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[EagleScout610]

Is it possible that installing and testing something new would be what requires downtime?

Well, considering the original yeti has been removed at least twice and the ride has never closed for it, it's been pretty much confirmed the ride can function while yeti is A.W.O.L

 

[EagleScout610]

Sorry if I was unclear: What I meant was, since we know the yeti can be removed and replaced without downtime, perhaps Disney is aiming to install a brand new (simpler) animatronic, and perhaps the installation and testing of something brand new would require downtime.

 

[Ralphlaw]

Well, considering the original yeti has been removed at least twice and the ride has never closed for it, it's been pretty much confirmed the ride can function while yeti is A.W.O.L

Sorry if I was unclear: What I meant was, since we know the yeti can be removed and replaced without downtime, perhaps Disney is aiming to install a brand new (simpler) animatronic, and maybe the installation and testing of something brand new would require downtime.

Do we really know that? Again, I zipped through the entire thread and saw no photos of an empty cavern, and no firsthand account that it indeed was removed. Maybe it has been, but the fact that the pathetic crippled machine is still there doing absolutely nothing indicates to me that it is indeed very difficult to remove. Again, a cardboard cutout with fur glued on and a hinged arm with a string would be better than what's there now. Slap on some decent lighting, and we have a far better temporary solution than what's been there for years and years.

Would you leave a dead skunk in the middle of your yard if it was easily removed? Would you drive on half-deflated tires if pumping them up was easy? Of course not.

Until someone truly provides an actual photo and/or a firsthand account, I'm not convinced at all that the thing can be easily removed. Logic dictates that it isn"t. Let's not base our proposed solutions and theories on this very shaky theory to the contrary.

 

[marni1971]

Do we really know that? .

I do. But I don't expect you - or anyone else - to believe me.

 

[danyoung56]

OK, I'll ask - how do you know?

 

[marni1971]

OK, I'll ask - how do you know?

I'm lucky to know people.

 

[jakeman]

Would you leave a dead skunk in the middle of your yard if it was easily removed?

Yes. As a warning to the other skunks.

 

[danyoung56]

I'm lucky to know people.

So for me, I would say "I know a guy who knows a guy". That's maybe one, maybe two steps too far removed.

 

[marni1971]

So for me, I would say "I know a guy who knows a guy". That's maybe one, maybe two steps too far removed.

Like I said it doesn't bother me if I'm not believed. I'm not out to prove I'm right or anything similar.

And I'm not about to go into detail in how I know things.

 

[Incomudro]

Not to drag this out further--but, hey, it's a slow day at work--it would appear that no one really has any proof that the yeti is indeed easily removable. Maybe it is. Maybe it isn't.

My gut feeling is that it is indeed removable, but it isn't easy. Why?

It's huge.
It's elevated.
It's a complex machine.
It's squeezed into a relatively tight area.
There's lots of moving parts.
There's a fast moving track right next to it.
One slip, and lots of ancillary damage could be done to the whole ride.

Given the differences of both the "facts" and opinions, a thorough person must also account for logic and the most reasonable explanation. The facts are the following:

1. The yeti hasn't moved as designed in nearly a decade.
2. It's slumped there right now.
3. It's huge.
4. It's complex.
5. Nothing has happened to it in a long time.
6. From a guest perspective, removing it and inserting something better as a temporary fix would seem to make the most sense.
7. Leaving it there makes very little sense.

Thus, we have a pathetic embarrassment. Removing it, at a minimum, would free up some space to put in a simple replacement, a projection of some kind, or a furry cardboard cutout with a hinged arm and string that might look okay with the right lighting, etc . . .

Sorry to those who disagree, but I am left concluding that the thing is harder (and more expensive) to remove than many people seem to think. Sorry again, but I just don't believe the rumors that the cavern has been empty at any point in the last 9 years. There are no photos or firsthand knowledge to the contrary.

But what if - and I believe this is quite likely - that despite how built in and inaccessible the Yeti appears to be from the riders perspective.
It quite readily (for its size and weight) accessed and removed from the back?
I'm betting that the Yeti was accessed and assessed, but that there are few options with it.
Essentially that it's only designed to function in one way.
More or less, it does what it was designed to do - or it doesn't do anything.
No B mode.
Due to legal and safety issues as have been mentioned, it can't go back to doing its original job - even if it was fixed.

 

[MisterPenguin]

So for me, I would say "I know a guy who knows a guy". That's maybe one, maybe two steps too far removed.

Have you asked those who claim that the structure has a crack in it or that the Yeti can't be removed and put back in a day how they got their information? Make sure they provide pictures.

 

[danyoung56]

And I'm not about to go into detail in how I know things.

And that's a problem for me, buddy. I don't mean to be rude by questioning what you say. But when you won't say "Joe Rohde told me . . .", then I have nothing to hang my belief on.

Have you asked those who claim that the structure has a crack in it or that the Yeti can't be removed and put back in a day how they got their information? Make sure they provide pictures.

I don't necessarily believe this story either. I'm willing to wait till official word comes out. In the meantime, I'm gonna continue to ride E:E, as it's my favorite coaster ever - yeti or no yeti.

 

[marni1971]

And that's a problem for me, buddy. I don't mean to be rude by questioning what you say. But when you won't say "Joe Rohde told me . . .", then I have nothing to hang my belief on.

That's fine. Like I said I have nothing to prove. And I dare say I would be as sceptical if roles were reversed.

 

[MichWolv]

And that's a problem for me, buddy. I don't mean to be rude by questioning what you say. But when you won't say "Joe Rohde told me . . .", then I have nothing to hang my belief on.

Yes, you do have something to hang your belief on -- @marni1971. You might well decide that isn't enough, but his word is more than nothing.

 

[RSoxNo1]

More uber-Disney fans would be excited about it....the remaining 98% of the population has no clue as to what "disco-yeti" is.

It's not uber any more it's Minnie Van

Guest satisfaction isn't always that easy. While most guests don't know that the Yeti once moved, it doesn't mean their guest satisfaction rating wouldn't be higher if it did.

 

[RSoxNo1]

Everest has shorter wait times because it has an extremely high capacity at around 2,000 riders per hour, not because it's less popular than those other attractions. Make no mistake - it's the most ridden ride in the park.

I would guess that Kilimanjaro Safaris sees more guests.

 

[nor'easter]

And that's a problem for me, buddy. I don't mean to be rude by questioning what you say. But when you won't say "Joe Rohde told me . . .", then I have nothing to hang my belief on.

Hang your hat on this: his track record is impeccable.

 

[Ralphlaw]

But what if - and I believe this is quite likely - that despite how built in and inaccessible the Yeti appears to be from the riders perspective.
It quite readily (for its size and weight) accessed and removed from the back?
I'm betting that the Yeti was accessed and assessed, but that there are few options with it.
Essentially that it's only designed to function in one way.
More or less, it does what it was designed to do - or it doesn't do anything.
No B mode.
Due to legal and safety issues as have been mentioned, it can't go back to doing its original job - even if it was fixed.

Then why keep the blasted thing there? Grab a shovel and remove the skunk. Air up the tires. Common sense tells me that a decent temporary replacement could be cheaply installed if the yeti was removed. Again, fur covered cardboard with a hinge and string could do the job better than what we have had in place for the better part of a decade. Okay. It's broken, so haul it away (if it's so easy) and put a decent looking band aid in it's place. Again, the facts of the last many years just don't add up to a conclusion that it's easily removable.

I also need to reassert how great the ride was when the yeti was fully functional. The whole thing from the line onward led up to that split second moment of the giant red eyed monster grabbing at you. IT WAS AMAZING; the current iteration is shadow of its former self.

 

[Bairstow]

Then why keep the blasted thing there? Grab a shovel and remove the skunk. Air up the tires. Common sense tells me that a decent temporary replacement could be cheaply installed if the yeti was removed.

Okay, but who's going to pay for this? Ops? WDI? Chapek?

 

[MisterPenguin]

Okay, but who's going to pay for this? Ops? WDI? Chapel?

I've already ordered the Smell You Later Skunk-Going-Away T-shirts. Maybe the revenue from that will help.