Expedition Everest effects status watch

[PizzaSpringRoll2017]

Someday he’ll be back.
The mountain is such a massive permanent structure that I don’t see a way it could be rethemed, and as such it will likely remain in the park for a very long time, like the Matterhorn. This means that inevitably, maybe in 5 years, maybe in 10 or 15+, the ride will have to have a massive show refurbishment. I believe that during one of these refurbishments at some point in the near or far future, they will either fix the yeti or replace it with a lighter version of the figure. I know I sound like TarzanForever right now, but I’m serious!

 

[BlakeW39]

Someday he’ll be back.
The mountain is such a massive permanent structure that I don’t see a way it could be rethemed, and as such it will likely remain in the park for a very long time, like the Matterhorn. This means that inevitably, maybe in 5 years, maybe in 10 or 15+, the ride will have to have a massive show refurbishment. I believe that during one of these refurbishments at some point in the near or far future, they will either fix the yeti or replace it with a lighter version of the figure. I know I sound like TarzanForever right now, but I’m serious!

Uh huh.. I'll believe it when I see it.

Disney doesn't even care enough to fix the steam and mist effects on the ride. If they don't care enough to do THAT, then I think it's safe to say the Yeti is the last thing they're worrying about.

 

[Smiley/OCD]

Uh huh.. I'll believe it when I see it.

Disney doesn't even care enough to fix the steam and mist effects on the ride. If they don't care enough to do THAT, then I think it's safe to say the Yeti is the last thing they're worrying about.

They can’t pick up the hair ties…

 

[Dragonman]

Uh huh.. I'll believe it when I see it.

Disney doesn't even care enough to fix the steam and mist effects on the ride. If they don't care enough to do THAT, then I think it's safe to say the Yeti is the last thing they're worrying about.

There’s a reason the steam and mist effects are not working, they’ve been permanently shut off for a long time because they kept tripping ride sensors.

 

[BlakeW39]

There’s a reason the steam and mist effects are not working, they’ve been permanently shut off for a long time because they kept tripping ride sensors.

Which is a similar issue to the yeti.

They could fix it if they made it even a moderate priority.

 

[TrainsOfDisney]

There’s a reason the steam and mist effects are not working, they’ve been permanently shut off for a long time because they kept tripping ride sensors.

Those are 2 different effects. The fog / mist in the tunnels (which made a huge difference in the ride since it made the track switches invisible to riders) is what caused the sensor issue. Other fog effects would probably work but I doubt they looked into them.

The steam at the beginning of the attraction is actual hot steam and it has worked on and off throughout the years - about the same as the water falls and the bird on a stick.

 

[cjkeating]

Those are 2 different effects. The fog / mist in the tunnels (which made a huge difference in the ride since it made the track switches invisible to riders) is what caused the sensor issue. Other fog effects would probably work but I doubt they looked into them.

The steam at the beginning of the attraction is actual hot steam and it has worked on and off throughout the years - about the same as the water falls and the bird on a stick.

Steam in the station was working last week.

 

[marni1971]

Possibly old but I’ll stick this here. Should it ever come up in conversation again.

 

[Hakunamatata]

I think if the park had another Pandora-esque land with another eticket coaster, plus the built out whatever dinoland becomes, opportunities might be easier. The park needs attractions for guests to be in line for ig EE goes down to fox the yeti.

 

[DisneyFanatic12]

Uh huh.. I'll believe it when I see it.

Disney doesn't even care enough to fix the steam and mist effects on the ride. If they don't care enough to do THAT, then I think it's safe to say the Yeti is the last thing they're worrying about.

Speaking of the steam effect, steam was blowing through the station on my last trip there about 3 weeks ago. It comes out of the floor. Some goes up the sides of the train, while some blows out the top. Don’t know if it’s still turned on…

If they switch to a camera sensor or something they could probably do the tunnel steam again… TOT has a smoke effect in the queue now so I don’t think it’s a spending issue as much as it would hinder ride operations…

I do want some steam/smoke blowing out of the floors in the Dinosaur loading area though

 

[trainplane3]

Possibly old but I’ll stick this here. Should it ever come up in conversation again.

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I'm glad he finally shutdown the rumor of "taking the mountain apart". The Yeti was removable during third shift, right? I thought it had it's own access that was designed for easy removable for maintenance.

 

[marni1971]

I'm glad he finally shutdown the rumor of "taking the mountain apart". The Yeti was removable during third shift, right? I thought it had it's own access that was designed for easy removable for maintenance.

Yes (ish) and yes.

 

[James Alucobond]

The ellipsis before "guest satisfaction" reinforces my long-held belief that that's the biggest impediment to getting it done. To the vast majority of people, it's not even clear that anything is wrong.

 

[UNCgolf]

The ellipsis before "guest satisfaction" reinforces my long-held belief that that's the biggest impediment to getting it done. To the vast majority of people, it's not even clear that anything is wrong.

Yep. The ride is quite popular as-is so why bother spending a bunch of additional money on it to fix the yeti?

 

[Smiley/OCD]

Possibly old but I’ll stick this here. Should it ever come up in conversation again.

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He could’ve stopped at finance and that would’ve satisfied almost all of us here on the threads…

 

[hopemax]

The ellipsis before "guest satisfaction" reinforces my long-held belief that that's the biggest impediment to getting it done. To the vast majority of people, it's not even clear that anything is wrong.

Even if they do know, given what we’ve seen out of Disney and expediency… it wouldn’t be crazy to make a false assumption that it would require the ride being out of service for 2 years or some ridiculousness. So they’d rather have an open ride + broken Yeti, over closed ride. If Disney committed to a Mummy length rehab or shorter, that would be another thing. But who trusts Disney to do things like that anymore?

 

[TrainsOfDisney]

He could’ve stopped at finance and that would’ve satisfied almost all of us here on the threads…

And that’s the point. It’s not that simple.

 

[lazyboy97o]

I think if the park had another Pandora-esque land with another eticket coaster, plus the built out whatever dinoland becomes, opportunities might be easier. The park needs attractions for guests to be in line for ig EE goes down to fox the yeti.

The figure has been removed and put out back with closing the attraction. There shouldn’t be a need for a long closure if the figure was to be fixed or replaced.

 

[yensidtlaw1969]

The figure has been removed and out back with closing the attraction. There shouldn’t be a need for a long closure of the figure was to be fixed or replaced.

Not to be a nag, but I think there are some typos in this post that might be worth clarifying

 

[Hakunamatata]

The figure has been removed and put out back with closing the attraction. There shouldn’t be a need for a long closure if the figure was to be fixed or replaced.

I may have been under the mistaken impression that it wasnt just the figure but the structure it was mounted on.