Just a thought on EE: cost effectiveness of animatronic vs real live castmember

[Pongo]

And the mountain is so poorly built that the crummy cement is just gonna slide right off.

The mountain wasn't poorly built. The Yeti was just awesomely built.

 

[KumbaRider]

i wonder how cost effective it would be to fly people to the real everest instead of building one?......:hammer:

:lol:

 

[Number_6]

And there were live actors because people were...erm...doing inappropriate things on the ride. The rotation didn't end that long ago.

Apart from the suit of armor: http://www.doombuggies.com/myths4.htm

What else were there live actors for? The armor went away a long time ago.

 

[nyfrenchy]

Now, say they used a cast member instead.

OMG that would be soooo TACKY!
Lowering EE to a carnival ride, I dont think so!

Imagine the defunct King Kong ride at Universal Studio with a man in a gorilla suit instead of a AA...

 

[dandaman]

Someone PM me when they find a 20+ ft.-tall person.

If he's not a Cast Member, he doesn't count! :lookaroun

 

[wdwishes2005]

can you imagine the lawsuit when he/she goes out to far and is killed by the EE train?

 

[pat_naughty05]

OMG that would be soooo TACKY!
Lowering EE to a carnival ride, I dont think so!

Imagine the defunct King Kong ride at Universal Studio with a man in a gorilla suit instead of a AA...

Woah, are you implying that the Yeti is going to be as big as the Kong animatronic was? If so, wow! Something that big with the flexibility of the Mummy animatronic (or so is my understanding). That's hard to imagine. Well, that definitely rules out any possibility of putting an actor in.

 

[LSUxStitch]

I do not like that idea. Let disney spend millions on a very cool AA.

 

[wdwishes2005]

I do not like that idea. Let disney spend millions on a very cool AA.

besides, after the lawsuit it would have been cheaper to buy the yeti:lol: .

 

[WDWSwashbuckler]

Apart from the suit of armor: http://www.doombuggies.com/myths4.htm

What else were there live actors for? The armor went away a long time ago.

From what I know, they weren't really "actors". Often the dark rotations were also backstage. If you look to the left when you see Litttle Leota near the end of the ride, you'll see holes in the wall. I suppose you could guess what these were once used for! :animwink: