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Rewatching both the of original videos (inside the magic) and having ridden the ride 6 times, I can say that nothing was edited out, thats exactly how the ride is.

I can't stand Mission: Space. My favorite thing about it is staring at Gary Sinese's Botoxed face.

I haven't watched the video since I rode Everest, but I'm pretty sure nothing was edited out.

Hey Barry old buddy, you up for some Barney?

And the picture doesn't even give you an idea of how fluid its motions are.

Oh, I heard tons of ovations when I rode (rode a total of 6 times) and from trains entering the exit platform while I was at the loading station. I also heard tons of raves when I was in the gift shop and in the Everest area in general. I liked it, but not enough to rave on and on about. It's not a good sign when my first thought at the end of my first ride was "Hmmm.... I'm not quote sure how I felt about that ride." And yeah, I do think DLR's SM is better than WDW's (haven't even ridden DLR's updated version.) But thats whats great, we can all have our own opinions no matter how different they are. I'm just curious to hear more opinions of enthusiasts.

I still expect more from an E ticket. And rides like Matterhorn and Space Mt (DL and hey, even MK) are family attractions too, and I honestly find them more thrilling than EE. But like I said, I just want to see more opinions once more people ride this. And remember, I'm not saying I hate the ride, just that it could have been better.

I guess I'm the downer with my not 100% positive review/opinion. Is EE fun? Yeah it is. Is it the best Disney coaster? Not in my opinion, give me Matterhorn, Space Mt (DL), or BTMRR over EE anyday. I'm looking foward to when more people have gotten to ride it. I have a feeling quite a few people's opinions will be close to mine.......

I actually preferred the front to the back. The Yeti was much more effective in the front. Just a warning for those who haven't ridden EE yet. Do not go into this ride with high expectations, they will most likely not be met (especially for coaster freaks.) Instead go into the ride with realistic expectations.

ECZenith, when I was there, there was a CM telling us which rows to go to. I will back up my claim. The General Public will love this ride. Coaster enthusiasts? Not so much. Brent, your original opinion I read in another thread, will probably be closer to your actual opinion rather than what you posted in this thread. The queue is amzing. So much to look at. Just one problem, I don't think there is enough queue for the possible lines this ride might amass.

At least Mr. Rhode acknowledges that enthusiasts may not like it.

The quality of the video is terrible. Let's see.... - It's shakey - You see more of the headrest than anything else. - It doesn't focus on one spot. - There is no attempt at any nightshot during the dark parts. - The camera turns SIDEWAYS at one point! Do you really need me to continue? It's obviously filmed by someone who has very little experience filming a ride before. It's fine for someone's personal "home video" but as a website "exclusive" it's a joke. --Robb Despite all those flaws, the video pretty much captures the ride. I am actually glad I watched the video before I rode Everest. It gave me what to expect from the ride. After riding Everest for the first time, I would have been much more disappointed by the ride if I wasn't prepared and didn't watch the video. The video is poor quality, but still does its job by giving us a feel about what the ride is like. I just want to hear other people's opinions on the actual ride itself, especially opinions of enthusiasts since I know the average person off the street will blindly love the ride.

Thats a good way to put it. as a coaster, it isn't very good, but the ride as a whole is still not bad.

There really isn't that much to the ride. All the video is missing is the full impact and sight of the Yeti.

The video isn't of the highest quality, but IMO, it shows the ride perfectly.

I got both of them. They both REALLY sucked. I didn't think the 2nd video was really any better than the first one. Other than the 2nd video didn't have the camera turning sideways at one point! (I can't believe someone would ACTUALLY post that!!!!) They both went in and out of the light (what kind of back light setting did this person have set???), either the ride is REALLY rough, or this person has never shot onride video of a coaster before, and you see mostly headrest in both videos. Anyway, here's my comments on the video and ride. I've watched a couple more times, and while I think the ride does look "interesting" if the ride is really awesome, that video does it NO justice at all. - 1st track section of the ride: This part of the ride seems really odd to me. A short track section in between lift hills that mostly hugs the ground. It reminds me a LOT of Gold Rusher at SFMM! - 2nd Lift Hill: You hear the woman go "Ugh" as the chain catches. Sounds like a Vekoma to me! - 2nd track section: *REALLY* short to the stop before you go backwards. The part through the mountain looks cool, very Matterhorn-ish, but short. Up until this point of the ride, though there doesn't seem to be much action. You spend more time stopped and riding on lift hills. Is anything supposed to happen while you are stopped waiting to go backwards? Not really a complaint, just more of an observation. - Backwards part (3rd track section): this could be really cool. Looks like fun. Obviously it's dark, so you can't see what's going on. (Might have been a smart idea to at least TRY to use some kind of nightshot mode!) - 1st Yeti sighing - shadow film effect looks really cool. Reminds me a lot of the Brer Bear/Brer Rabbit effect in Splash right before being flung into the Briar Patch. Cool looking film though! Love it when the Yeti jumps towards the train. - 4th track section: This looks like the highlight of the ride. Great drops, lots of action, etc. Although I really hope the ride is not as rough as the video makes it out to be. I'm banking on this just being a really inexperienced videographer. - 2nd Yeti Sighting: Do you really fly by him that quickly? I was hoping it would be more like the Lava Monster in Journey where you REALLY get to see him. In this video, the 2nd Yeti part doesn't look very effective. Overall: This is an awful video, IMO it's almost more damaging than anything else. It's totally impossible to REALLY make any kind of judgement of the ride itself. If I formed an opinion solely on that video alone, I'd be all "WTF, other than some cool effects and some decent drops, that ride looks rough as hell!" But having said that, I'm totally psyched to ride this in March as it's probably my most anticipated US coaster of the year (seriously!) I hope it doesn't disappoint! --Robb Robb, except for the roughness part (I didn't think of it as rough) the video pretty much conveys the ride pretty well (and thats not a very good thing) When you are stopped before the backwards section, there is nothing going on or to look at except for a super random bird which seems to serve no purpose. But Robb, you seem to have a good feel for the ride jsut by watching the videos.

I accidentally triple posted in the other Everest thread, I guess the board is wacky and must still be recovering from coming back up. I can't find where the thread went, so sorry if this is a repeat, again! Here is my everest recap/review that I wrote on another board. So, I got lucky and was given the opportunity to ride Expedition Everest on Tuesday 1/17. I ended up riding it 6 times throughout the morning. Just to warn you, this review will contain SPOILERS! First of all, before I begin, I will say that the video is accurate, but I'm still going to go through a description of the ride. The queue line: WOW. I did not go through the Fastpass line, but the Standby Line is incredibly detailed. As you enter the queue, you go through an office and back outside you walk past what looks like some sort of religious shrine. You then enter another room, which looks to be filled with supplies. Next, you enter what they call The Yeti Museum. This room is filled with all sorts of artifacts and pictures dealing with the Yeti and (real) nature found around the Everest area. I didn't look in detail at the items, but everytime I walked through the queue, I had to walk past people who were standing there and studying the queue. There is so much to look at in this queue, its quite amazing. After you exit the museum, you enter the station of the ride. The train is long. I believe there were about 17 rows. The coolest thing about the train is the steam contraption (bad description, I know) located at the back of the train. Everytime the train pulled into the station, "steam" would erupt from the contraption at the back of the train, and it was quite cool to watch. 2 people are seated per row, with 2 indiivudal seats per row. Each row has its own lap bar. Surprisingly, the seats are fairly large and people of varying sizes should be comfortable in the seats. Once the train leaves the station, it curves around a bit and it goes straight into a mini-lifthill. After this lifthill, your train travels the terrain a bit. This section (U-turn, little bunny hop, and another U-turn (again, bad description, sorry) reminds me a bit of a coaster like the Flying Unicorn. Its not speedy, but tis a bit zippy and its quite fun. Around you is some vegetation (is there a type of cactus native to Nepal?) that will look even nice when fully grown in. Finally, this section leads you to the main lift hill. Going up the lifthill, you gro through that structure which looks to almost be some sort of shrine to the Yeti. You pass under a large mural with a drawing of the Yeti (who is always drawn with those strange looking hand gestures). Once your train arrives at the lift hill, one expects the ride to really pick up at that point! Well, it doesn't really. After the lift hill, your train takes a very small drop and you make a turn through the mountain and some very cold mist, then your train stops. Your train stops because the track in front of you has been ripped up, and bent towards the sky so there is nowhere to go. After a few seconds of being stopped, your train starts to travel backwards. As your train travels backwards you enter the darkness of the mountain . The train makes a drop (curved drop) while travelling backwards (IMO, this is where I felt the most force during the ride). Your train then seems to make a nother drop before it straightens out and the train stops once again. At this point there is an icy wall in front of you where a projection of the Yeti's shadow appears and seems to rip apart another piece of the track. Where ever will your train go now? At this point, your train begins to travel foward and you enter a curved drop, the large drop that you can see in the front of the mountain. Your train enters back into the mountain and travels through a couple more helixes (located outside, out of sight unlike the previous drop) before heading back into the darkness of the mountain. But this time, above you is the large Yeti animatronic figure who is swipnig his large arm seemingly right above you. You travel underneath where the Yeti is located and while still in the mountain, your train brakes. Once your train brakes, its just a short amount of track outside that takes you directly to the station. Ok, so thats a rundown of the entire ride. Now, here comes the difficult part, my opinion about the ride. First of all, the themeing, especially of the queue is amazing. And it is a fun ride. I like it..... but don't love it. For me, the ride has a couple flaws. 1- It never really picks up for me. Except for the coaster section before the Yeti, all the other segments are very short. It seems that as soon as the ride is about to pick up, your train halts so that the story can continue and/or for the track to switch. The most blatant example of this is the tiny segment between the main lift hill and place you stop before you head backwards. This section is very short and not very interesting. 2- The Ending. Sure, the themeing is great, but the story, particulary the end of the story is weak. You see the Yeti, and your train goes almost under his paltform and....... BRAKE! Your train stops and you head to the station. The moment with the Yeti is fairly cool but to have the ride end immediately following that encounter seemed fairly weak to me. 3- Lack of a variety of coaster elements. It seemed like the coaster track of EE consisted solely of curved drops and helixes. Now, I'm not talking about inversions, but a variety of other elements like little bunny hills and something more than just curved drops and helixes would have made the ride a little more exciting. 4- 2 slight moments of bad themeing. Not much could ahve been done with these two examples, but these two things bugged me a bit. 1- when going backwards, you can totally see the structure of the fake mountain. 2- when watching the shadow yeti do his thing, its obvious where your coaster train is going next. Now, I don't want to be all negative, so I'll list my favorite things about the ride. 1- The buildup. The little circuit your train makes before entering the main lift is a welcome change from most coasters that go directly into the life hill. 2- THE BIRD!!!!!! I love quirky things, and the bird defintely ranks up there. I have no idea why its there, or waht its purpose is, but I love it. I won't tell you where it is, you'll have to look for it yourself (its hard to miss) 3- The Yeti. This monster is HUGE!!!!! He basically stands on his own platform that your coaster pretty much goes under. From my memory the only thing that seemed to move was his head and one of his arms. If I remember correctly, he was on his platform, and in his motionless hand seemed to be holding more ripped off track. and then his head was moving while he was roaring and his arm was making swiping motions towards the train. The purpose of the Yeti and house it was set up reminded me a lot of the T-Rex in JPRA. Now, I know it doesn't make sense to compare EE with RotM, but people are going too. Now, when I rate rides, I think of the overall experience, but overall I think about how much fun I have on the ride itself. With RotM, I feel like you get a more immersive experience and the use of effects like fire and water is great. Plus, while the coaster section is short, its great, with moments of airtime and it doesn't let up until you enter the fake unload. EE doesn't have airtime, and it halts right before you think its going to pick up. Honestly, if I had to pick between the two, I think RotM is SLIGHTY better than EE. I just think its a ride that I have more fun with while I'm riding it. Ok, Overall, I think Expedition Everest is a very good ride with its share of flaws. But, that being said, the general public will love it. This will be a BIG hit with the average park goer and with families (its not as scary as it looks.) I expect huge lines for this attraction and for people to immediately label it as a Disney Classic. Coaster Enthusiasts on the other hand, will be a bit underwhelmed by it. The coaster itself, just won't quite be what coaster freaks are looking for. But again, I have a feeling that even though it didn't fully deliver 100% for me (I liked it a lot and rode it 6 times) and that it has a few flaws, the general public will be able to look past those flaws and catapult EE into one of the more popular rides in WDW.

Here is my everest recap/review that I wrote on another board. So, I got lucky and was given the opportunity to ride Expedition Everest on Tuesday 1/17. I ended up riding it 6 times throughout the morning. Just to warn you, this review will contain SPOILERS! First of all, before I begin, I will say that the video is accurate, but I'm still going to go through a description of the ride. The queue line: WOW. I did not go through the Fastpass line, but the Standby Line is incredibly detailed. As you enter the queue, you go through an office and back outside you walk past what looks like some sort of religious shrine. You then enter another room, which looks to be filled with supplies. Next, you enter what they call The Yeti Museum. This room is filled with all sorts of artifacts and pictures dealing with the Yeti and (real) nature found around the Everest area. I didn't look in detail at the items, but everytime I walked through the queue, I had to walk past people who were standing there and studying the queue. There is so much to look at in this queue, its quite amazing. After you exit the museum, you enter the station of the ride. The train is long. I believe there were about 17 rows. The coolest thing about the train is the steam contraption (bad description, I know) located at the back of the train. Everytime the train pulled into the station, "steam" would erupt from the contraption at the back of the train, and it was quite cool to watch. 2 people are seated per row, with 2 indiivudal seats per row. Each row has its own lap bar. Surprisingly, the seats are fairly large and people of varying sizes should be comfortable in the seats. Once the train leaves the station, it curves around a bit and it goes straight into a mini-lifthill. After this lifthill, your train travels the terrain a bit. This section (U-turn, little bunny hop, and another U-turn (again, bad description, sorry) reminds me a bit of a coaster like the Flying Unicorn. Its not speedy, but tis a bit zippy and its quite fun. Around you is some vegetation (is there a type of cactus native to Nepal?) that will look even nice when fully grown in. Finally, this section leads you to the main lift hill. Going up the lifthill, you gro through that structure which looks to almost be some sort of shrine to the Yeti. You pass under a large mural with a drawing of the Yeti (who is always drawn with those strange looking hand gestures). Once your train arrives at the lift hill, one expects the ride to really pick up at that point! Well, it doesn't really. After the lift hill, your train takes a very small drop and you make a turn through the mountain and some very cold mist, then your train stops. Your train stops because the track in front of you has been ripped up, and bent towards the sky so there is nowhere to go. After a few seconds of being stopped, your train starts to travel backwards. As your train travels backwards you enter the darkness of the mountain . The train makes a drop (curved drop) while travelling backwards (IMO, this is where I felt the most force during the ride). Your train then seems to make a nother drop before it straightens out and the train stops once again. At this point there is an icy wall in front of you where a projection of the Yeti's shadow appears and seems to rip apart another piece of the track. Where ever will your train go now? At this point, your train begins to travel foward and you enter a curved drop, the large drop that you can see in the front of the mountain. Your train enters back into the mountain and travels through a couple more helixes (located outside, out of sight unlike the previous drop) before heading back into the darkness of the mountain. But this time, above you is the large Yeti animatronic figure who is swipnig his large arm seemingly right above you. You travel underneath where the Yeti is located and while still in the mountain, your train brakes. Once your train brakes, its just a short amount of track outside that takes you directly to the station. Ok, so thats a rundown of the entire ride. Now, here comes the difficult part, my opinion about the ride. First of all, the themeing, especially of the queue is amazing. And it is a fun ride. I like it..... but don't love it. For me, the ride has a couple flaws. 1- It never really picks up for me. Except for the coaster section before the Yeti, all the other segments are very short. It seems that as soon as the ride is about to pick up, your train halts so that the story can continue and/or for the track to switch. The most blatant example of this is the tiny segment between the main lift hill and place you stop before you head backwards. This section is very short and not very interesting. 2- The Ending. Sure, the themeing is great, but the story, particulary the end of the story is weak. You see the Yeti, and your train goes almost under his paltform and....... BRAKE! Your train stops and you head to the station. The moment with the Yeti is fairly cool but to have the ride end immediately following that encounter seemed fairly weak to me. 3- Lack of a variety of coaster elements. It seemed like the coaster track of EE consisted solely of curved drops and helixes. Now, I'm not talking about inversions, but a variety of other elements like little bunny hills and something more than just curved drops and helixes would have made the ride a little more exciting. 4- 2 slight moments of bad themeing. Not much could ahve been done with these two examples, but these two things bugged me a bit. 1- when going backwards, you can totally see the structure of the fake mountain. 2- when watching the shadow yeti do his thing, its obvious where your coaster train is going next. Now, I don't want to be all negative, so I'll list my favorite things about the ride. 1- The buildup. The little circuit your train makes before entering the main lift is a welcome change from most coasters that go directly into the life hill. 2- THE BIRD!!!!!! I love quirky things, and the bird defintely ranks up there. I have no idea why its there, or waht its purpose is, but I love it. I won't tell you where it is, you'll have to look for it yourself (its hard to miss) 3- The Yeti. This monster is HUGE!!!!! He basically stands on his own platform that your coaster pretty much goes under. From my memory the only thing that seemed to move was his head and one of his arms. If I remember correctly, he was on his platform, and in his motionless hand seemed to be holding more ripped off track. and then his head was moving while he was roaring and his arm was making swiping motions towards the train. The purpose of the Yeti and house it was set up reminded me a lot of the T-Rex in JPRA. Now, I know it doesn't make sense to compare EE with RotM, but people are going too. Now, when I rate rides, I think of the overall experience, but overall I think about how much fun I have on the ride itself. With RotM, I feel like you get a more immersive experience and the use of effects like fire and water is great. Plus, while the coaster section is short, its great, with moments of airtime and it doesn't let up until you enter the fake unload. EE doesn't have airtime, and it halts right before you think its going to pick up. Honestly, if I had to pick between the two, I think RotM is SLIGHTY better than EE. I just think its a ride that I have more fun with while I'm riding it. Ok, Overall, I think Expedition Everest is a very good ride with its share of flaws. But, that being said, the general public will love it. This will be a BIG hit with the average park goer and with families (its not as scary as it looks.) I expect huge lines for this attraction and for people to immediately label it as a Disney Classic. Coaster Enthusiasts on the other hand, will be a bit underwhelmed by it. The coaster itself, just won't quite be what coaster freaks are looking for. But again, I have a feeling that even though it didn't fully deliver 100% for me (I liked it a lot and rode it 6 times) and that it has a few flaws, the general public will be able to look past those flaws and catapult EE into one of the more popular rides in WDW.

Here is my everest recap/review that I wrote on another board. So, I got lucky and was given the opportunity to ride Expedition Everest on Tuesday 1/17. I ended up riding it 6 times throughout the morning. Just to warn you, this review will contain SPOILERS! First of all, before I begin, I will say that the video is accurate, but I'm still going to go through a description of the ride. The queue line: WOW. I did not go through the Fastpass line, but the Standby Line is incredibly detailed. As you enter the queue, you go through an office and back outside you walk past what looks like some sort of religious shrine. You then enter another room, which looks to be filled with supplies. Next, you enter what they call The Yeti Museum. This room is filled with all sorts of artifacts and pictures dealing with the Yeti and (real) nature found around the Everest area. I didn't look in detail at the items, but everytime I walked through the queue, I had to walk past people who were standing there and studying the queue. There is so much to look at in this queue, its quite amazing. After you exit the museum, you enter the station of the ride. The train is long. I believe there were about 17 rows. The coolest thing about the train is the steam contraption (bad description, I know) located at the back of the train. Everytime the train pulled into the station, "steam" would erupt from the contraption at the back of the train, and it was quite cool to watch. 2 people are seated per row, with 2 indiivudal seats per row. Each row has its own lap bar. Surprisingly, the seats are fairly large and people of varying sizes should be comfortable in the seats. Once the train leaves the station, it curves around a bit and it goes straight into a mini-lifthill. After this lifthill, your train travels the terrain a bit. This section (U-turn, little bunny hop, and another U-turn (again, bad description, sorry) reminds me a bit of a coaster like the Flying Unicorn. Its not speedy, but tis a bit zippy and its quite fun. Around you is some vegetation (is there a type of cactus native to Nepal?) that will look even nice when fully grown in. Finally, this section leads you to the main lift hill. Going up the lifthill, you gro through that structure which looks to almost be some sort of shrine to the Yeti. You pass under a large mural with a drawing of the Yeti (who is always drawn with those strange looking hand gestures). Once your train arrives at the lift hill, one expects the ride to really pick up at that point! Well, it doesn't really. After the lift hill, your train takes a very small drop and you make a turn through the mountain and some very cold mist, then your train stops. Your train stops because the track in front of you has been ripped up, and bent towards the sky so there is nowhere to go. After a few seconds of being stopped, your train starts to travel backwards. As your train travels backwards you enter the darkness of the mountain . The train makes a drop (curved drop) while travelling backwards (IMO, this is where I felt the most force during the ride). Your train then seems to make a nother drop before it straightens out and the train stops once again. At this point there is an icy wall in front of you where a projection of the Yeti's shadow appears and seems to rip apart another piece of the track. Where ever will your train go now? At this point, your train begins to travel foward and you enter a curved drop, the large drop that you can see in the front of the mountain. Your train enters back into the mountain and travels through a couple more helixes (located outside, out of sight unlike the previous drop) before heading back into the darkness of the mountain. But this time, above you is the large Yeti animatronic figure who is swipnig his large arm seemingly right above you. You travel underneath where the Yeti is located and while still in the mountain, your train brakes. Once your train brakes, its just a short amount of track outside that takes you directly to the station. Ok, so thats a rundown of the entire ride. Now, here comes the difficult part, my opinion about the ride. First of all, the themeing, especially of the queue is amazing. And it is a fun ride. I like it..... but don't love it. For me, the ride has a couple flaws. 1- It never really picks up for me. Except for the coaster section before the Yeti, all the other segments are very short. It seems that as soon as the ride is about to pick up, your train halts so that the story can continue and/or for the track to switch. The most blatant example of this is the tiny segment between the main lift hill and place you stop before you head backwards. This section is very short and not very interesting. 2- The Ending. Sure, the themeing is great, but the story, particulary the end of the story is weak. You see the Yeti, and your train goes almost under his paltform and....... BRAKE! Your train stops and you head to the station. The moment with the Yeti is fairly cool but to have the ride end immediately following that encounter seemed fairly weak to me. 3- Lack of a variety of coaster elements. It seemed like the coaster track of EE consisted solely of curved drops and helixes. Now, I'm not talking about inversions, but a variety of other elements like little bunny hills and something more than just curved drops and helixes would have made the ride a little more exciting. 4- 2 slight moments of bad themeing. Not much could ahve been done with these two examples, but these two things bugged me a bit. 1- when going backwards, you can totally see the structure of the fake mountain. 2- when watching the shadow yeti do his thing, its obvious where your coaster train is going next. Now, I don't want to be all negative, so I'll list my favorite things about the ride. 1- The buildup. The little circuit your train makes before entering the main lift is a welcome change from most coasters that go directly into the life hill. 2- THE BIRD!!!!!! I love quirky things, and the bird defintely ranks up there. I have no idea why its there, or waht its purpose is, but I love it. I won't tell you where it is, you'll have to look for it yourself (its hard to miss) 3- The Yeti. This monster is HUGE!!!!! He basically stands on his own platform that your coaster pretty much goes under. From my memory the only thing that seemed to move was his head and one of his arms. If I remember correctly, he was on his platform, and in his motionless hand seemed to be holding more ripped off track. and then his head was moving while he was roaring and his arm was making swiping motions towards the train. The purpose of the Yeti and house it was set up reminded me a lot of the T-Rex in JPRA. Now, I know it doesn't make sense to compare EE with RotM, but people are going too. Now, when I rate rides, I think of the overall experience, but overall I think about how much fun I have on the ride itself. With RotM, I feel like you get a more immersive experience and the use of effects like fire and water is great. Plus, while the coaster section is short, its great, with moments of airtime and it doesn't let up until you enter the fake unload. EE doesn't have airtime, and it halts right before you think its going to pick up. Honestly, if I had to pick between the two, I think RotM is SLIGHTY better than EE. I just think its a ride that I have more fun with while I'm riding it. Ok, Overall, I think Expedition Everest is a very good ride with its share of flaws. But, that being said, the general public will love it. This will be a BIG hit with the average park goer and with families (its not as scary as it looks.) I expect huge lines for this attraction and for people to immediately label it as a Disney Classic. Coaster Enthusiasts on the other hand, will be a bit underwhelmed by it. The coaster itself, just won't quite be what coaster freaks are looking for. But again, I have a feeling that even though it didn't fully deliver 100% for me (I liked it a lot and rode it 6 times) and that it has a few flaws, the general public will be able to look past those flaws and catapult EE into one of the more popular rides in WDW.

Yeah, it actually was a pretty fun fair. I went last year, and while it was very crowded, I still got everything done I wanted to do in a span of a few hours. But it is a pretty fun fair and it had a pretty good selection of rides including 2 coasters.

um..it was the same price as a 1-day admission. I just got mine at AAA on Friday. actually, no, it was cheaper than a one day admission..by 1 penny! (thanks AAA for that discount) Ok, then its different than last year. Last year I'm pretty sure the price was $60 which would have made it like I said, a few bucks more than a 1-day ticket. But I was just at BGT's website and unless I read wrong, it looks like the funcard may only be good for FL residents. I don't see calling someone elses trip plans a waste being very productive. What may be a waste to you may be a great vacation to someone else.

The Fun Card is just a few bucks more than a 1-day admission. Its definitely an interesting plan, but remember that its his touring plan, not yours. That being said though, I went to the Florida State Fair last year and saw everything I needed to see in one day.

Sounds like just the contractors, imagineers, and I can imagine the higher-ups have ridden it so far. (and I can imagine Everest employees probably)

Thats awesome about the Arrested Development stuff. You can never go wrong with Franklin (or anything else for that matter) As for my ringtone, I alternate it often, but I'm a fan of crappy music. So, saying that my current ringtone is Ashlee Simpson's Boyfriend. Hmmmm..... I wonder if there is a ringtone for L.O.V.E.?

Grrrrrr....... at my expired pass and my lack of funds to renew! Nice pics Jose. Ride looks great! So was this the preview for Imagineers and other VIPs. I was in the MK on the evening of the Imagineers preview for Stitch. I sure didn't see lots of smiles when I watched people exiting the theaters inti the gift shop! Good to hear that response is positive.