krouvi Posted December 19, 2005 Share Posted December 19, 2005 Great pics. I just don't understnad the warning sign : people that are not tall enough MAY not ride ??? this is kind of flexible term which means that maybe enough begging, tears and pressure will allow kids to ride it anyway ??? this is kind of new in Disney and good news for kids. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hattuchili Posted December 19, 2005 Share Posted December 19, 2005 The EE costumes are looking very nice! I mean much better, then the costums which I have to wear at the German Pavilion! :? --Sören Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bubba Z Posted December 19, 2005 Share Posted December 19, 2005 The look like chef jackets to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jose Eber Posted December 20, 2005 Share Posted December 20, 2005 Great pics. I just don't understnad the warning sign : people that are not tall enough MAY not ride ??? this is kind of flexible term which means that maybe enough begging, tears and pressure will allow kids to ride it anyway ??? this is kind of new in Disney and good news for kids. The way its worded can be taken two different ways. Hmm. Watch some loser lawyer tries to finagle stuff with their short kid getting on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jose Eber Posted December 21, 2005 Share Posted December 21, 2005 Hey, per video problems...I've zipped both files so- - hopefully that helps? J. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hattuchili Posted December 21, 2005 Share Posted December 21, 2005 Wow, these are some great shots of the train! They are looking so nice! I am really looking forward to ride EE. --Sören Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chrissie Posted December 21, 2005 Share Posted December 21, 2005 Sören I nominate u to be with me the 1st time I ride Everest!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hattuchili Posted December 21, 2005 Share Posted December 21, 2005 Sören I nominate u to be with me the 1st time I ride Everest!! Oh, that is a big honor for me, Chrissie. I can´t wait to ride EE with you, next year! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pianojohn Posted December 21, 2005 Share Posted December 21, 2005 Those pictures are just beautiful! I cannot wait to get back home to Orlando to see it in person and ride it (soon!!) Still no luck with the 2nd video file. The first one works fine for me. Thanks again for all the updates. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jose Eber Posted December 22, 2005 Share Posted December 22, 2005 Well, I re-encoded it and instead of renaming it to .mov kept it to the plane old iPod friendly format. it worked within the broswer and save the target as in Windows XP. Sorry, didn't know what happened, you guys were right, it didn't work. But somehow I remember testing it a while back and it did then. PC's are WEIRD (its worked on my Mac the whole time). Anywho. More pics later on tonight (of the train car). Email me if it works if you can folks, thanks. J. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coasterdude5 Posted December 22, 2005 Share Posted December 22, 2005 Wow, those trains...... Awesome pictures! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jose Eber Posted December 22, 2005 Share Posted December 22, 2005 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jose Eber Posted December 23, 2005 Share Posted December 23, 2005 I don't know how the Mummy works in its track 'switching' but it took me a long time looking at pics over the months to figure out how EE does it. See if I'm not on to something: There are no 'switches' involved. Its rotation. The track spins in axis. If you see an actual track photo, you'll realize that they can weld the exact same track underneath the main support beam. An example of track: Taking a look at some pics from Orlando Rocks, you can actually see two tracks welded one on top of each other to a large tubular steel beam. Whoah. See how the last pic you can see an upside down track bending out from underneath the straight (right side up) track? 'Twisted' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nrthwnd Posted December 23, 2005 Share Posted December 23, 2005 ^ It's really an amazing rotation switch system they've created of this. And not just one, but two sets of this amazing track piece. And they're both synched together, in how the first and second train travel the tracks. And you also get to see a tiny bit of how they had to weave and integrate together, three separate framework systems that couldn't touch each other. The two main frameings were the coaster structure and the mountain, itself. The third is what Yeti is sitting within, I have heard. Good Disney stuff, heh heh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erik Johnson Posted December 23, 2005 Share Posted December 23, 2005 The Mummy uses a track transfer system from the front to backwards section. Just like at the start of the ride it uses the same type of system between the two stations. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pvcoasterguy Posted December 23, 2005 Share Posted December 23, 2005 That's pretty clever. So it's more like the turntable on USF's Mummy, only using the track on a much, much bigger scale. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RRollergod Posted December 23, 2005 Share Posted December 23, 2005 very interesting it always makes me think "why didn't i think of that????" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erik Johnson Posted December 24, 2005 Share Posted December 24, 2005 Check out the cool construction video on the official WDW web site. http://disneyworld.disney.go.com/wdw/parks/attractionDetail?id=ExpeditionEverestPage Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wes Posted December 24, 2005 Share Posted December 24, 2005 ^ I MADE THAT!!! wes (what i did at work yesterday) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coasterdude5 Posted December 24, 2005 Share Posted December 24, 2005 Wow, interesting pictures! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trustkill22 Posted December 24, 2005 Share Posted December 24, 2005 Do they use that transfer track system on Vekoma SLC. I'll pull up a picture here. right in that red circle you see 2 pieces of track welded on top of each other Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wes Posted December 24, 2005 Share Posted December 24, 2005 ^ That would make sense, seeing as EE is a Vekoma. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erik Johnson Posted December 24, 2005 Share Posted December 24, 2005 ^ I MADE THAT!!! wes (what i did at work yesterday) Very cool Wes...I hope that they give you a free trip to Florida for being on the team. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jose Eber Posted December 25, 2005 Share Posted December 25, 2005 Wes, do you work for the WDW web team or...? How is your position different from that in the WDW team here in Celebration? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jew Posted December 25, 2005 Share Posted December 25, 2005 That's pretty clever. So it's more like the turntable on USF's Mummy, only using the track on a much, much bigger scale. The turntables on both Mummy's are nothing more than a turntable. This is two different track sections flipped/rotated/whatever the heck you want to call it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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