mcjaco
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Sorry, I should have said, sources say that they're working on a new replacement Yeti.
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Sorry, I should have said, sources say that they're working on a new replacement Yeti.
mcjaco
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I'm just reporting what I've heard, and others have heard the same thing. I'm just handing out info, you can make your or interpretation.
PhilharMagician
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In "B" mode just over a week ago. Get ready for the strobe light show!
PhilharMagician
Well-Known Member
Also no steam effect at the loading station and it was cold out and we really could have used the heat.
No mist effect at the top. It was working earlier this year.
One of the water falls was not running.
Besides that that ride was going round.
No mist effect at the top. It was working earlier this year.
One of the water falls was not running.
Besides that that ride was going round.
adrianuk91
Member
Can I just say that the 3rd time we rode EE I think it was on the 28th Oct we experienced a new sensory experience, just when you have gone backwards and are waiting for the track to change and there was a striking smell about the air at that point on the ride which we think was a protein spill as while we were waiting in line on of the trains was rushed through empty and sat at I presume where all the trains go to bed at night and just before this happened a woman had walked across the loading platform telling the CMs that there had been a protein spill on one of the trains. lol so yeah when we we going round there was no mistaking where the protein spill had been. Just thought I'd give you an extra effect to watch out for lol.
PhilharMagician
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Skipper Dan
Active Member
Someone get Rohde on the phone!
). A stationary yetti was there accompanied by a sorry strobe light and a smoke machine I just rode EE last week, and the yeti wasn't moving. Also, the strobe was so quick that you barely even saw him. Truly the unique climax of the ride was lost. Very disappointing compared to the arm that came swooping at me two years ago. They stuck a ton of money into a working yeti, and it must be driving Joe Rohde crazy that the thing doesn't work.
I'm not an engineer, but how difficult can it really be to at least get an arm to move a few feet every 15 or 20 seconds? Sure, coordinating the more complex series of original movements might be a challenge, but just swooping the arm should be relatively simple. Cranes and excavators do this kind of movement all the time. It wouldn't even need to be timed to the roller coaster to be better than what they have now. Just swing it back and forth every few seconds to give some feeling of movement.
Honestly, the strobe light effect is pathetic by comparison. They could have put up a fur-covered cardboard cutout to get the same effect with a barely blinking strobe light. Any explanations as to why a better fix is not forthcoming?
I'm not an engineer, but how difficult can it really be to at least get an arm to move a few feet every 15 or 20 seconds? Sure, coordinating the more complex series of original movements might be a challenge, but just swooping the arm should be relatively simple. Cranes and excavators do this kind of movement all the time. It wouldn't even need to be timed to the roller coaster to be better than what they have now. Just swing it back and forth every few seconds to give some feeling of movement.
Honestly, the strobe light effect is pathetic by comparison. They could have put up a fur-covered cardboard cutout to get the same effect with a barely blinking strobe light. Any explanations as to why a better fix is not forthcoming?
RSoxNo1
Well-Known Member
In another thread
http://forums.wdwmagic.com/showthread.php?t=375279&page=2
A user commented that the Yeti was working correctly. I will be there on November 30th to confirm, but can anyone else chime in before hand?
http://forums.wdwmagic.com/showthread.php?t=375279&page=2
A user commented that the Yeti was working correctly. I will be there on November 30th to confirm, but can anyone else chime in before hand?
if the yeti swiped for this guys ride
i will be pooping my pants for the next thrty years..
thank you disney..
plase dont let me down
sorcerormickey
Member
I think this guy had too many drinks of the old beverly. the yeti is not working trust me. and may not be worked on until PW is open.