Expedition Everest broken track effect removed?

[alissafalco]

I posted this in the "Everest effects status watch" thread:

During hurricane Ernesto (at least, I'm pretty sure that's which one it was) 1.5-2 years ago, the winds blew off the wood from the "broken" pieces of track. You've been able to see the metal rods and glue squiggles underneath for the past year and a half. SUPER bad show. Looks like it's been taken down to FINALLY be fixed and restored back to it's original show condition. But that's all it is. Nothing more interesting than that.

Here's a picture so you can see what I'm talking about:
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Wow, thats really bad show!

 

[Clamman73]

I posted this in the "Everest effects status watch" thread:

During hurricane Ernesto (at least, I'm pretty sure that's which one it was) 1.5-2 years ago, the winds blew off the wood from the "broken" pieces of track. You've been able to see the metal rods and glue squiggles underneath for the past year and a half. SUPER bad show. Looks like it's been taken down to FINALLY be fixed and restored back to it's original show condition. But that's all it is. Nothing more interesting than that.

Here's a picture so you can see what I'm talking about:
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With the glue squiggles there and not looking pressed, seems there wasn't proper adhesion in the first place.

 

[natatomic]

With the glue squiggles there and not looking pressed, seems there wasn't proper adhesion in the first place.

Right? When I saw that, I was surprised they held up for as long as they did!

 

[Seabasealpha1]

It would not.

The support and foundation are easily accessible and clear of obstruction too.

So, I'll just guess and say that (and tell me if I'm wrong good sir!) maybe they're worried about taking a jack-hammer to the concrete under the mountain and potentially upsetting something else in the foundation? Is that a possibility? Thus needing a longer re-hab to ensure EVERYTHING is good to go this time?

 

[Tom Morrow]

Here's a shorter video


You know, i honestly think I like it this way better. Only problem is that it makes the scene not make sense (why does this track lead to nowhere?), and the rear of the train has nothing to look at and might not understand why they're stopped there.

All I know is that they finally replaced some of the flags at the top but many more are needed (and the bird on a stick worked!).. come to think about it I didnt notice if the 'track' was gone (course I was near the back..)

That's the same amount of flags that was always there.

 

[matt9112]

Here's a shorter video


You know, i honestly think I like it this way better. Only problem is that it makes the scene not make sense (why does this track lead to nowhere?), and the rear of the train has nothing to look at and might not understand why they're stopped there.


That's the same amount of flags that was always there.

six flags?....sorry i had too.

 

[WDWDad13]

That's not bad show. No one gets a zoomed in look at that anyways and it's broken track...supposed to be broken track....there's not exactly a specific way to display broken track right? So even a broken broken track works

 

[Lucky]

That's not bad show. No one gets a zoomed in look at that anyways and it's broken track...supposed to be broken track....there's not exactly a specific way to display broken track right? So even a broken broken track works

But they don't use glue on real railroad tracks.

 

[TubaGeek]

That's not bad show. No one gets a zoomed in look at that anyways and it's broken track...supposed to be broken track....there's not exactly a specific way to display broken track right? So even a broken broken track works

Did Disco Yeti climb up there with a battery-operated circular saw to cleanly cut the rails? No, she tore them apart with her bare hands.
It's bad show.

 

[gwhb75]

But they don't use glue on real railroad tracks.

They do on the one that goes up Everest

 

[WDWDad13]

But they don't use glue on real railroad tracks.

They also don't go up a fake fountain with a yeti and a roller coaster on the track

If you want to get that specific and detailed we can do this all day lol

 

[WDWDad13]

Ok so if you take a photo and zoom in you might see what some of you are talking about but still may not know the difference in Elmer's glue vs just torn up tracks. I road it 3 times in the past week and never noticed it

If we're riding in the cars and are trying to look for things like the type of construction used to build the "fake" railroad tracks....then maybe we should all just relax a little and enjoy the ride more

When going backwards in the mountain I can see some of the interior mountain construction too but I didn't take a photo to analyze the type of adhesive or bolts used

while most of us are repeat visitors and can find differences when we go good and bad, many also just like to complain for the sake of complaining. Like the lady getting on the bus from animal kingdom complaining she only saw 1 real animal the whole day at a place called animal kingdom lol. C'mon people


There's plenty i would like to change too....but let's just go and enjoy the parks people lol

 

[pug]

 

[Texas84]

Seems like bird-on-a-stick was synchronized with the trains when E:E first opened. You would stop and it would pop up and do its bird call before you went backwards.

No, I won't be riding this until broken track is back. That's terrifying.

 

[ABQ]

There's not. The only way to get there is to climb those ladders on the outside that I circled in orange, and then follow that path I drew with the arrows INSIDE the building (you can't see the opening from there, though you CAN see the opening where the bird comes out). At least, I am 99% sure that how you get there.
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Edit: Or maybe you follow those stairs along the left edge and enter through that opening and THEN walk around inside...I can't remember now. Either way, it's ONE of those two ways for sure.

I think I was remembering it from this photo taken by Jeff Lange, this was from 2006 or so, very early on after the ride had just opened. It could be these stairs I'm seeing were temporary or that the facade seen today is hiding them, but there surely are or were stairs right behind that portion of the ride.

 

[Rob562]

I think I was remembering it from this photo taken by Jeff Lange, this was from 2006 or so, very early on after the ride had just opened. It could be these stairs I'm seeing were temporary or that the facade seen today is hiding them, but there surely are or were stairs right behind that portion of the ride.

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This pic is from the wrong angle. You can clearly see the bird-on-a-stick at the top of the photo but not its cutout in the side of the mountain, and there's a snow hump in the way of seeing the broken tracks.

This pic is showing the stairs that can be seen in the center of the "orange squiggle" photo earlier in the thread. They'd be on the other side of the wall to your right as you were on the ride sitting at the broken tracks.

Edit to add: I've always thought that the bird would look much more realistic if it *actually* looked like it was floating on an air current. Let it float up and down smoothly a bit more, maybe twist it on its stick so the beak is angled slightly up or down. And then as the train started backwards it could suddenly crest and then angle sharply downward and dive down out of sight like it was diving toward prey below.


-Rob

 

[ABQ]

This pic is from the wrong angle. You can clearly see the bird-on-a-stick at the top of the photo but not its cutout in the side of the mountain, and there's a snow hump in the way of seeing the broken tracks.

This pic is showing the stairs that can be seen in the center of the "orange squiggle" photo earlier in the thread. They'd be on the other side of the wall to your right as you were on the ride sitting at the broken tracks.

-Rob

Heh heh, sorry I'm just laughing as we have to resort to such humourous descriptions as the "Orange Squiggle" photo.
Either way, I see what you're getting at, it's tough to know the exact perspective but you seem correct in your description of where it was taken from.

 

[jt04]

Thanks for the backstage pics. Plenty of room for expansion behind the mountain. Perhaps they could extend Kali (indoor portion/caves) or a dark ride. Pumbas Nakasak's Jungle Book idea?

Definitely like the track this way if just for the spectacular view. And it is thrilling.

 

[natatomic]

Ok so if you take a photo and zoom in you might see what some of you are talking about but still may not know the difference in Elmer's glue vs just torn up tracks. I road it 3 times in the past week and never noticed it

It's not "zoomed in." You could EASILY see it from the front 6 rows or so. Maybe more, but I never rode just to see where the cut-off was. Either way, just because you never noticed it, didn't mean others didn't!

 

[Buried20KLeague]

IMO, the yeti will never be fixed. Never. Not after what happened in Paris.

I think the days of large moving parts or animatronics over the heads of guests with no protection in between is over. Mickey's lawyers won't have it.

I know there are a few attractions where that's currently the case... But none that I can think of with as much size and weight (and potential movement) as Everest's Yeti. I'd imagine those few remaining attractions would be grandfathered in.