Just curious to see the wait times at an off peak time of year. EE is at 35 minutes, and the next longest at AK are primeval whirl and Kilimanjaro at 10 minutes.
Compare that to MK, with 6 attractions of 30 minutes or more, and another 4 with 15 minutes or more. Studios has 3 attractions at 30 minutes or more (Toy Story is at 70). At Epcot, soarin' is closed, but Test Track is at 50 minutes and Mission Space is at 20.
Which helps confirm that AK is a shell without EE, which is why they can't shut it down until something else comes along. Ergo: Any refurb will be well after Avatar opens. I also agree that the situation seems to be complicated, with malfunctioning yeti, broken sled, cracked foundation, scary arm over the coaster from an insurance standpoint, etc ,. . . By the way, although Disney is self-insured, I assume Lloyds of London is an underwriter. Safety people, whether they be from an insurance company, an outside consultant, an internal department, or government official, may indeed have nixed the yeti for its big overhead arm. Personally, I think another factor is that ultra-sensitive sensors kept shutting the ride down even though the actual safety risk was minimal.
