Coaster Lover
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FWIW, Jim Hill (on the latest Disney Dish Podcast) seems to be suggesting that some sort of projection mapping effect on the yeti could be implemented as part of this refurb...
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News Expedition Everest refurbishment in 2022
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do what now? I don't see how that would work unless they change the figure. Odd, if true. Be interesting to see how they'd pull that off. Disney's more recent entries into projection-mapped figures still require a mostly flat/smooth surface.
JustInTime
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Pretty sure somebody in this thread said they’d like to see projections used. I bet Jim read this thread and ran with it. I don’t think the permits call for anything like this.
rreading
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I recall that as well. My ultimate understanding is that it *would* be possible to repair and maintain but that it would be an ongoing need/expense. iirc, it’s also likely that OSHA required changes would also be necessary.
rreading
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Those things continue to exist. It’s where they misstep that we call them on it. But AK still has all the details
Personally I hate it when there’s a death by a thousand cuts (Pirates. Maybe Epcot. I wonder about Jungle Cruise)
Coaster Lover
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Believe me, I was just as puzzled when I heard it mentioned... I mean, I guess it could be possible that the projections would be on the walls around the yeti (a.l.a. the exploding mine effect on BTMR at DL) but I feel like that would only highlight further the fact that the yeti is not moving...
wedenterprises
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only the arm has to move.
Sure...if you want it to look like an AA that you pick up at Spirit.
To be believable, the whole body needs to move.
TikibirdLand
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Maybe they could hire Bob Gurr to fix it.Sure...if you want it to look like an AA that you pick up at Spirit.
To be believable, the whole body needs to move.
999th Happy Haunt
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I remember when that short clip was in every promotion of the ride on the Disney channels. Is that the actual animatronic?
The one and only
DisneyDodo
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The Yeti looks ok here, but I feel like it would be a lot cooler if they got rid of all the movement and added like a strobe light effect or something.To be believable, the whole body needs to move.
lazyboy97o
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The forces are different for something that is controlled versus something that tugs.
The issue ultimately stems for the required additional maintenance that the park did not [want to] perform that also likely exceeded the originally agreed upon design criteria. OSHA standards are not like building codes where things get “grandfathered“ and if you don’t change it you can leave it as is. The timescale can be set over years but changes eventually have to be made regardless if something is changed.
999th Happy Haunt
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My god, it must have been so cool to see that thing in action. Sad.
lazyboy97o
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It was.
It WAS cool, but the problem is that you went by it so fast you never really had a chance to take in how cool it was.
Bleed0range
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Is there not a way to change the ride so the yeti doesn’t swing over the train, if that’s one of the issues? Is there a possibility to animate it differently or can it only do that one animation? It seems like there’s a lot of different possibilities to “fixing” the yeti. Just no one wants to do it that’s calling the shots.