mkt's everest pictures... 4/26/04

[mkt]

well.. I was gonna post a trip report.. but why bother? I didn't do anything worthwhile. I went to AK for one simple reason today... to photograph everest. That being said... ENJOY THE PICS!!!!

and now for Shangri-La.... subtle huh?

and a different perspective (thanks to the anonymous friend of mine who took this pic on my camera )

 

[mkt]

oh yeah... if anyone wants bigger copies of the images, let me know... I still have the raw files

 

[paulcmartens]

Looks good.

Loop? Doesn't look like one....hmmm.

 

[josh_e_washie]

At first things don't look to grandiose...then you see the scale figure and whammo! That thing is quite tall! And look at all the detail work on that building....those guys at WDI are AMAZING!!!!!!

 

[cherrynegra]

Well, they say pictures are worth more than a thousand words and those pics pretty much sum them up. Great photos. I guess the ri La rumor appears to be coming true.

 

[raven]

I wonder what the highest elevation of the track will be. I know the mountain is 198' or something. Because going to 200' would mean they would have to add a light on the top for planes. But how high is the track supposed to be?

 

[paulcmartens]

On that Forbes spread a while back, it looked like the dome was empty. 'Think Matterhorn".

 

[skeeter]

Wow--great pix--thanks for the update!! :sohappy:

 

[ToTBellHop]

The drop on the left on the first 3 pictures is the "big" drop that you see in the concept art coming out the front of the mountain. It will be an 85 foot drop. The highest the track will go is 35 feet above that, at 120 feet. The mountain will be roughly twice as high as the piece of track you see on the right side of the first few pictures, which is ~100 feet up. The highest track supports in these pictures are probably nearing 120 feet, meaning they will be able to finish the entire track in the next few months before starting rockwork. Excitement builds!

 

[Goofette]

Thanks for the pics...it looks like it's coming along

 

[no2apprentice]

Great pics! And I'm sure anything you do is worthwhile!

 

[grandmath]

I read here a day that the mountain was supposed to be as tall as the top of the yellow crane... if that's true :hammer: :hammer: :dazzle:

 

[AndyP]

Originally posted by grandmath
I read here a day that the mountain was supposed to be as tall as the top of the yellow crane... if that's true :hammer: :hammer: :dazzle:

Yeah i saw that too, anyone ?

Thanks for the great pictures!

 

[DisneyFan 2000]

Amazing pics! Thanks for sharing! :sohappy:

 

[Erika]

Exciting, Rob. Thanks!

 

[Shaman]

How ahead of schedule are they? Because it seems that a late 2005 opening seems possible from the pics...

btw nice pics Rob!

 

[scorp111]

Looks great!

 

[DCL]

Those are great pictures and it looks like its coming together in a hurry

 

[mkt]

Originally posted by objr
it seems that a late 2005 opening seems possible

from my conversation with Joe Rohde last summer, it seems that the actual ride will be done by then... but with something of this magnitude they want it to be 100%... rather than a 50% Mission Space or Test Track. It will look 100% completed, but WDI will still be there ripping out their hair over every last detail.

 

[DisneyNme]

This is exciting!!! Cant wait to see it person!!! Thanks for the pics, excellent work!