Expedition Everest effects status watch

[Epcot_Imagineer]

Yes, opening a roll-up door might take several seconds.

There is an access door, so it really is that easy.

I have tried to get a couple insiders to point out where the door itself is on the structure, but haven't had any luck. Could you do be a big favor and just circle here on this image which rolley door is the chosen one? From everything I've read, the yeti itself is somewhere under the un-themed portion of the warehouse?

 

[Doug Means]

Hot tip: Participation in this thread is completely voluntary. I personally love this thread and hope it never dies.

i also love this thread and only wish some more meaningful conversation could happen about the yeti so that the WDW castmember assigned to monitor these boards will read and listen and hopefully pass on the info to gt the yeti fixed

 

[Tom Morrow]

The yeti is a machine and thus can, and has been, disassembled and removed before. The harder thing to remove is the unseen (during the ride) mechanisms that move the yeti like a giant puppet, but even those could be disassembled. The long-running rumor/legend that the mountain was built around the yeti and that the yeti can't be taken out without cutting the mountain open is very, very wrong and I wish it would stop being perpetuated.

 

[OG Runner]

Hot tip: Participation in this thread is completely voluntary. I personally love this thread and hope it never dies.

Then carry on young man! You will get the same result as speaking directly to a wall.

 

[EagleScout610]

Then carry on young man! You will get the same result as speaking directly to a wall.

This is the thread that never ends.
Yes, it goes on and on my friends.

Some day a big ol’ yeti just stopped working
But we all come on here thinking it’ll work a random day.

Oh this is the thread that never ends.
Yes, it goes on and on my friends.

When you are bored at work or home and you don't know what to do,
You come here just for waterfalls and Bird on a Stick too!

All in this thread that'll never end.
Yes, it goes on and on my friends…

 

[Doug Means]

This is the thread that never ends.
Yes, it goes on and on my friends.

Some day a big ol’ yeti just stopped working
But we all come on here thinking it’ll work a random day.

Oh this is the thread that never ends.
Yes, it goes on and on my friends.

When you are bored at work or home and you don't know what to do,
You come here just for waterfalls and Bird on a Stick too!

All in this thread that'll never end.
Yes, it goes on and on my friends…

yeah, but for a thread that never ends its not as long as it should or you'd think it would be

 

[OG Runner]

This is the thread that never ends.
Yes, it goes on and on my friends.

Some day a big ol’ yeti just stopped working
But we all come on here thinking it’ll work a random day.

Oh this is the thread that never ends.
Yes, it goes on and on my friends.

When you are bored at work or home and you don't know what to do,
You come here just for waterfalls and Bird on a Stick too!

All in this thread that'll never end.
Yes, it goes on and on my friends…

I may be wrong but I think I have heard this particular composition previously.

 

[EagleScout610]

I may be wrong but I think I have heard this particular composition previously.

I posted it a few pages back before the last big bump. And it's made it's way around Katiebug's infamous thread

 

[Doug Means]

I posted it a few pages back before the last big bump. And it's made it's way around Katiebug's infamous thread

Katiebug's????

 

[danyoung56]

Search this site for Katiebug, then look for Unmagical Day at the Magic Kingdom. It's kind of a celebrated thread.

 

[Doug Means]

Search this site for Katiebug, then look for Unmagical Day at the Magic Kingdom. It's kind of a celebrated thread.

yeah, i've read her rant and tried to keep up with the thread once but somehow lost it...thank you though

 

[MisterPenguin]

yeah, i've read her rant and tried to keep up with the thread once but somehow lost it...thank you though

That's OK. Katiebug lost it, too.

 

[Chester&Hester Enthusiast]

Then carry on young man! You will get the same result as speaking directly to a wall.

Not quite, considering I'm here engaging with several other humans about the subject. My wall only talks back on Saturday nights.

 

[EagleScout610]

yeah, but for a thread that never ends its not as long as it should or you'd think it would be

Considering its still active from 2007 and is only 2 pages away from 200, I think its earned its "endless" status

 

[OG Runner]

Not quite, considering I'm here engaging with several other humans about the subject. My wall only talks back on Saturday nights.

Touche! Once a again a good point made. Proceed and enjoy! I also partake, but after a 197 pages of this discussion, I see us no
closer to a working Yeti than we were in 1999.

 

[Tom Morrow]

This thread will finally die as soon as it is un-stickied.

 

[networkpro]

The yeti is a machine and thus can, and has been, disassembled and removed before. The harder thing to remove is the unseen (during the ride) mechanisms that move the yeti like a giant puppet, but even those could be disassembled. The long-running rumor/legend that the mountain was built around the yeti and that the yeti can't be taken out without cutting the mountain open is very, very wrong and I wish it would stop being perpetuated.

And again a flurry of disinformation..... the animatronic figure isnt the problem. Its motion when in operation causes foundation damage.

 

[MisterPenguin]

And again a flurry of disinformation..... the animatronic figure isnt the problem. Its motion when in operation causes foundation damage.

Close. Its motion when in operation damaged itself. The torquing of pistons and joints was damaging said joints and pistons.

The foundation is fine.

 

[Tom Morrow]

And again a flurry of disinformation..... the animatronic figure isnt the problem. Its motion when in operation causes foundation damage.

Oh you mean the figure standing motionless isn't the issue? DUH, of course I meant when the figure is moving.

Also, the foundation theory is still speculation and not proven. I have seen Expedition Everest inside and out. The yeti figure is on a 30-something foot structural platform cased inside the larger mountain structure. That structure is independent from the mountain structure and the coaster structure. The three structures do not touch. The yeti structure is also equipped with a mechanism for disassembling and lowering the yeti figure to the ground. The foundation for this structure and throughout the building appeared to be undamaged. The other, stronger running theory is that the yeti was too forceful for its support structure and at risk of causing it to collapse along with the figure itself.

There IS a lot of disinformation regarding this topic thanks to YouTube channels giving misinformation in addition to actual certified Disney tour guides, but here are three truths everyone needs to know:

1. The yeti figure HAS been removed at least once, sometime between 2012 and 2013 for at least a few days.
2. The rumor that the mountain structure needs to be cut open in a massive project to remove the yeti figure is extremely wrong.
3. An extended shutdown of Expedition Everest would not be required to replace the figure with a working one.
4. The only issue preventing the fix is, and always has been, money, and the fact that the ride is still super popular anyway (and still a very good ride).

 

[lazyboy97o]

Disney has strict overhead safety standards. The idea that a massive robot that sits overhead, over a ride track has structural issues just does not make sense.