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Expedition Everest

Monty

Brilliant...and Canadian
In the Parks
No
should-be-BELLE said:
Corrus..I know you most likely won't tell us the date now..but you can just tell me if I'll be able to ride it the week of April 9th? ;)
Corrus didn't tell you, but Earth Day was mentioned and has been the most consistent of the rumoured Grand Opening days. Since Animal Kingdom itself opened on Earth Day 1998 [22 April, BTW], it would be logical that they would consider officially opening the ride on the anniversary.

That said, "soft" openings happen in advance of the grand opening. That way they can "fine tune" the experience, getting the CMs up to speed on their roles, fixing any little bugs that might come up, etc... Wouldn't want things going wrong on the ride on opening day, would they?

Your odds are likely better the week of 9 April than mine are the first week of February :cry:
 
MontyMon said:
Corrus didn't tell you, but Earth Day was mentioned and has been the most consistent of the rumoured Grand Opening days. Since Animal Kingdom itself opened on Earth Day 1998 [22 April, BTW], it would be logical that they would consider officially opening the ride on the anniversary.

That said, "soft" openings happen in advance of the grand opening. That way they can "fine tune" the experience, getting the CMs up to speed on their roles, fixing any little bugs that might come up, etc... Wouldn't want things going wrong on the ride on opening day, would they?

Your odds are likely better the week of 9 April than mine are the first week of February :cry:

Oooh I see. Hopefully I'll catch a soft opening. So sorry if you miss it! Have a great trip anyway!:wave:
 

WDWScottieBoy

Well-Known Member
Official Grand Opening is still being discussed or so I've been told by some EE CMs. Some want it to be Earth Day (when AK opened) and others want it to be in March when Asia opened.
 

dvcbeachclub

Well-Known Member
looks good for april 22, earth day. the parks orig date of opening...and to top it all off there are extended hours for AK that day so more hours of more waiting in line for the grand opening of ee
 

CAPTAIN HOOK

Well-Known Member
Official Grand Opening, Unofficial Openings, Soft openings :hammer:

Geez, I just wish the folks at Disney would hurry up and allow the public to ride - all these dates and threads are killing me
 

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