Expedition Everest On-Ride Videos Leaked

Keep in mind also that these videos were taken during cast previews, so all of the effects might not be working yet...snow, sound effects..etc.

Also did anybody see the bird behind the peak of the mountain when the train was stopped at the ripped track?

http://www.disneyeverest.com/

Not only does it look like a Giant Matterhorn, It looks like they tried to make a Mummy like ride. With the backwards part and all.

One thing to remember Colin is that we just saw a video of the ride. No inclusion of the Yeti museum, que line, effects missing, and other things. Remember, Everest has been in the planning stages since the park opened and was announced around the time of Mummy.

I don't care if they tried to make it more like the Mummy, its a great ride, copy it!

Yeah, so what if they are similar? That's the way it has always been between Disney and Universal. Personally, I am leaning towards Everest. I mean... just look at it! I haven't seen any of the videos yet (until I ride it soon) and am already drooling all over it. Plus, with the whole "backwards" thing... I would say it fits in much better with Everest because it seems like it has more purpose to the storyline whereas when I rode the Mummy I thought the backwards section was kinda random (and it's much much shorter).

What I don't quite understand is why do they show the projection of the Yeti ripping the track after you go by the section he supposedly ripped up (right before the backwards section)? Wouldn't it have fit the story better to show it before?

Also, it's hard to see, but is there a projected image in the building on the lift hill? There's a lot to sound going on in there and the sun gets in the way of seeing what's in that building...

Maybe I'm wrong, but I don't think either of the two appearances of the Yeti are the big animatronic beast that we've been hearing so much about. It seems (and is) a gigantic waste if so much money was spent into giving it such realistic motions and whatnot, and then all that happens is you glimpse it from below as the train shoots under it (assuming the prior, silhouetted part is a projection). Who cares how realistic it's motions are if the total time you see the thing amounts to less than a second?

Don't get me wrong, the scenery around the ride and the overall theme of it come together to form a ride and surrounding experience that is quite literally breathtaking, arguably the most impressive themeing job in any park, anywhere. Take for instance the first turnaround point of the ride... if it weren't for the temperature, I would not doubt for a second upon stopping at that point that I was sitting at the crest of a mountain somewhere in the himalayas. Incredibly beautiful, detailed, cohesive scenery is just everywhere around the ride.

Still, I am completely convinced that we'll see more of the yeti (or perhaps see the beast for the first time) by the time the ride opens to the public. I would imagine him appearing either during the first turnaround scene at the mountain top, or somewhere in the pitch black segments of track. I'm sure it will be a great ride regardless, but I can't convince myself that all the talk of yeti yeilded such a "I'm really cool but oh... never seen ever" result.

We'll see I guess.

[edit: After taking a really close look at the second video... I'm doubting myself. At first viewing I thought the glimps you caught of the Yeti was maybe only its arm or teeth or something, but now I'm pretty sure the second appearance is the whole animatronic figure, so unless there's two of them, that may be the full extent of our actually encountering the yeti.] *** Edited 1/17/2006 6:31:55 AM UTC by BBSpeed26***

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Chris Rettig said:
What I don't quite understand is why do they show the projection of the Yeti ripping the track after you go by the section he supposedly ripped up (right before the backwards section)? Wouldn't it have fit the story better to show it before?

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Nah. It's a more suspenseful style of story telling.

Imagine a guest going in with a blank slate. No idea what to expect.

You reach the top, things start going and you're immediately met with mangled track. WTF!? What's going on here?

Suddely you lurch backward careening out of control through the darkness. You stop just long enough to catch a glimpse of a silhouette. Some sort of hideous beast is managling the track!

Again you suddenly lurch into the darkness. What's ahead? More mangled track? This beast?

After a wild ride down the mountain you encounter the beast and quickly make your safe escape.

The way I see it, that ordering of the scenes adds much more tension.

What strikes me as odd is the afroementioned lack of a finale with the Yeti. Hopefully the video doesn't quite show it all, but I don't see how.

*** Edited 1/17/2006 6:59:30 AM UTC by Lord Gonchar***

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BBSpeed26 said:
... if it weren't for the temperature, I would not doubt for a second upon stopping at that point that I was sitting at the crest of a mountain somewhere in the himalayas.

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I believe that is actually taken care of - I read that the inside is chilled, but I'm not sure of the accuracy of that information.

I also think that split-second glimpse of a yeti figure is indeed the blockbuster animatronic we have heard so much about. I also believe that the video doesn't do the creature justice, and that the sighting is much longer than it apears to be on film. Not a total waste of money, but still kind of disapointing at this point.

For those mentioning the resemblance of the Mummy with the backwards part an all, remember that the Mummy's backwards section is VERY short. EE aprears to have a much more interesting backwards section.

I will admit, I was not too interested in this one. I kept telling myself it couldn't beat the Mummy, and I'm not so sure that part of my opinion has changed, but I am more interested (not neccessarily excited and anticipated) in Everest than ever before.

Two more months 'till I can see for myself :)

See, I'm just the opposite.

I was VERY interested in this, but after seeing that video, I'm not nearly as interested.

I'll wait for the reviews. Orlando is in the future (next season or two) either way.

Does anyone have an estimated official opening date?

Yah, not to be a pooper, but I was expecting a section inside the mountain where the train came to a crawl where a giant beast starts taking swings and screeching at the riders. So I'm with most others in hoping we get to see more of the figure that puts out more power than a 747.

Isn't the Yeti supposed to be hard to see/find? This would fit the theming perfectly! :-) Waste of money...? But true to the storyline!

I guess they could have put a statue with a speaker in it like the Matterhorn. I remember when they added that and they made a big deal about it with marketing. It ended up being kinda funny.

I agree that the Yeti doesnt seem as impressive as it was made out to be. On behind the scenes for disney on the travel channel an imagineer said that they had to build 3 seperate "buildings" one to hold the mountain, one to hold the track, and one to hold the yeti...

It looks pretty cool and I will def go check it out when I got back to Florida.

From what I understand this is a very poor video. The effects arent finished on the ride yet. also IT goes completely black in the video at soem points. DO not go by the video.

Yeah, Disney stuff is too *immersive* to be adequately captured in a video...theming details easily get overlooked, etc...;)

Where did we land on an opening date?