Is the Yeti all that bad?

[flynnibus]

IMO - the Yeti is the poster child for some of the major '' moments of WDI design - let alone operations.

Why build what has to be a multi-million dollar beast that we only get to see for a fraction of a second? If it's just gonna be a 'startle you moment' why blow your wad on some over-engineered, excess piece?

Imagine if the ride took instead the 'indy ball scene' approach.. a building anticipation of what would seems like inevitable doom, that you escape at the last second? Like.. imagine taking a corner.. and finding the Yeti at a distance in front of you blocking your 'only exit' and the runaway train is hurdling right for him. He is animated about you.. gonna get you.. and at the last moment you manage to turn away or something. In that kind of scene.. I can see all the investment in the Yeti.

But they were trying to stick to the mysterious angle on the yeti.. make it so you only get a glimpse to keep the shroud of mystery about him. If you are going that way.. what they did seems like total overkill. And now, with it's failure - it stands there as the albatross around WDI's neck.. a constant reminder of their shortcomings.

 

[Clamman73]

I'd be ed if it started working the time I was on it and it knocked my hat off.

 

[donaldtoo]

IMO - the Yeti is the poster child for some of the major '' moments of WDI design - let alone operations.

Why build what has to be a multi-million dollar beast that we only get to see for a fraction of a second? If it's just gonna be a 'startle you moment' why blow your wad on some over-engineered, excess piece?

Imagine if the ride took instead the 'indy ball scene' approach.. a building anticipation of what would seems like inevitable doom, that you escape at the last second? Like.. imagine taking a corner.. and finding the Yeti at a distance in front of you blocking your 'only exit' and the runaway train is hurdling right for him. He is animated about you.. gonna get you.. and at the last moment you manage to turn away or something. In that kind of scene.. I can see all the investment in the Yeti.

But they were trying to stick to the mysterious angle on the yeti.. make it so you only get a glimpse to keep the shroud of mystery about him. If you are going that way.. what they did seems like total overkill. And now, with it's failure - it stands there as the albatross around WDI's neck.. a constant reminder of their shortcomings.

It only seems to be an "albatross" to some, not all, who saw and cared about how it originally worked. It's been jacked up so long that it's no skin off most peoples beeehinds anymore 'cause a lot of folks who even remember it in it's original incarnation don't even care and a lot of kiddos who were too short to ride a few years ago and never saw it in it's original working order, anyway, have now come of age and are lovin' the ride, so don't "miss" it.
I agree with you to a large extent, but I also know that the further this thing drags out, there are less and less people that actually give a rats about it.
I think it's ancient history to too many at this point...just another Yeti legend.
Just human nature.

 

[flynnibus]

It only seems to be an "albatross" to some, not all, who saw and cared about how it originally worked

Which when we look beyond simple customers - that's a whole lot of people. Nothing like 'failure' staring you in the face or having immortalized in the park's headline attraction to remind you and all your peers just how big a screw up this was.

I agree with you to a large extent, but I also know that the further this thing drags out, there are less and less people that actually give a rats about it.

Sounds like the motto management is betting on.. if we just ignore it long enough, people will give up and forget about it. We don't spend.. and we win in the end. Classic management tactic when you have zero passion for what you actually produce.

 

[donaldtoo]

Which when we look beyond simple customers - that's a whole lot of people. Nothing like 'failure' staring you in the face or having immortalized in the park's headline attraction to remind you and all your peers just how big a screw up this was.



Sounds like the motto management is betting on.. if we just ignore it long enough, people will give up and forget about it. We don't spend.. and we win in the end. Classic management tactic when you have zero passion for what you actually produce.

I think we're pretty much agreeing to agree here...
I know that there are a whole lot of us that are not simple customers, but I also know the fact that there are a whole LOT more simple customers than there are folks like us.
And yes, I definitely feel that that, as well as your second point, is EXACTLY what Disney management is betting on.

 

[luv]

The entire ride, queue, area and section of the park are focused on the Yeti. It is all about the Yeti.

And the yeti doesn't work. This makes all that theming fairly pointless.

Do I have bigger problems in my life? You bet.

Would I like the yeti to work? Absolutely.

AK is my favorite park in WDW. I truly love the place. So, that is part of the reason I'd like the Yeti to work. I'm biased and admit it.

 

[DisneyPrincess5]

The working Yeti is quite amazing. The only reason why I will say that it's a "whatever" issue now and it's not a big deal to me is because you ride by it so quickly now that its a blur. The ride is still amazing and fun. Yes a working Yeti is truly cool but without him it doesn't change much for me.