think you need to find another forum to post in. Your WDWMAGICPass will be refunded.
animal_king1990
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wdwmagic said:
Hmm....I would have thought that the 112 ft drop would influence the speed of the ride. 50 mph seems a bit slow for a drop that big. e.g Ghostrider at Knott's is 56mph and has a 108ft drop. But the official figures should be right. It must have a slower acceleration down the drop. I could've sworn they announced it as 55 mph cuz I did a search and found many official statements saying that it has a max speed of 55 mph, but they could be wrong. The only problem I see is that the ratio is a bit weird. Usually a drop of about 80 ft = 50 mph so I would've be guessing before that 112 ft = 55 mph+
RIPHorizons
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Valawen9 said:
I was away from my "office" for most of the day so i couldnt get back until now.
I have no idea which drop is which. I really dont know anything about the attraction. All I knew was how a drop is defined
Seeing how the thread has played out I suppose any one of these people would know.
goofyfan13
Well-Known Member
animal_king1990 said:
Yea, I agree it does sound weird, because the Gemini at Cedar Point has a 118 ft drop, and is a steel coaster, with a top speed of 60 mph. There are probobly plenty of elements though that we aren't accounting for, who knows. I know for Millenium Force at CP they raised the posted speed the year after it opened, granted it was from 92 to 93 mph, and while it isn't that big of an increase it shows that a ride can travel faster than expected.