Originally Posted By bloona OK, you ready? well, firstly Everest was amazing, no, beyond amazing, and is now EASILY my favourite ride ever. I just want to know, what position do you actually get into on the piece of track in the dark? Im guessing youre totally vertical. I loved the Yeti,and thought you had plenty of time to see just how well "made" he was.Just fantastic, I went on 3 times in one day, never queued more than 10 minutes.The queue area is excellent too. Why does the park close at 5pm? We luckily planned our day on a EMH (evening one) so got the extra 3 hours, without this we would have missed SO much. As it was we never go to see it all. Im sure an extra few hours a day wouldnt bother the animals would it? It was BY FAR the busiest park we visited all holiday, I would hate to see it at peak periods! We heard a CM saying it's like that most days, I know the EMH does often make a difference, but it was crazy, I cant believe we didnt have to queue longer for things really. Walking was a no go, you were doing the penguin shuffle all the time. Great with a stroller! good job Im an ace driver!..lol. Had a brilliant day anyway. Oh a funny tale to tell you. My 10 year old was looking forward to the dino digs area ,as it was closed when we last went, he ran in, taking his trainers off, only to be told by the CM that he had to put them back on (weird) so he was loosing his cool trying to brush the course sand off and get his trainers back on, he had it balanced on the end of his foot, and kicked his foot up onto the air......off flew the trainer.....over a fence......into an area of large bushes.....he looked at me with a look of horror! Luckily, a man sitting on a nearby bench, had heard it land ( bet he wondered what on earth it was!!...a dinosaur coming after him maybe) and crawled through the bushes, got the trainer and handed it him back. He put it on, and said he wouldnt go into the sand pit now, because he didnt deserve to!....well said....it was hard not to laugh, but what if it had landed in a pond or something?? ok , theres my views on AK.
Originally Posted By Disneymom443 Sounds like you had a great time. So you love E. Everest, I can't waite to go. And the crouds, well I get to go durring Christmas, now that will be crazy.
Originally Posted By partyhare I couldn't tell what the backward drop was. It was so disorienting in the dark! It didn't feel like straight vertical. More like the curved and banked motions you feel outside when moving forward. Everest really adds a new energy to DAK. You have a funny 10 year old too, bloona!
Originally Posted By bloona no I meant you felt as if you went straight UP. Weird, but great feeling. My son thought we had looped right over , but Im guessing you didnt.
Originally Posted By BlazesOfFire <<More like the curved and banked motions you feel outside when moving forward.>> Thats what I thought, but since youre going so fast it makes it an exhilirating experience.
Originally Posted By DVC_dad SNIP <<<Is the backward drop really that steep ?>>> SNIP Muuuuhahahaha... *wringing hands together*
Originally Posted By DVC_dad vbdad, there is NOTHING that I could possibly say to either spoil the ride, nor to increase your expectations. Suffice to say, don't expect something more thrilling, yet go slow and soak up the que and story, then when on the ride, stay with the theme... it's ... awesome.
Originally Posted By DVC_dad Oh yeah, remember that thread a few months ago when someone claimed the lap bar came up? You will understand how that is totally IMPOSSIBLE once you get on the thing. bloona, I agree, it is easily my favorite ride now as well, yet again, it is sooooooo DIFFERENT and original.
Originally Posted By wam0418 Let me tell you.....I went on it when it first opened for sneek previewing and it goes down hill a little backwards but it is very fast and it goes around the mountain in the dark. It is the Gs that make you feel like you r going down hill and it moves fast for sure....It is by far the most exciting roller coaster I have been on....And remind you I have been Some incredible rollercasters.
Originally Posted By Blackie Pueblo I too thought it was very well designed (que and ride)and thrilling to get on. I felt quite lucky being one of those that got to ride the preview. As far as AK, I think it has lots of potential that it hasn't fully reached yet. The question is, do you think Everest will help draw people into the park for a long time, or is it just the flash in the pants ride for now, and the excitement or AK will drop again? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Our cast is picked! <a href="http://www.newlineagefilms.com" target="_blank">http://www.newlineagefilms.com</a>
Originally Posted By BlazesOfFire I do think it will help bring people in for a long time. There are so many people who are still waiting to get on it and those who have been on it want to go again and again.
Originally Posted By bloona I liked the wording in the second on best!....lol It was just SSSSSSSSSOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO busy, that I cant see the crowds diminishing that quickly. SO OPEN THE PLACE LATER DISNEY!!!!!
Originally Posted By Blackie Pueblo I often think would it be possible for Disney to keep AK open later? Or would it be too difficult to see the animals? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Our cast is picked! <a href="http://www.newlineagefilms.com" target="_blank">http://www.newlineagefilms.com</a>
Originally Posted By t1lersm0m ^^I think that the earlier hours had more to do with the fact that DAK is a half day park than the animals. When we were there from 5-6 PM in August 2004 the park was absolutely empty. We walked right on KS and ITTBAB.
