Expedition Everest effects status watch

[Professortango1]

4 times during Christmas Season? The parks MUST be deserted!

When we were there this summer it was a walk on. We did Kilimanjaro twice, Everest 4 times, saw all the shows, went to Conservation Station, even rode Primeval Whirl and Kali River Rapids. We wanted to stay for the nighttime additions, but we got bored with waiting seeing as we had done everything by 2.

 

[Yert3]

Yeah, and Dinosaur now looks as good as it did when it opened, but wait, the freakin' bird on a stick still isn't working so everything sucks!!

I pay closer attention to show quality and upkeep than anyone I know, nearly every ride looks better than it did 5 years ago. Even Everest does - there was a point when they cut down all the landscaping around it and it looked barren for two years. The parks in general are looking pretty great. And that's why this thread remaining stickied annoys the crap out of me, it continues to reinforce the idea that "WDW is falling apart" but this just isn't true.

I agree with you 100%. 2012 was an all time low for WDW. I've noticed ever since then, quality and upkeep has gone up substantially, at least, in my opinion. I go to the parks about once a month (I'm a local now.) and they look the best they have looked in a long long time.

 

[Sabi]

Hello everyone. For me the theme of the Yeti, is a lost topic. What really shame me is that the other effects, especially concerning the fog of entry and exit to the cave, she has completely disappeared. That effect was greatly immersive. And it is not understood that an effect as simple as the vaporized water has not had continuity.

 

[Monty]

IIRC the misters had to be turned off because the constant dampness was causing track problems.

 

[Monty]

IIRC the misters had to be turned off because the constant dampness was causing track problems.

@marni1971 posted about it ages ago:

http://forums.wdwmagic.com/threads/dca-setting-records-and-wdw.839528/page-6#post-4998695

 

[brb1006]

This thread will be turning 10 years old in 4 months making this the longest running thread on the site.

 

[Doug Means]

This thread will be turning 10 years old in 4 months making this the longest running thread on the site.

well we don't need any other threads catching up, i wonder what thread would be next?

 

[EagleScout610]

well we don't need any other threads catching up, i wonder what thread would be next?

"The Yeti Broke Again, When Fix?"

 

[GrumpyFan]

IIRC the misters had to be turned off because the constant dampness was causing track problems.

Indeed, it's sad how much went in to creating the environment, setting the scene and telling the story, but is now lost and forgotten, in what might as well just be another good roller coaster around a mountain.

 

[Sabi]

Well, I know ... but today there are anti-corrosion treatments, which with a simple maintenance could allow the effect to continue, you just have to see the Hogwart train in the Universal Studio ... how much smoke. See video from minute 3:00

 

[Master Yoda]

Well, I know ... but today there are anti-corrosion treatments, which with a simple maintenance could allow the effect to continue, you just have to see the Hogwart train in the Universal Studio ... how much smoke. See video from minute 3:00

I don't think the issues was corrosion. I seem to remember the water mist causing sensor issues.

 

[marni1971]

More annoying is a suitable replacement wasn't installed for the sake of story. WED invented the solid state smoke machine for Universe of Energy in 1982. Moisture free, dry ice style smoke with no dry ice. Now we just literally cut through pipes and rip out control cables and call it a day.

 

[Musicman20]

10 years is a little crazy!

I remember seeing Everest being built in 2005...I could see (I THINK....) the track right at the top from the car park. I wondered how on earth they had engineered such a crazy idea on such a huge scale. Back then I probably would have been weary to ride it, but I've been on it around 10 times now and love it. I've never seen the Yeti move or the misting work.

Why on earth they have left this for TEN years is crazy. Yes, I understand it takes a lot of work, and the misters may cause safety concerns and/or sensor issues, but c'mon, it can be solved.

Disney are always at the top of the game, especially for detail, but HP at Universal, and the speed at which Universal are building the Race Through New York/Jimmy Fallon ride and Volcano Bay is crazy.

In October 2015 we experienced Twister at Universal. In March 2016 they started on Race Through New York. Pictures of it now show huge development in that time. Heck, since seeing the building work in Oct 2016, the latest pictures show massive changes already.

C'mon Disney. You got this!

 

[brb1006]

I still remember how big of a deal it was when the Yeti was still working. The moving Yeti and the attraction itself was even featured on an episode of the PBS series Fetch With Ruff Ruff Men.

 

[EagleScout610]

I still remember how big of a deal it was when the Yeti was still working. The moving Yeti and the attraction itself was even featured on an episode of the PBS series Fetch With Ruff Ruff Men.

I don't remember that episode. Do you have it?

 

[brb1006]

I don't remember that episode. Do you have it?

I don't have the episode but I remember seeing that episode air a few times on PBS Kids Go a few years ago. The kids were even taken backstage to learn how the effects worked.

 

[EagleScout610]

So, a friend of mine says that he heard the yeti was "Too scary" and that the lung frightened people too much. I then went on a 45 minute rant. He fell asleep. Not effects related, but still a funny story

 

[tonganprince]

Here we go. took a lot of digging, but alas!

Starts at the 5:00 mark.

 

[Doug Means]

Here we go. took a lot of digging, but alas!

Starts at the 5:00 mark.

nothing

 

[tonganprince]

nothing

fixed.