Expedition Everest effects status watch

[MisterPenguin]

That's just stupid. It shouldn't be that much to fix it.

They have to:

1. Build a new one that won't have the same internal problems the old one had.

2. Affix it in such a way that it meets the now more stringent guidelines for very heavy objects swinging over guests' heads.

3. Decide which other attractions get delayed while they put a team on this case.

 

[Incomudro]

So they can actually fix the yeti to make it move? Why haven't they?

It seems to be a combination of cost coupled with there needing to be a redesign or reconfiguration of the Yeti for safety reasons concerning it's movement above people's heads and what might happen if it suffered a catastrophic structural failure - like if its arm were to break off and come crashing down on riders.
Which is well... A matter of cost.

 

[Dragonman]

It’s not just the Yeti, I don’t believe Everest has ever had a full refurb since it’s opening.

 

[Seabasealpha1]

The attraction does not even need to close.

I get that. All the more reason.

 

[Seabasealpha1]

They don’t want to. There is also fighting over whether or not the fix should be paid for by the park or Walt Disney Imagineering.

I say imagineering. If this were a car, GM would issue warranty repairs...

 

[Master Yoda]

I say imagineering. If this were a car, GM would issue warranty repairs...

Along that same analogy, would GM honor the warranty if you never did the maintenance?

 

[Seabasealpha1]

Along that same analogy, would GM honor the warranty if you never did the maintenance?

That the case?

 

[Master Yoda]

That the case?

Kind of. WDI discovered the problem early on and prescribed an increased maintenance schedule as a fix. Supposedly, the maintenance was quite difficult to do and was not done at the new increased schedule and the yeti eventually broke.

What we are left with is WDI blaming operations and operations blaming WDI and neither want to pick up the 7-8 figure repair bill.

 

[Kram Sacul]

Viewing a video of an illegal trespass makes you part of the problem. Reposting it makes you an accomplice.

What about just talking about it? I wouldn’t have known about it if people on here weren’t making a fuss about why we shouldn’t view the video.

There should be a gofundme page for fixing the Yeti. It’s embarrassing.

 

[SuperStretccch]

Rode it on Thursday and there was no yeti silhouette at all in the cave before the first big drop. Audio was just the ambient background noise, from what I remember. Never seen this happen before in the probably 100+ times I've been on this thing, and oh yeah, Disco Yeti was still in full swing.

 

[Dragonman]

Rode it on Thursday and there was no yeti silhouette at all in the cave before the first big drop. Audio was just the ambient background noise, from what I remember. Never seen this happen before in the probably 100+ times I've been on this thing, and oh yeah, Disco Yeti was still in full swing.

What about good ol’ bird on a stick

 

[SuperStretccch]

What about good ol’ bird on a stick

Still there, being a bird on a stick!

 

[Dunston]

The video rules and i hope the yeti is fixed by 2030

 

[Musicman20]

I was really shocked that the video came up on my YouTube feed. No doubt Disney will act on it.

I can't believe how he got to the Yeti! But considering he did it in the dark, whilst trespassing, you gotta wonder why Disney doesn't just fix it.

 

[Dragonman]

I always find myself going back to this video:

 

[Disney Analyst]

Just came here to see if that video was being discussed... showed up on my twitter feed.

I know it’s illegal, but that was so cool haha.

 

[Tom Morrow]

I was really shocked that the video came up on my YouTube feed. No doubt Disney will act on it.

I can't believe how he got to the Yeti! But considering he did it in the dark, whilst trespassing, you gotta wonder why Disney doesn't just fix it.

The rumors that the yeti is hard to access are 100% false and if anything, at least this video demonstrated that to everyone.

 

[hopemax]

I saw "bird on stick" today! I was so shocked I forgot to pay attention if it was doing anything (guess not, no reports).

But I didn't see him in December, but maybe I was looking too closely to hairbands. Or maybe that was when I was single ridering next to a very nervous first time rider, and I was giving her cues as when the ride would change motion and the drop.

No steam though.

 

[danyoung56]

You should have talked non-stop about the loop . . .

 

[Dragonman]

No steam though.