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PHOTO UPDATE: Sandbag runs on Everest; the Yeti, etc.
- Thread starter dr_teeth90210
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WeLComeHomE OKW
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Great pics! More and more every day i wish i was there for the grand opening..but newayz. i really wanna go on that secret pathway. it sounds like fun, and it seems like a mystery.... :drevil:
KumbaRider
Member
It's going to be great.
JEDIsney
Member
Thanks for the beautiful pictures!
And some great shots, too. Now we can tell that they're getting even closer to the soft-opening of EE, since they're testing it with sandbags now. This is so exciting!
When I go in November, I think I will stand outside of the construction walls begging to be a human sandbag.
Even though people update with pictures of Expedition Everest everyday, it keeps on looking better and better. Now I just have to see it in person.
And some great shots, too. Now we can tell that they're getting even closer to the soft-opening of EE, since they're testing it with sandbags now. This is so exciting!
When I go in November, I think I will stand outside of the construction walls begging to be a human sandbag.
Even though people update with pictures of Expedition Everest everyday, it keeps on looking better and better. Now I just have to see it in person.
Fantasmic!329
Active Member
Ditto.DisneyFreak529 said:
WDWScottieBoy
Well-Known Member
I'll have a HUGE photo update as well as some inside-info that I got from a worker at EE. The "sacks" that are on the one train are actually not sandbags. I was told they are huge things of water, and can be changed for weight. They change them every (almost) run to get a look at how riders will be next to each other. One thing I was told is Joe Rohde was doing that and had a 300lb guy next to a 50lb kid. And then they would do two 300lb people next to each other, etc.
The tests start at 1pm, and have at least one train running, if not two. One will always be empty, and the second with the water. If you look at the water train, there is scientific instruments on board that do a lot of testing as well.
Also, don't expect to ride this (for testing) until after New Years.
(and as I stated, more update sometime this weekend)
The tests start at 1pm, and have at least one train running, if not two. One will always be empty, and the second with the water. If you look at the water train, there is scientific instruments on board that do a lot of testing as well.
Also, don't expect to ride this (for testing) until after New Years.
(and as I stated, more update sometime this weekend)
CTXRover said:
It was hard to judge how long the cycles were because there were 10 minute gaps between each of the runs.
But I can tell you that after the train goes up that first lift and disappears inside the mountain, that it would take approx. 2 minutes before it came out of this drop. http://photoalbums.wdwmagic.com/data/500/00000sandbagcloseup.jpg
CTXRover
Well-Known Member
dr_teeth90210 said:
Thanks. That is a much better judge of ride cycle time than what I was asking for anyway :lol: It could potentially be a pretty nice ride length-wise if that's right, assuming that everything was going well during these test runs as well. There is a nice stretch of track before it ever goes up that lift hill and there is quite a bit of track after that big drop. So basically, we could go out on a limb and guesstimate that the track switches and backwards portion of the ride are around 2 minutes, maybe?
1disneydood
Active Member
So it'll be like splash by having a few minutes of senic or whatener(calm time) after the last drop? Kinda like getting spanked then rubbed? :lookaroun
1disneydood
Active Member
Well whatever she's doing, I'm sure it isn't a "bad" thing. :animwink:Brent said:Oh & the contemp. pic oh my she better be cooking w/ that thing
The ride is appearing to have much complexity with the dark time of Space Mountian yet with the detailing of Big Thunder Mountain Railroad. One thing I was glad to see was that the drop on Everest wasn't that fast and was smooth and quiet. If the ride spit you out at a 100 mph that would be great for the thrill seekers but would greatly reduce the demographic that would ride the attraction. (For evidence of this theory just check out the wait times for Mission Space anytime your at Epcot
All in all E:E is turning out to be one he11 of a ride appearing to fit more in the family coaster genre of such classics as Space and Big Thunder Mountain with a little more intensity thrown in for good measure.
All in all E:E is turning out to be one he11 of a ride appearing to fit more in the family coaster genre of such classics as Space and Big Thunder Mountain with a little more intensity thrown in for good measure.
ballewclan
New Member
EE is going to the best coaster EVER! I think im gonna like it better than anything else ive ever ridden simply because its thrills combined with disney magic! I mean most parks themes are just "take a ride with Batman!! yayyy...", but that doesnt cut it! It should be like "Go on a crazy roller coaster and get attacked by a Yeti! YAY" lol
M:SpilotISTC12
Well-Known Member
wow amazing! Everest is nuts! i want to ride!
WDWScottieBoy
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dr_teeth90210 said:One thing I was glad to see was that the drop on Everest wasn't that fast and was smooth and quiet. If the ride spit you out at a 100 mph that would be great for the thrill seekers but would greatly reduce the demographic that would ride the attraction. (For evidence of this theory just check out the wait times for Mission Space anytime your at Epcot
Quiet and smooth...yes!
Not so fast....NO! The train hits 55mph at the bottom of the drop that you see there.
Sure, it might not be a super-coaster that goes 120+, but 55mph in the open air like that doesn't feel too slow at all.
No... 55 mph is fast... especially by Disney standards. When the steam donkey was at the height of it's speed the view was obstructed by trees and a giant blue wall. I guesstimated at that time the top speed was around 45 mph. From what I understand, that's not even the largest of the drops and there's an even larger drop in the mountain.