Bad news from our friends at MiceAge...

FrankLapidus

FrankLapidus

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WDWDad13 said:
I've seen it in A mode many times in person. It is very cool don't get me wrong but innovative would be finding a way to make it work today.

The detail of the yeti is very good too (with or without any motion)

These fast(er) moving animatronics can now also be found in pirates, spaceship earth, and mermaid as well
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I can't agree having seen it fully-functioning, seeing it now and knowing what is being missed out on is just sad. The Yeti was just an awesome thing to witness, to come so close to something like that left a genuine impact every time you experienced it. That is why Disney is the best, Expedition Everest wasn't simply a ride it was a completely immersive and enthralling experience, from the moment you stepped into the queue up to the moment you stepped off the train. Its still very good but something is too obviously missing, to me its like riding Splash Mountain and having the ride end before the final drop into the Briar Patch. Its just incomplete without the Yeti functioning, a very good ride that could again be a great experience, the type that Disney does best.
 
wdisney9000

wdisney9000

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WDWDad13 said:
Look the yeti taking a swipe at you was very cool but if you didn't look up in those 2-3 seconds you didn't see it move If the yeti had never moved and been in this mode all along no one would complain about it

Just my opinion
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and if you don't pay attention for 2-3 seconds you miss many parts of timeless attractions throughout the parks. 2-3 seconds is what separates Disney from Universal. Well, at least it used to. Now, that same 2-3 seconds is saved on booking a FP on your phone.
 
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WondersOfLife

WondersOfLife

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DisneyGentleman said:
"But the real substance of the Star Wars Land project, the new rides and shows, are all backfilled into phase two of this Tomorrowland project. And phase two is all still on temporary hold for Disneyland, and appear to be simply cancelled for Disney’s Hollywood Studios out at WDW."
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YAAAAAAAAAAY :D

(not a star wars fan.)
 
Californian Elitist

Californian Elitist

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WDWDad13 said:
Look the yeti taking a swipe at you was very cool but if you didn't look up in those 2-3 seconds you didn't see it move because you were moving and shaking around a lot too. Do I wish they'd fix the dang thing absolutely but do I think the disco strobe yeti is bad...not at all. It goes by so fast and you're already disoriented plus moving up towards this big yeti creature....what they have today works just fine. If the yeti had never moved and been in this mode all along no one would complain about it

Just my opinion
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When I worked in Fantasyland at Disneyland, I was told ineffective show elements in the attraction were unacceptable. While working Pinocchio one day, a guest came off and told us the fireworks in Pleasure Island weren't working, and we evacuated the ride and shut it down.

Disco Yeti is embarrassing and unacceptable. The problem should have been fixed when it was first noticed, but settling for less seems to be the way Disney operates nowadays.
 
SirLink

SirLink

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sshindel said:
Again, that is different than saying nothing is going on. It's just not going on as fast as we would like. We do not know anything about the internal workings of who is or isn't interested in Disney Springs, and as far as we are aware, it's on schedule for it's proposed timeline.

Pace is something to talk about, and Universal sure has the hotfoot on to try and capitalize on it's recent successes. But Disney does not need to rush. They have no need to incur the construction costs in one specific timeframe. Right or wrong, they are building at the pace they see fit to build, and along the same pace as nearly every other project they've constructed in recent memory.

People are still coming to Disney in large numbers. People (using the larger sense of the word here) are not giving Disney a reason, yet, to feel the need to advance their construction timelines. At this pace, they will have a completed New Fantasyland, and then a revamped Downtown Disney, and then a fully realized Pandora, each probably around a year apart from each other. That is likely enough to keep "People" coming. If not, they will decide to push ahead with one of the many expansions they have in the can already.
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It isn't going as fast as the industry would like ... never mind us ... I wonder why they haven't announced a list of tenants yet ... whoops :D

Here is the thing the quicker Disney builds something - the quicker guests get to experience it, the quicker Disney gets to make the money back whether that is people are staying at your park longer and buying food, buying more merchandise, etc. You say Disney doesn't have to rush, they have to when their average spending per guest is being eroded away, when occupancy rates are low... maybe they bounced back with NFL. Hahahaha, don't worry I'm here all week try the veal.

You aren't using the out of practice TEA report numbers are you? Oh God ... If I was paying the scores on the doors for a 14 day Ticket I would never go to Disney...but I don't...so w00t me...but the 7 days the average domestic guest used to spend at Disney is more like 5 at Disney + 2 at Uni. Uni taking that fresh piece of the pie ... can't wait to see how Cabana Bay disrupts AoA occupancy rates. Who wants to pay more for less ...
 
rudyjr13

rudyjr13

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drew81 said:
Yes, Miceage just makes all this up. :rolleyes:

And regarding Universal, take a look at this:
http://www.orlandosentinel.com/business/os-comcast-theme-parks-20140107,0,7714951.story
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What the frack is going on?! What are they doing? DHS is a joke. Planning fast pass a month ahead is a joke. Rack rates are a joke. Someone needs to start a creative campaign a la sending peanuts to CBS over Jericho being canceled. What about an email template to the top execs we all send? Or something with Twitter and the new board member Twitter guy?
 
Sue_Vongello

Sue_Vongello

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rudyjr13 said:
What the frack is going on?! What are they doing? DHS is a joke. Planning fast pass a month ahead is a joke. Rack rates are a joke. Someone needs to start a creative campaign a la sending peanuts to CBS over Jericho being canceled. What about an email template to the top execs we all send? Or something with Twitter and the new board member Twitter guy?
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What about if we all send a bio of Walt Disney with a letter saying, "This was who your company is named after ."
 
Magenta Panther

Magenta Panther

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So DHS isn't going to get Star Wars Land?

I...honestly am not sure how I feel about that. I don't understand a company that greenlights an Avatar theme park attraction but not Star Wars. No, I don't want either ONE in a Disney park, but at least Star Wars has memorable characters you can care about. Avatar? Someone could round up all the blue kitties and stuff them in a bag and drop them in a stream somewhere and I wouldn't shed a tear.

The heck is going on? The company is phenomenally successful right now. And yet: broken yeti, several years to build a single ride, and one of the probably more potentially money-making acquisitions isn't being expanded upon within a park that desperately needs something. I don't get it.
 
flynnibus

flynnibus

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the.dreamfinder said:
I want Andy Castro to take over the column, Dusty is too much of a kiss a**.
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Pfft.. and Andy is too much of a 'me too' who just copied what other people did.

Dusty doesn't kiss a** - but they do play their cards to get things to work things to get access/perks that a pure disney commugeron would never get.
 
Voxel

Voxel

President of Progress City
ford91exploder said:
Well if Pressler era TDO had not cheaped out on the mounting base for the Yeti it would probably still be working after all the problem is a cracked concrete and steel mounting base not a fault in the Yeti mechanical and hydraulic systems.
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Was it a budgeting issue? The word I hear was that their was a miscalculation of information between the imagineers and the construction company, and they provided a support that was too week but they didn't notice this mistake until the crack appeared.
raven24 said:
When I worked in Fantasyland at Disneyland, I was told ineffective show elements in the attraction were unacceptable. While working Pinocchio one day, a guest came off and told us the fireworks in Pleasure Island weren't working, and we evacuated the ride and shut it down.

Disco Yeti is embarrassing and unacceptable. The problem should have been fixed when it was first noticed, but settling for less seems to be the way Disney operates nowadays.
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The issue lays where exactly is the crack, how do you get in and fix it. If the craft spreads to the underside of the support structure then you have a very very messy situation.
 
Californian Elitist

Californian Elitist

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Voxel said:
Was it a budgeting issue? The word I hear was that their was a miscalculation of information between the imagineers and the construction company, and they provided a support that was too week but they didn't notice this mistake until the crack appeared.

The issue lays where exactly is the crack, how do you get in and fix it. If the craft spreads to the underside of the support structure then you have a very very messy situation.
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I bet it's nothing they can't fix. Close the ride and fix it.
 

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