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Expedition: EVEREST progress?
- Thread starter jwbeck3
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BRER STITCH
Well-Known Member
Re: mm
Hmmmmm......
CHEAP MONKEY LABOR!!!
I knew it!
:lol: :lol: :lol: :lookaroun
Hmmmmm......
CHEAP MONKEY LABOR!!!
I knew it!
:lol: :lol: :lol: :lookaroun
WDWFREAK53
Well-Known Member
Re: Re: mm
(would that still fall under a sweatshop law?)
:lookaroun
(would that still fall under a sweatshop law?)
:lookaroun
Shaman
Well-Known Member
What on Earth!!! "Very special features"????? OMG what is Disney brewing for AK....it seems that everytime I hear something about E:E, the idea that this is going to be something great is emphasized in my mind. I just wonder what type of features could the trains have??? Anyone care to give a guess? :lookaroun
WDWFREAK53
Well-Known Member
Or...it could be the fact that the actual trains might have effects on them (making a sorta "rough" mine train feel without needed to "wobble the track" like BTMR...think along the lines of "Pooh...and the "bouncing")
Not positive...just taking a stab at it (Oh...maybe the "Yeti" does something to "knock" the train...(Avalanche, takes a swing at it))
AndyMagic
Well-Known Member
That is a great idea and would allow for a smooth coaster during the drops yet would allow for roughness at appropriate times. Now if only it were true. As for what the "special features" are. At first I thought it must be the mine train themeing but then I realized that the ride is in such early stages of construction that there is no way the train is already themed. There must be something unique about the core of the train itself. Hmm, how interesting.
Lee
Adventurer
More train info coming in:
Each seat will have it's own lap bar, rather than sharing one with your co-passenger. The lap bars are similar to those Intamin has been putting on their Giga- and Rocket coasters, with hydrolics being used to keep them in place, rather than the old click-down style. This should tell us something about the thrill level of this ride, I think.
But remember, this is only the ptototype, and is subject to change.
Each seat will have it's own lap bar, rather than sharing one with your co-passenger. The lap bars are similar to those Intamin has been putting on their Giga- and Rocket coasters, with hydrolics being used to keep them in place, rather than the old click-down style. This should tell us something about the thrill level of this ride, I think.
But remember, this is only the ptototype, and is subject to change.
cookiee_munster
Well-Known Member
maybe the seats have actually been moved around, so that people who ride can face each other, that also adds to the excitement, cus then people can see whats coming and others cant adding to the thrill, then the car goes backwards and the others can then see whats coming and the riders facing the other direction cant... did u get that?:hammer: so all the seats are facing on the iside of the car rather than all one way.
Lee
Adventurer
First, a giga coaster is any coaster in excess of 300ft.
A rocket coaster is a Intamin coaster which uses hydrolic power to launch the train at great speeds, like Xcelerator or Dragster.
Everest is neither of those, obviously.
Consider the seats on Big Thunder. Bench seats with a lap bar which is shared by two passengers. This is fine for tame, family mine train coasters. The lapbar sort of ratchets down into position depending on how big you are. If a big person and a child ride together, the child will be less restrained due to the space between them and the lap bar, causing them to slide from side to side, and float during negative-g maneuvers.
The new lapbars that were mentioned above are for individual seats, molded to each passenger, and not for bench seats. The bars come down to touch your lap without ratcheting, being held in place by hydrolic pressure inside the bar. (Doesn't Space Mountain have a version of these now?) This would lead me to believe that each passenger will have his own seat on Everest, and his own lapbar. (Like RnRC, only with lapbars rather than shoulder restraints.) This will hold each passenger more securely, allowing much more intense, thrilling maneuvers than an average mine train.
Of course, this is all speculation based on reports of the prototype train. All of this is subject to change, of course.
A rocket coaster is a Intamin coaster which uses hydrolic power to launch the train at great speeds, like Xcelerator or Dragster.
Everest is neither of those, obviously.
Consider the seats on Big Thunder. Bench seats with a lap bar which is shared by two passengers. This is fine for tame, family mine train coasters. The lapbar sort of ratchets down into position depending on how big you are. If a big person and a child ride together, the child will be less restrained due to the space between them and the lap bar, causing them to slide from side to side, and float during negative-g maneuvers.
The new lapbars that were mentioned above are for individual seats, molded to each passenger, and not for bench seats. The bars come down to touch your lap without ratcheting, being held in place by hydrolic pressure inside the bar. (Doesn't Space Mountain have a version of these now?) This would lead me to believe that each passenger will have his own seat on Everest, and his own lapbar. (Like RnRC, only with lapbars rather than shoulder restraints.) This will hold each passenger more securely, allowing much more intense, thrilling maneuvers than an average mine train.
Of course, this is all speculation based on reports of the prototype train. All of this is subject to change, of course.