 Mist at Expedition Everest
The word on other forums is that the mist effect as it was installed had an
unintended effect on the track and/or sensors. Supposedly it was fouling up
some of the track sensors on that portion of the ride (the sensors weren't
designed to be sitting in a heavy mist all day long) The ride would E-stop
because the sensor was telling the system there was a train where there
really wasn't one.
For now, the effect is turned off. My guess is that if Imagineering and/or
the coaster manufacturer (Vekoma, I believe) can come up with a new sensor
that will work in the mist, the mist will return.
-Rob
"Frank Lenaerts" <catscratch2kATskynetDOTbe> wrote in message
news:44ebfe4b$0$1202$ba620e4c@news.skynet.be...
> Recently I watched a documentary about the making of Expedition Everest.
> I noticed on the documentary, the mountain was full of mist. When we
> visited AK in may/june this year, we didn't have mist. Anybody knows why?
> Did we have bad luck the effect wasn't working a couple of days, or is it
> another problem?
>
> Reminds me a bit of the RNRC at Paris. The complete building is filled
> with smoke which is really awesome in combination with the light effects.
> Several months the smoke didn't work. They said the smoke would be
> dangerous when they had to evacuate people (bad visibility). Not sure if
> this was the real reason. Anyways the smoke is back now!
>
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