News New Video Screens Added to Expedition Everest Queue at Animal Kingdom

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Expedition Everest Gets New Pre-Boarding Safety Video Screens at Disney's Animal Kingdom

Expedition Everest Gets New Pre-Boarding Safety Video Screens at Disney's Animal Kingdom

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[FigmentFan82]

Did these replace the Magicband interactive posters that would show your name? Have they abandoned that whole idea of your name showing up on screens via Magicband?

 

[HauntedPirate]

Did these replace the Magicband interactive posters that would show your name? Have they abandoned that whole idea of your name showing up on screens via Magicband?

 

[HauntedPirate]

Thinking back, the last time I was on Everest I don't recall the interactive video thingy being in place then, either, and it's been 18 months. The last photographic evidence I personally have of the interactive element is from late 2021.

 

[Smiley/OCD]

New video screens on the EE queue…tens of thousands start to finish…getting the Yeti resurrected out of his coma…PRICELESS…aah, I can dream, can’t I?

 

[dmc493]

Those interactive screens hadn’t been interactive in years. Just static art graphics

 

[HMF]

Glad to know they are spending the budget on this attraction on things such as this. It's not like this attraction is not famous for a much bigger problem.

 

[dmc493]

Glad to know they are spending the budget on this attraction on things such as this. It's not like this attraction is not famous for a much bigger problem.

The budget for two themed screens and a safety video vs the yeti fix is comically different and probably funded out of different budgets, and you probably know this but ok sure

 

[ChrisFL]

are they still bug infested? (I hope so)

 

[WorldExplorer]

Anyone still expecting the yeti to be fixed is living in a fantasy land.

Might as well ask when they're reopening 20,000 Leagues while you're at it.

 

[EagleScout610]

 

[HMF]

The budget for two themed screens and a safety video vs the yeti fix is comically different and probably funded out of different budgets, and you probably know this but ok sure

Yes, but the fact that they think that one is more important than the other does speak to a lack of priorities for the company regardless of what budget it is allocated from.

 

[peter11435]

Yes, but the fact that they think that one is more important than the other does speak to a lack of priorities for the company regardless of what budget it is allocated from.

If it was decided a safety video was necessary and would improve rider safety that is absolutely more important and should be the priority.

 

[AidenRodriguez731]

Yes, but the fact that they think that one is more important than the other does speak to a lack of priorities for the company regardless of what budget it is allocated from.

Yes improving efficiency/safety for a ride for a relatively minimal cost compared to completely fixing animatronic in a difficult position that is seen for 1 second is usually a pretty easy decision. Like these aren’t even apples and oranges.

 

[Rhinocerous]

New video screens on the EE queue…tens of thousands start to finish…getting the Yeti resurrected out of his coma…PRICELESS…aah, I can dream, can’t I?

Dreaming is now an upcharge activity which also requires a reservation starting 60 days out.

 

[Smiley/OCD]

Dreaming is now an upcharge activity which also requires a reservation starting 60 days out.

And an additional upcharge if that dream turns into a nightmare…

 

[The Empress Lilly]

I understand that at some point you need safety instructions, possibly / preferably from video.

Part of me wonders if it is a teeny little bit ill at ease with the themed environment, which is somewhat low tech / 90s backpacking through only partly modernised areas. (There are no yetis where there are modern smart phones with GPS and 8k video). The way there is no video on Thunder or recorded music on the Treehouse (just an organ).
Maybe it's a VHS loop or the like? Can't tell from the photos. That would be great.

 

[MisterPenguin]

And an additional upcharge if that dream turns into a nightmare…

Whatever we do, we can't let Mickey dream. It always turns into a nightmare with an incursion of villains.

Hmmm... Mickey's cursed, isn't he?

 

[Kevin_W]

I understand that at some point you need safety instructions, possibly / preferably from video.

And yet somehow this ride has been open for 20 years without them. that's the part of this I don't really get. Why now? Have guests gotten less able to figure out a rollercoaster lap bar?

 

[MickeyLuv'r]

Did these replace the Magicband interactive posters that would show your name? Have they abandoned that whole idea of your name showing up on screens via Magicband?

Yes. At least I think they have.

These new screens have been up for (at least) a month already.

The Magicband screens have also been removed from small world, and RNRC (before it closed).

The bands do still light up at specific locations in the park though. A few of the golden statues still work, HM, and during at least one of the fireworks shows.

Having used the bands for several years, at least one of them is no longer working/charging. They were supposed to last longer than the non-charging bands. IMO, the hassle of charging them: taking them on/off over and over, having to find an outlet, having to keep track of the special charger cables far outweighs the small fun of the way the bands light-up. I've never played the game in GE, but the golden statues game never worked properly.

Instead of fixing the game, they just abandoned it. Once bitten twice shy.

This is one of the many ways the current era of WDW is flawed.