News Expedition Everest refurbishment in 2022

[EricsBiscuit]

Can I just say that the geniuses who throw their hair bands at the top miss the point of the entire ride/park?

 

[Tom Morrow]

Wishful thinking, but originally they said that the show elements would not be addressed. I hope they came to their senses and realized that, even if they don't fix the yeti, the rest of the ride needs a lot of attention. The entire top portion of the mountain needs a serious power wash and repaint, for instance.

 

[Communicora]

Can I just say that the geniuses who throw their hair bands at the top miss the point of the entire ride/park?

This bothers me more than the yeti -- seriously. Disney needs to take the time to regularly tidy that area up. Fewer people would throw them if they didn't see a pile of them up there already.

 

[Movielover]

Can I just say that the geniuses who throw their hair bands at the top miss the point of the entire ride/park?

Its just a metaphorical representation of all the empty air canisters that litter the actual Mount Everest!

 

[greentempe]

For the record, there’s definitely stuff Everest left on the cutting room floor

I'd be really interested to more about this... haven't heard of any plans other than what got built. Can anyone elaborate please?

 

[DCBaker]

 

[doctornick]

Does anyone know what actual things are being worked on?

how long does it take to sweep up all that hairbands?

 

[DCBaker]

Does anyone know what actual things are being worked on?

how long does it take to sweep up all that hairbands?

Unless something has changed -

Confirmed to be nothing show related, all software updates and testing.

 

[ToTBellHop]

Must have discovered some unexpected mechanical issues.

 

[mikejs78]

Must have discovered some unexpected mechanical issues.

Maybe the Yeti got upset that he's been ignored for more than a decade and ripped up more track.

 

[JustInTime]

Does anyone know what actual things are being worked on?

how long does it take to sweep up all that hairbands?

They are still taking apart the mountain to get the yeti out.

 

[999th Happy Haunt]

Why do they tease us like this

 

[monothingie]

Maybe the found something under the mountain?


Or something to deal with a shortage?

 

[ToTBellHop]

Maybe the found something under the mountain?


Or something to deal with a shortage?

A sinkhole?!?!?!

 

[monothingie]

A sinkhole?!?!?!

Well it's definitely not a Yeti.

 

[PizzaSpringRoll2017]

I wouldn’t be surprised if they at least cleaned up the hair bands and fixed the bare minimum of show effects. You don’t close a ride for 4 months, seemingly even longer, and ONLY fix the control system.

 

[JoeCamel]

I wouldn’t be surprised if they at least cleaned up the hair bands and fixed the bare minimum of show effects. You don’t close a ride for 4 months, seemingly even longer, and ONLY fix the control system.

Maybe they have a newfangled sensor for the switch track at the top? Might let steam return to cover the action.

 

[Clyde Birdbrain]

Can I just say that the geniuses who throw their hair bands at the top miss the point of the entire ride/park?

I did the Expedition Everest 5K at Animal Kingdom last week and we watched the race announcers talk on stage and interview runners as we waited about an hour for our corral to get going.

Many runners dress up for these Disney races, and one time they interviewed a woman that was part of a group that were all dressed in white and covered in hundreds of different color hair bands. I forgot what they called themselves, but they explained on the big screen how it's tradition to throw your hair band at the top of the ride.

There were quite a few runners dressed up as 'disco yeti' and others as Joe Rohde, which was hilarious. Some of the Joe Rohdes looked quite good. One runner who was dressed as Rohde was interviewed on the big screen and was asked (this was a common question) what his goal for the race was. He yelled "TO FIX THE YETI!". That was funny.

 

[ToTBellHop]

Here’s Chapek planning the next way he can let us down.

 

[Rob562]

I'm not sure exactly what's changed. It was extended through the end of April quite a while ago. That means the "mid-April" language on the one website page Blog Mickey references has been inaccurate this entire time. The actual operating calendar still lists it as closed through April 30th. Until that date is extended, I'm not going to consider it "closed indefinitely".

There was also a post a while back that they were still aiming for it being open by Easter, despite the extension of the calendar. If that's still the goal, the "please check back for updates" change in webpage language could apply to that scenario as well.

-Rob