Expedition Everest On-Ride Videos Leaked

^There is a passholder preview later this month. I would imagine by the end of February/early March it will be operating

Lord Gonchar said:
See, I'm just the opposite.
I was VERY interested in this, but after seeing that video, I'm not nearly as interested.

I'm interested in, more than anything, if it becomes a disappointment. I don't think it will, but a week ago I would have figured there was no chance. I get a kick out of $100+ million disappointments :)

Whatwas said above is true...the thing isn't even soft-open yet. There are many effects not working.

Real Cbuzz quote of the day - "The classes i take in collage are so mor adcanced then u could imagen. Dont talk about my emglihs" - Adamforce

The passholder preview of the ride is NEXT week!

The offical opening is April 7th I believe, but I'm sure it will have a soft opening in Feb. sometime. I think Disney castmembers get to ride it this week.

Peabody said:
Whatwas said above is true...the thing isn't even soft-open yet. There are many effects not working.

Effects not working is one thing. But is this really all the interaction (and I use that term loosely) that you have with the Yeti during the ride?

I certainly hope not.

coasterimage - lordgonchar

UNfortunately I think it is. :( And despite eye-witnesses still saying "It's totally different in person, amazing" I was still hoping for something like the "Lava Creature" in Journey to the Center of the Earth. You slow down all of the sudden (I think it might have been a stop) and get a few seconds to soak in this scary, monstrous beast, and then, you blast off and escape. If anyone hasn't seen that thing, It's amazing, and I'll point you to a vid.

Real Cbuzz quote of the day - "The classes i take in collage are so mor adcanced then u could imagen. Dont talk about my emglihs" - Adamforce

Not familiar with the Journey ride, but from the description alone I'd have to say that's also closer to what I expected from Everest.

coasterimage - lordgonchar

The Lava Monster in the Journey to the Center of the Earth ride at Tokyo DisneySea is my favorite AA creature of all time. After over 25 rides on Journey in one day I can say the ride and the Lava Monster were even more fun at the end of the day than at the beginning. This was an awesome AA creature and great ride at an incredible park.
I will reserve judgment on Everest until I get to ride it next month but if Everest is anywhere close to being as entertaining and fun as Journey I will be impressed.

Hector

I remember seeing a Disney Imagineer talk about Everest on one of those Discovery/Travel Channel shows. He talked up the sophisticated nature of the Yeti but also mentioned how riders would only see it for a brief encounter. He made it sound as though the technology as well as the brevity of the event would make it seem so real and scary.

From the video, which I'm sure is a poor representation of the ride experience, it seems like we can hardly see the Yeti. However, I'm sure that in person riders can see it coming and get a better look at it, even if only for a few seconds. We never get a long and thorough look at the abomidable snow monster in Disneyland's Matterhorn Mountain as the sleds never slow down, but the monster is a memorable part of the ride nonetheless. The same could be said for the dinosaur's in Animal Kingdom's Dinosaur attraction.

It is all about the re-ride!

Jeffrey R Smith said:
It is all about the re-ride!

BINGO. They want you back in line and not in line at Universal, Sea World, or Busch Gardens. I hope they do slow down the encounter a bit, from what appears to be around 15mph to under 10, but as said earlier, the ride is not done yet, and it's possible for them to prolong the experience a few seconds. I think that'd make everyone VERY happy, including myself.

What if the yeti is going to move around inside the mountain and appear at certain times? Wasn't moving around by itself the big difference between the Yeti and all other animatronics? If they are not done with the special effects then maybe the yeti appears more than that one time......that could be why the one part was so dark. I always picture the train stopping, the yeti dropping down from above, then the train going backward with the Yeti chasing it and swinging its arms and before the train turns the corner you see the Yeti jump back up and you hear it walking around.

The effects arent finished on the ride yet.

Doubtful, as Imagineering is reported to have handed it over to Operations early in the morning of the 14th (delayed to avoid handoff on a Friday the 13th). I would think that means that, at this point, it is what it is absent test-and-adjust during soft opening in response to poor guest reaction.

And, from what I'm reading, there won't be poor guest reaction cough*Stitch*cough.

*** Edited 1/18/2006 1:43:12 AM UTC by Brian Noble***

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Wasn't moving around by itself the big difference between the Yeti and all other animatronics?

Joe Rohde (the lead Imagineer for design/development of AK) was interviewed on the History channel's recent WDW episode of Modern Marvels. The way he described it, Harold-2 is firmly anchored to the ground, and is not going anywhere. As he tells it, there are three independent architectural structures: the (rigid) mountain, the (non-rigid) track, and the support structure for the animatronic, none of which is supposed to come into contact with the others.

I believe you are thinking about Lucky the dinosaur, who does plod along on his own, carrying his power supply and goodness-knows-what-else behind him.

*** Edited 1/18/2006 1:44:26 AM UTC by Brian Noble***

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Jim Hill has a clear picture of the Yeti up, looks really cool.

http://jimhillmedia.com/article.php?id=1815

I was just about to post that. Between the Pic and more eye-witness testimony that you get a MUCH better look at him than the video, I'm starting to feel better about it. Still, probably one would probably want more time to take him all in. *** Edited 1/19/2006 6:37:26 PM UTC by Peabody***

Real Cbuzz quote of the day - "The classes i take in collage are so mor adcanced then u could imagen. Dont talk about my emglihs" - Adamforce

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?

You are seeing the shadow of what's going on behind the train. The Yeti destroys the track behind you, so you have no choice but to go forward!

~Corey

Coreo81 said:You are seeing the shadow of what's going on behind the train. The Yeti destroys the track behind you, so you have no choice but to go forward!
~Corey

Hmmmm, so I assume that there is more going on in the projection room than what the video shows, since it doesn't come off that clear to me from just watching it on the video.

I hope that when the train is stopped in that room that the sound is projected from behind the riders, otherwise, I don't quite buy the whole 'what's going on behind' bit. Not that that is not what's occurring, but, since you can't see behind you at that point in the projection room (and having seen mangled track before in front of the train), they'd need to do something in that room to convince you that what takes place on the projection is going on behind you at that moment. Just watching a video doesn't suggest that.

I'm hoping the real thing is better at clarifying that.

Does anyone still have the vids? I just found this thread now, and the links to it aren't working anymore

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There are better videos out now anyway, including video from Disney.

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DisneyWorldTrivia.com (free signup required)

There are others out there, if you search the Disney fan sites.

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