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Disney Analyst
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I decided to text my friend who works at DAK, and ask if he's noticed anything. I'll preface this to say the old Safari manager Mike Lolli got moved from safari to Asia. Mike Lolli is a great manager, with a lot of pull.. Who did great things over in Harambe, so he was moved to work on Asia.
Needless to say, according to my friend they are fixing the yeti. "But I thought it couldn't move anymore" I said. He says don't listen to that, it's all just rumors. Disney was just being cheap and didn't want to fix the yeti. And I mean.. After working for the company I can see how that's true. Disney would never come out and say "hey our most advanced creation has broken and it's too expensive to fix right now"
Mike has a lot of pull... So perhaps disco yeti is going away...
Needless to say, according to my friend they are fixing the yeti. "But I thought it couldn't move anymore" I said. He says don't listen to that, it's all just rumors. Disney was just being cheap and didn't want to fix the yeti. And I mean.. After working for the company I can see how that's true. Disney would never come out and say "hey our most advanced creation has broken and it's too expensive to fix right now"
Mike has a lot of pull... So perhaps disco yeti is going away...
ctxak98
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Is that a good sign that he will be fixed?! I feel he needs to be fixed but at this point I could wait for Avatar to open for them to fix the yeti and do a refurb on Dinosaur!
Once that is done I think Animal Kingdom could be my favorite park!
It is a sign they've known its a problem for a long long time.
RayTheFirefly
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I rode it on Friday. Steam was working, waterfalls were working, and I swear I saw the Yeti's arm move. I also noticed the bird for the first time. I couldn't see the stick, so it was nicely done, but it seemed kind of weird and pointless to me.
Fantasmicguy
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Never Question the bird.
BoarderPhreak
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earlthesquirrellover23
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Went on today, could clearly see the yeti was not moving, steam is on, waterfalls are on and bird on a stick, the yeti looked like the strobe kind of lasted to long because you could see the backstage area behind it
Mr Anderson
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Huh; interesting. I don't believe I've ever seen the steam, waterfalls, bird or yeti working before. I'll keep my fingers crossed that the former 3 will still be working by the time I go in December, and that mayyyybe, just maybe, some magic pixie dust refurb will get the yeti to quit with the disco and get down with scarin' folks.
Tom Morrow
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Guys, please stop reporting that the steam, waterfalls, and now bird are working. They work with the consistency of any other effect in WDW.
And of course, if the yeti ever does actually move again, the news will explode through the internet, so this thread is still pointless to be pinned to the top.
And of course, if the yeti ever does actually move again, the news will explode through the internet, so this thread is still pointless to be pinned to the top.
matt9112
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HakunaMatata89
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well some of us are still deeply troubled that the Yeti has been paralized for years now.
matt9112
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Nextinline
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Am I the only one who doesn't understand why they ever put that bird on that stick?
It was suppose to represent a species of birds found in that region that would hover on the air currents.
IMHO it was a good idea, but very poor execution.
Nextinline
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It looks strange. I feel like that was an opportunity to employ a clever illusion, but they went with bird on a stick instead.
Oh well I guess.
Pretty much.
Usually the simplest ideas are the best ones. Not so in this case. I would have like to seen them use something akin to the Skycams used at NFL games. That way the bird could have moved in all direction and looked much more realistic.
Nextinline
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That kind of rigging would definitely be an improvement.
I think they miss a lot of opportunities for illusions though. Point of perspective is an illusionists best friend! & on the rides & in the parks they can easily manipulate our point of view to see things that would otherwise be impossible from any other perspective.
.... maybe thats a little much for a bird that moves a few inches though...