Expedition Everest: Could Someone like me handle it?

[Figments Friend]

Hi Gang....

I know we have had a load of EE threads in recent months and i've read quite a few of them. This one is looking for your personal feedback regarding this ride.

Now many here have rode it already.....and i would like to know based on your experience if i could handle it. I'd like to ride it, but im a little timid when it comes to this type of attraction ( coaster-type)

I hear conflicting reports, so i'm not 100% sure i could ride it without tossing my cookies.....so to maybe make it clearer to me, i'll ask for your thoughts on EE based on what i CAN ride and LOVE to ride.

Okay......i'm not a big fan of serious drops. I'm not a coaster fan at all, and it took me ages to finally get the guts to ride Thunder Mountain..( Yeah yeah...i know...some of you are probably laughing at me right now, but that's okay!:lol: ). Now Splash Mountain i have enjoyed...very much...but i'm not so crazy about the drop. If ONLY SM had two "tracks" so one could ride the attracion for the fantastic show elements and skip the thrill element. Ah well...i'm getting off topic here!

So could someone like myself who likes Big Thunder, and Splash handle EE? What are your thoughts? I'd like to hear from those who may have been in a simular situation and then rode it. What was your expereince like? How do the drops in EE compare to Splash M and Thunder? I have never attempted Space Mountain....not quite ready yet....so can't compare that one.

Thanks for any forthcoming feedback. I'm hoping to muster myself up and ride it in September.

 

[brertigger]

So could someone like myself who likes Big Thunder, and Splash handle EE? What are your thoughts? I'd like to hear from those who may have been in a simular situation and then rode it. What was your expereince like? How do the drops in EE compare to Splash M and Thunder? I have never attempted Space Mountain....not quite ready yet....so can't compare that one.

Thanks for any forthcoming feedback. I'm hoping to muster myself up and ride it in September.

If you want to know exactly what to expect on the ride, I recommend you Google for an EE Ridethrough video.

Now, on to the stories. I recommend if possible that you ride with a friend who has been on the ride. Or at least a friend, then y'all can comfort each other during the ride.

I personally like most drops and many of the smaller roller coasters (no loops or anything like that though), so I love EE.

The big drop is a LOT larger than any of the BTM drops. In feet, it is bigger than the Splash Mountain drop, but I don't think it seems as bad, because it curves as it goes down. You do have a double helix after the drop though (not too bad, just a banked circle around the mountain twice--no loops at any point). The backwards part is rougher compared to both BTM and Splash Mountain (nothing like it, so a little hard to compare).

I recently went with friends. One of my friends likes BTM, and rides Splash Mountain (but does not like the big drop very much). She does not like really big coasters or rough rides, like MS. She rode EE and did fine. Just felt a little dizzy after the ride (which is common after the first ride, it happened to me after my first ride also, just a quick 1-2 minute rest in the AC giftshop helped). She enjoyed it for the most part, it seemed like.

By the way, she enjoyed Space Mountain. If you like BTM and Splash Mountain (for the most part), I think you might like it also. It is not very fast (~28MPH), and the biggest drop is about 20 feet, I believe.

 

[SirNim]

EE's drops are smooth and comparable in "possible queasy factor" to Chickapin Hill (Splash Mountain).

The in-the-dark backwards portion of EE features a brief but sustained feeling of slightly intense g-force, perhaps spurred by the fact that the track during this time is all but invisible, hidden in the dark. It's a very fun segment of the attraction, however, and the "possible queasy factor" I'd say probably registers less than the Chickapin Hill drop (but more than the various drops of BTMRR).

The helixes aren't bad at all, very easy because they take place outside so one can orient him- or herself.

The moral of the story: If you can handle both SM and BTMRR, you can definiately handle EE. It certainly doesn't feel like a traditional roller coaster (even though it essentially is, but with the added backwards part).

 

[DisneyMarg]

I love coasters - especially ones where I don't have to look at how high I am - and I was all set to ride EE twice in a row, like I do Space Mountain and RnRRC. I was very surprised to find myself queasy afterward and not really wanting to go again. I did ride again a few days later, and enjoyed it again, but found that once was enough.

To me it would be worth any temporary discomfort just to satisfy my curiosity about the new ride everyone is raving about. But I wouldn't go so far as to say that you would really be comfortable and enjoy it. (But you might!)

 

[MissM]

I'd say it's iffy. EE is way more intense then I ever thought it would be. I watched the ride videos; I watched the making of; I read reports about it and I really thought it would be more then I liked but that it wouldn't be bad. Instead, I was terrified. It's exceedingly high. And the backwards part was horrible - made me so sick since it was so fast and on such steep turns. And the final drop, despite the fact it curves, is really, really high. I really hated every moment of it.

I don't ride coasters. I don't like Space Mountain. I won't ride Splash because of the drop. EE's drop is much higher then Splash's. I like Big Thunder but that's because there's nothing scary or intense about it. I expected EE to be a more intense Big Thunder but it wasn't. It was really a "real" coaster. If you don't like coasters, I'd really suggest you don't go on it. I was originally going to get Love to ride it and tell me if I could handle it but the way the line ende dup working out, I opted to go with him. He rides real coasters - you know, Busch Gardens type things - and he said he'd never in a million years have suggested I go on it.

I don't know how much you dislike coasters, heights and falling sensation but I'll warn you that it's way more then I had expected by a LONG shot. Keep in mind the people who tell you it's nothing are NOT afraid of heights, falls or coasters, so take the non-chicken reports with a grain of salt. If you have someone you trust to give you an honest assesment for your own comfort level, I'd say let them ride it first. But only if they really know what you do and do not like.
-m

 

[landauh]

I am not a coaster fanatic and get motion sickness, but I rode EE four times the beginning of May and did not have problems until the last ride (I was also in the stand-by line and spent over 25 minutes in thesun, so I am not 100% convinced it was the ride.

I have riden BTMRR and did SM for the first time and the three rise do not compare. EE is much faster than BTMRR and you definitely feel the pull from the helix much more on EE than BTMRR. EE does not compare to SM at all.

I was n ot sure about the drop, but the ride is so smooth that I was through before Ieven felt anything (I knew I was going down the drop because it was a fanastic sight ... I believe that the view and smoothness makes the drop seem almost non-existant).

The backward portion was very interesting and I was sure that this would be were my moition sickness would kick in, but it did not. I really enjoyed it, but it can be scary to some.

I would recommend that you give it a try, as brertigger said with someone that knows the ride and can help you if needed.

Even if you decide not to ride EE, I strongly recommend going through the Stand-by queue to see all the great theming that WDI did. You can exit the ride right after to exiting the museum.

Again, I am not a coster fan and only go on BTMRR, SM, Splash, and now EE, so you might want to give it a try.

 

[landauh]

I don't know how much you dislike coasters, heights and falling sensation but I'll warn you that it's way more then I had expected by a LONG shot. Keep in mind the people who tell you it's nothing are NOT afraid of heights, falls or coasters, so take the non-chicken reports with a grain of salt. If you have someone you trust to give you an honest assesment for your own comfort level, I'd say let them ride it first. But only if they really know what you do and do not like.
-m

I agree with MissM about this issue. If you don't like heights or the feeeling of falling don't do E:E. I do find that the drop on Splash Mountain seems more intense to me than the one on E:E but this might be because it is straight down and the log takes it's time to go over the top of the last hill.

Again, have soemone you trust ride it first and tell you want it is like. There are too many people on this forum that believe any coster that goes less than 100 mph and has drops under 300 feet are too wimpy.

Hope you get trusted information so you can enjot yourself.

 

[magicfan]

I think you should be fine. I think Everest is much more smoother than Thunder Mountain. If you could do Splash and Thunder, you should be fine. I think the backwards parts was not as bad as some people make it out to be.

It was really a "real" coaster.

MissM, please realize I'm not trying to downgrade you an any way. However, I have to disagree with the above quote. From the way you describe yourself, it doesn't sound like you would go on any "real" coasters. As a big coaster fan, I think Everest is like the Barnstormer compared to some of the "real" roller coasters I've been on. I'm not trying to offend you an any way, I just don't want Figment's Friend not to go on Everest because of this comment.

 

[ssidiouss@mac.c]

If you like Splash and THunder then do everest! Everest is fun.. and the main drop is not as intense as Splash's drop.. and I dont think the turns are as intense as Thunders turns. The only thing this has that may be stranger than what you have done in the past is the backwards part.. and thats nothing big.. its like doing space mountain but only for a few seconds.

The Yeti is worth seeing!

 

[magicfan]

The Yeti is worth seeing!

Very True :lol:

 

[MissM]

MissM, please realize I'm not trying to downgrade you an any way. However, I have to disagree with the above quote. From the way you describe yourself, it doesn't sound like you would go on any "real" coasters. As a big coaster fan, I think Everest is like the Barnstormer compared to some of the "real" roller coasters I've been on. I'm not trying to offend you an any way, I just don't want Figment's Friend not to go on Everest because of this comment.

My Love rides every crazy coaster in the world. He's the one who told me it's an actual coaster. I wouldn't know - I don't ride them. But I trust his opinion and his experience. Is it the biggest, highest or fastest he's ever ridden? No. But it is a coaster and not just a "Disney ride." Most people here would have you believe it was Barnstormer in intensity and it's not. The very problem with coaster enthusiests pushing how "wussy" it is is that they don't have a grounded perception for those of us who don't want 100mph/300 foot drop rides.
-m

 

[bassman]

ok, i havn't been on EE yet.
but
from what i have seen from ride though videos and pics of the drop,it doesn't look that high or steep.
the splash mountain drop looks conciderably steeper compared to the EE drop.
i seems as though you'll be fine if you can do splash,albeit(sp?) you dont enjoy the drop but the EE one looks less scary to me.

 

[Glasgow]

It's a coaster and it's probably more intense than many describe it to be. It's not by any means the most intense one ever created, even at Disney - RnRC is much more intense in my opinion. I'd put it more in the category of ToT as far as stress on your body.
However, if you can just muster up enough courage, the entire attraction is so well done that it seems a shame to miss it!

 

[magicfan]

My Love rides every crazy coaster in the world. He's the one who told me it's an actual coaster. I wouldn't know - I don't ride them. But I trust his opinion and his experience. Is it the biggest, highest or fastest he's ever ridden? No. But it is a coaster and not just a "Disney ride." Most people here would have you believe it was Barnstormer in intensity and it's not. The very problem with coaster enthusiests pushing how "wussy" it is is that they don't have a grounded perception for those of us who don't want 100mph/300 foot drop rides.
-m

I'm not trying to say it's a "wussy coaster". I'm just saying it pales in comparison to some others I've been on. I'm sorry for causing a conflict.

 

[Figments Friend]

Hey everyone..

Thanks so much for taking the time to respond to my questions about EE! I really appreciate it..i do...and will reconsider riding on my next trip.

I will have to check out the ride videos mentioned earlier on ( Mousegeeks.com was it?). This will give me a little more of an idea of what to expect!

Again, thanks a bunch gang! :wave: