I RODE EVEREST !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

ttztotdca50 · Post by **ttztotdca50** » Feb Sun 12, 2006 12:17 pm

Wow... what a weird promotion!

I'm actually kinda surprised they didn't have an Everest float in the Rose Parade or something like that.

commandorabbit · Post by **commandorabbit** » Feb Sun 12, 2006 5:39 pm

Hey guys and gals, just got back from WDW and I was able to ride EE while I was there. In fact, 3 times in 15 minutes!!! Got there early and no one was in line! It was amazing, the first time I was so surprised by the backward part. It was incredible. I did however want to take some more time going through the queue area. They had a ton of stuff to look at while you wait in line, but we kinda just ran past it.

After the last time I rode it, there was a man standing towards the control podium at the end of the ride. He said he was one of the designers of the ride and that they were load testing to see how the ride would hold up under a full day's use. He did not mention when the ride would officially be open. He did however mention that there are six different rides within the ride. He said it was different if you sat on the right or the left, as well as in the front, middle, and back. I really couldn't tell a difference, probably because I was screaming, but the back did feel a bit more intense. I have some pictures of the EE area and I will post them or a link to them when I get them back.

Oh yeah, the rest of the trip was amazing as well!

FRD714 · Post by **FRD714** » Feb Sun 12, 2006 6:58 pm

Cool! It seems this ride is open a lot.

QuickGold · Post by **QuickGold** » Feb Tue 14, 2006 11:45 am

FRD714 wrote:Cool! It seems this ride is open a lot.

It's supposed to be open between now and official opening in April unless there's a need for maintenance or Imagineering wants to tinker with something. Otherwise, it should be open.

SpringheeledJack · Post by **SpringheeledJack** » Feb Tue 14, 2006 1:08 pm

Isn't it just weekends? I keep getting mixed reports.

eagle4life69 · Post by **eagle4life69** » Feb Tue 14, 2006 1:16 pm

no it is in its soft opening meaning it is but isn't open doesn't matter what day of the week it could be open

QuickGold · Post by **QuickGold** » Feb Wed 15, 2006 11:28 am

eagle4life69 wrote:no it is in its soft opening meaning it is but isn't open doesn't matter what day of the week it could be open

Exactly, day of the week doesn't matter. I haven't heard of weekend only showings at all.

SpringheeledJack · Post by **SpringheeledJack** » Feb Wed 15, 2006 11:45 am

Weird. I guess it's just been that it's been open every weekend, then. At least every weekend that I or a friend went. I could've sworn that I read somewhere that they were opening it for weekend visitors SOMEWHERE, though. Probably just a board rumor.

commandorabbit · Post by **commandorabbit** » Feb Wed 15, 2006 3:49 pm

I was there on a Tuesday when I was able to ride it.

SpringheeledJack · Post by **SpringheeledJack** » Feb Fri 17, 2006 8:37 am

Now I've heard that they've officially shut it down until April. Anyone else heard the same thing? I was heading over there this Sunday, and now I don't know if I want to take the trek.

QuickGold · Post by **QuickGold** » Feb Fri 17, 2006 3:40 pm

SpringheeledJack wrote:Now I've heard that they've officially shut it down until April. Anyone else heard the same thing? I was heading over there this Sunday, and now I don't know if I want to take the trek.

I heard they were doing some work on it earlier this week but not that it's shut down until April. I highly doubt it, especially with the media blitz going on.

FRD714 · Post by **FRD714** » Feb Fri 17, 2006 4:56 pm

Nah, its just a silly rumor. Theres no way. I could see them closing it for like a week.

SpringheeledJack · Post by **SpringheeledJack** » Feb Fri 17, 2006 5:06 pm

My wife just got off the phone with Disney. They confirmed that it's now closed until April.

FRD714 · Post by **FRD714** » Feb Fri 17, 2006 9:22 pm

SpringheeledJack wrote:My wife just got off the phone with Disney. They confirmed that it's now closed until April.

I stand corrected.

No more soft openings.

Sarah Turp · Post by **Sarah Turp** » Feb Sat 18, 2006 5:36 am

Does anyone know why its shut? Have there been problems?