Originally Posted By BlueOhanaTerror So... Has anyone posted good pictures of the paintjob on the show building for EVEREST? All I've found is this one from MICEAGE, available at this link: <a href="http://www.miceage.com/kevinyee/ky062706a.htm" target="_blank">http://www.miceage.com/kevinye e/ky062706a.htm</a> If someone's got better pics, it would be nice to see what this looks like from parking lot level. This is from a perspective high above Blizzard Beach... Regardless, it's great to see that they've done this.
Originally Posted By ChiMike Kevin's is a pretty good pic. It's certainly an improvement, it's just too bad that they didn't finish the mountain. Most people won't notice anything big about it, I think it looks awkward.
Originally Posted By FerretAfros I saw that earlier today. From the picture, it looks exponentionaly better than before. I still think it is a shame that there are exposed metal beams from the framing of the peak, but at least there isn't a huge wall leading up to it. I still prefer having an entire mountain (at least as far as we can see from either the parking lot or Blizzard Beach) but this is still a lot better than what was there before.
Originally Posted By BlueOhanaTerror ^^^According to Kevin's commentary, those beams and other junk aren't visible from the low angle of the parking lot... Which I can believe. I'm surprised nobody on here has posted something by now. With trees in the foreground, this seems like a big improvement.
Originally Posted By leemac <<Kevin's is a pretty good pic. It's certainly an improvement, it's just too bad that they didn't finish the mountain. Most people won't notice anything big about it, I think it looks awkward.>> There are still plans afoot to correct it in the future. It was ultimately excellent project management as they used the capital elsewhere. Between that and the pesky bird-on-a-stick I'd expect changes down the line.
Originally Posted By bloona we said we thought it looked like a Tibetan Monastery when we visited in early May.
Originally Posted By ChiMike >>There are still plans afoot to correct it in the future. It was ultimately excellent project management as they used the capital elsewhere. Between that and the pesky bird-on-a-stick I'd expect changes down the line.<< Thanks. very encouraging to know. And I agree that it appears the right priorities were put on the project.
Originally Posted By BlueOhanaTerror Bumping this in hopes that TDLFan has taken better pics from the DAK parking lot.
Originally Posted By TDLFAN >>Most people won't notice anything big about it, I think it looks awkward.<< Good for me, I am not 'most people', so I think it looks awkward too. >>Bumping this in hopes that TDLFan has taken better pics from the DAK parking lot.<< I have only taken pictures a couple of months ago, posted them and are now taken down. But NO, I have not taken pictures of any recent changes to the great wall of the Himalayas. No.
Originally Posted By TDLFAN One more thing... as ugly as the painted mural looks (I am sure it would look better if they inplemented some 3d cosmetic touches around the edges where the mountain edges the flat wall), personally I think other elements of the ride need more immediate attention. Still bugs the heck out of me that you can see the hollowed insides of the mountain when you are riding backyards in the black tunnel. This is very visible thru the cracks on either side of the track. That should be fixed asap.
Originally Posted By Skellington88 I noticed the new paintjob last month before it was reported online...I was surprised since it was a huge improvement. I think it still needs just a littttlee bit more work so that it doesnt look so fake/cheesy from the parking lot.
Originally Posted By pitapan16 I havent seen it in person yet, but a major improvement from just being able to look at a huge fake mountain backside wall...I mean, thats kinda like not finishing the backside of Tower of Terror or something. Just does'nt make since because its still quite visible throughout WDW property, and that my friends it bad show.
