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poolman
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Status: offline |  Posted - 16 Jan 2006 : 12:31:01  
| Hi all can anyone tell me when Expedition Everest the new rollercoaster at Animal Kingdom opens to the public.
We are going in August 2006 hope its open by then.
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| Last week a number of lucky cast members were able to participate in testing of Expedition: Everest. The testing also included the filming of a commercial for the attraction, which is being directed by Rob Cohen.
There have been several hints that Expedition: Everest will have its official grand opening press event on April 7. So you can expect to see soft 'openings' due March and if your lucky late Feb.
The new attraction's Web site goes live on January 16th.
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| | Just back this ride looks awesome the first thing that catches your eyes when you entre the park. They were still doing dummy runs when we were there but if looks are anything to go by its going to be a great ride. | | Report this post to a moderator | goto top of page |
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| I found this on a Disney Blog dated January 7th:
Yesterday saw one of the first large scale runs of Everest using cast from around WDW as riders for filming of the Discovery Channel specials, set to air around April 9, 2006. The reports from riders so far has been very very positive. The immense detail of the village area is receiving high acclaim, along with the smoothness, backward portions, and interior effects. Last but not least, some comments about the Yeti audio animatronic, "it BLEW ME AWAY!!! ", "the Yeti figure is without doubt the greatest AA I have ever seen", "you won't believe how fast that thing moves!".
One word of warning though, don't expect this attraction to be an intense coaster experience. Whilst it is thrilling, above Big Thunder Mountain and Space Mountain, and along the lines of Rock 'n' RollerCoaster, it is not a super fast, super high coaster. What makes this attraction so incredible, is the story, theming, effects, a great coaster ride system, and the way they are all integrated together. Disney wanted this attraction to be a major draw for Animal Kingdom and Walt Disney World as a whole, in the way that Splash Mountain is for MK, and Tower of Terror is for the Disney-MGM Studios. The design plan called for it to be rideable for the whole family, and that is exactly what WDI have delivered, and to great effect.
From Mouse Guest -
The que area is nothing short of amazing. With little tiny details everywhere. There are a few things that are of course manufactured by Disney, but as a hole, you would be hard press to pin point the fakes. (other than the incredibly abious area on the que, you will know which one I'm talking about when you visit) So for starters, I would strongly suggest going through the regular Stand by que line. Fast pass line is nice, and has some of the pictures and artifacts, but there's no where near the detail that the stand by line has. Also, as with Kalhi River Rapids, there are no monitors, or audio tracks telling you what the story is. The story is written on the walls of the stand by que, and I don't mean literally. It really is an immersive story and you will experience it at it's best when through the stand by cue.
The trains are very cool looking. It sits 36 people total, with chairs arranged in pairs. Now don't go rushing to the front of the line on this one. This is not a conventional roller coster (as if Disney would even dare do something "conventional" wink*wink) so the spectacle that normally is the front row is not as important.
For those that haven't listened to the official Disney world pod-cast, the story is interesting. We are going to everest (which by the way is not the big mountain that we see as we approach the ride, Everest is the smaller peak we see to the right of the tallest peak, and it is this mountain that we have to get thru to get to everest) and to get there we must take a long track through the mountain, or take this old tea train that will take us straight there. Of course, there is a guardian of the mountain, and he's apparently not too happy with this train track been used.
The ride it self is the story, and wile the que gives you the details, and the back story, ultimately the ride will tell you this very animal kingdom tale. The ride will start out slow, as most train trips usually do. But it will take you to the top of the mountain, on your way up, if you look around, you will be able to see the center piece of every disney world park. once at the top "something will happen" and that is when the ride kicks it into hi gear. No I'm not sure of the speeds, no one seems to know exactly how fast it goes (at least no one I asked, and Joe Rohde was tight lip about this) but it certainly feels fast enough. Soon you find yourself going through the mountain and being chased by the "guardian". It isn't until half way thru the ride that you go down a major drop, but hold on to your hats when you do. The ending is of-course when we meet, face to face, the legendary "guardian" and then get spat out of the mountain.
The guardian, or Yeti as most of us Disney fans know what is really in the mountain, is really quite good. As I said before, I don't want to over hype anything, so please take this as my own personal recollection and impression of the Yeti. It was downright amazing. It was certainly larger than any AA I've ever seen, and it'd articulation is certainly realistic enough. It was said that to move the Yeti, it takes the same amount of force as it does to move a 747. I kept getting blown away by her (the ride attendants refer to the yeti as a her) every time I went by her. It is hard to explain what she looks like, and I certainly don't want to spoil the effect for anyone that is coming to see her any time soon, but I will say she was massive, and equally impressive.
Overall, the ride is just outstanding. Hairpin turns, drops (though not as severe as other roller coasters) and very fast.
I can hardly wait!! |
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CorFL
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| quote:
Originally posted by poolman
Hi all can anyone tell me when Expedition Everest the new rollercoaster at Animal Kingdom opens to the public.
We are going in August 2006 hope its open by then.
Thanks in advance Poolman
The Official opening date is april 7, 2006
But 2 months before that, they'll do "soft opening" which means that sometimes they open the ride and ask people in... but there are no garantees for riding on the day that you're visiting...
Hope this helps... |
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Status: offline | Posted - 28 Jan 2006 : 11:43:01
| Good Morning From Florida,
Disney very kindly opened Expedition Everest to Annual Passholders and DVC members from Jan 26th to 29th. This fortunately coincided with our visit to our home. So yesterday, armed with our DVC membership cards off we went to Animal Kingdom. Disney, organised as ever had sectioned off the part of the Park where EE is and entry only allowed to Passholders and DVC members. Each rider on presentation of pass or DVC membership card was issued with a souvenir lanyard and pin (DVC members also got a limited edition EE pin - which looks really good). The wait in line takes you through base camp with lots of artifacts from Nepal, which, having been there are very good. The ride is as Disney like to put it, a run-away train, it is a cross between Big Thunder Mountain and the Rockin Rollercoaster. It's very good and we did it twice before moving on to MGM to see the new Stunt Show, which if you have been to the Studios at Disneyland Paris, you will know exactly what I am talking about, it is an all action driving stunt show. We then moved on to Epcot to check out Soarin, the new ride which takes you over California, very, very good, but be warned the queues are long, we went straight there, got a fast pass and did the rest of the park, returning to Soarin in time to use the pass, the queue had not moved from 70 minutes all day. We rode the ride, got stuck, got free fast pass, rode again straight away, this time with no hitches, be warned, this is not the ride if you suffer from vertigo, especially if you stop. But nevertheless, a fantastic experience and wonderful sight, you even get smellyvision. The day as usual organised with military precision by my dutiful husband, out of the house at 8am returned at 9pm, three parks and all the usual rides and the new ones later, great day, feet aching now. |
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