disneyfan1313 Posted January 7, 2006 Posted January 7, 2006 All I can say is... WOW. Today I had the opportunity to be part of a filming for the travel channel about Expedition Everest that will air later this year. We reported at 9 am this morning to Asia at DAK and signed wavers and were told that they were going to do some filming around the village and que first - it is almost an attraction in itself! With E:E the que tells the pre-show story and it is incredibly detailed, some sections feel like a museum and it was very special having Joe Rhode there explaining what many of the artifacts are and how the locals in Nepal use them. The fastpass and standby que are very similar in what they contain but the standby has an amazing "museum" section that is worth walking through. We then proceeded to do some exterior shots with Joe and the film crew and then proceeded to wait for the next 6 hours while they fiddled with the camera equipment again and again until we got a chance to ride.... It was TOTALLY worth it (and I never thought I would say that after a 6 hour wait!). We got to ride 2 times and the second time Stacey (for those of you who know her) had the POV cam right in her face - so she has a good chance of making it on the broadcast! I don't want to ruin the ride for anyone (i'm very glad I didn't know much about it before riding) but if you think the mountain is big from the ground wait until you are inside it! The effects are great - the backwards segment ROCKS and it is VERY smooth. The train has a cool smoke effect (first coaster with onboard special effects?!?!) and the Yetti BLEW ME AWAY!!! (Think bigger than the largest animatronic in Sinbad for those of you who have been to TDS). The attraction is not going to impress someone who wants just an extreme thrill ride - it is SO much more than that - it is a bit more thrilling than BTM or Space Mountain from a coaster stand point but the story and effects make it an E-Ticket like WDW has not seen since Splash Mountain. I can't wait for all of you to experience it - I haven't felt the high I felt when I got off of it in a long time. It's friggin amazing! (or mebee it was just the excitement of having a credit that Robb and Elissa don't have for a while.. )
SharkTums Posted January 7, 2006 Posted January 7, 2006 Sounds great! Thanks for the report! Keep us updated about soft openings as we'll be there in March and are hoping to hit it up! And don't forget, you also have that awesome Kiddie Coaster in the middle of nowhere Alabama or wherever that we don't have!
AznShortBoi8021 Posted January 7, 2006 Posted January 7, 2006 EE sounds terrific! Thanks for the excellent report. I'm glad you got to ride it before R&E and brag about it here . I can't wait to ride it in 2007 or 2008(damn scheduling conflicts with my company) . Can you post just one excruciating detailed detail for us? Please.
Erik Johnson Posted January 7, 2006 Posted January 7, 2006 Yeah Disneyfan! I am glad that it was you that got to post first about the ride. We will be down there in a few weeks for the AP preview. Come on, I can think of at least two credits that I have that R&E do not..maybe three
Jim1013 Posted January 7, 2006 Posted January 7, 2006 Come on, tell us a little more? Does it seem like a new, improved Ultra- Matterhorn? Any ice crystal caverns? Does the little village seem kind of retarted? The Yetti: is it brown or white?... Inquiring minds want to know.
jarmor Posted January 7, 2006 Posted January 7, 2006 ^ Wow you sound like a local mary sunshine lol lol Hopefully It will be operating by april...I **may** be taking a trip down to O-town just to get away for the weekend. Im interesting in the yeti also lol lol.
Wes Posted January 7, 2006 Posted January 7, 2006 Did the ride seem short to you? I know it clocks in at under 3 minutes. Having seen video, it seemed a bit underwhelming, but I'll take your word that it's great.
disneyfan1313 Posted January 7, 2006 Author Posted January 7, 2006 It didn't seem very short to me. There are a few parts which almost seem as an homage to the matterhorn. I think the village area is great - without it the story line would not be as full, and that is what I love about Disney attractions. The lifts seem *very* fast .. not sure why. Lets see .. excruciating tiny detail.. I'll give you two.. 1) Fastpass and Standby lines merge at the load platform which I thought was interesting. 2) The tour booking office that you first walk into in the Fastpass and Standby ques are almost identical except the computer on the desk in the fastpass line is a Mac and the standby has a PC... Oh.. you wanted details about the ride?
Nrthwnd Posted January 7, 2006 Posted January 7, 2006 DON'T TELL THEM ANY MORE! Let them find out for themself when they ride it, heh heh. Then, eventually a POV somewhere in the not-too-distant fu-ture...
Scaparri Posted January 7, 2006 Posted January 7, 2006 Gosh, this just makes my decision on whether to drop by AK at the end of the month even harder!! I don't know what to do, but I don't want to miss out!
BarryH Posted January 7, 2006 Posted January 7, 2006 I can't wait to ride it! I was driving down Serebeth Road and you can see it way in the distance. The mountain is huge!
chaos Posted January 7, 2006 Posted January 7, 2006 I just suddenly decided I want to go to Florida this summer. It better be as good as you say it is.
cfc Posted January 7, 2006 Posted January 7, 2006 Oh, I so have to head down to Florida this fall--thanks for the info.
ECZenith Posted January 7, 2006 Posted January 7, 2006 For whoever asked for the layout... http://www.wdwmagic.com/animations.htm# I won't be able to get down there till October (can't miss HHN!) but I look forward to seeing that massive animatronic almost as much as the ride itself. Good to see a new E-ticket w/ no probs as of yet.
SonOfBeastSucks Posted January 7, 2006 Posted January 7, 2006 Wow, I wasn't even aware that it was open already. I spend way too much time in the Random section.
JT3000 Posted January 7, 2006 Posted January 7, 2006 Can you describe the yeti? That's all I really wanna know about.
ebl Posted January 7, 2006 Posted January 7, 2006 That site was cool. But Expedition Everest doesn't look like it's very long. Eric
Hattuchili Posted January 7, 2006 Posted January 7, 2006 That all sounds very nice! Now I really can´t wait to ride EE in March! --Sören
CoasterCrazy Posted January 7, 2006 Posted January 7, 2006 I'm looking forward to riding EE very soon, it sounds like fun!
Vince Posted January 7, 2006 Posted January 7, 2006 Wow, thats amazing! It seems like you had alot of fun. I cant wait to ride it!!
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