AndyS2992
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The yeti is in the same rank as the Big Thunder Mountain boulders and will never be turned back on. After the accident at Disneyland Paris, all overhead animatronics have been switched off permanently.
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Lasers back on in Dinosaur
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The yeti is in the same rank as the Big Thunder Mountain boulders and will never be turned back on. After the accident at Disneyland Paris, all overhead animatronics have been switched off permanently.
Figments Friend
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Wow....a earful here. Thank you for the insight.
So all this time, these effects and the Yeti are working and able to work....but they are just turned off to save a few bucks?
Wow..just wow.
This is a shame.
Dinosaur with all the effects was great back in the day, as was EE with a lively Yeti.
AndyS2992
Well-Known Member
There are other factors other than money. Such as his constant movement and weight puts strain on what he is attached to and therefore is at risk of collapsing onto the track and resulting in injury or death to guests. After the falling boulders as mentioned he'll never be turned back on.
RSoxNo1
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What am I looking at here with regards to the lasers. Is it the rectangular laser that we crash through? or something else?
Magenta Panther
Well-Known Member
My god...the Yeti ISN'T broken, but not allowed to function as designed? That's still a massive failure and embarrassment...I weep for what used to be the Disney legacy in innovation and quality. The Monorail wasn't supposed to be able to work but it did...what has happened to Walt's company?
Rectangular lasers. They were the portel/vortex lasers. I should have just uploaded the screen cap I forgot I took
I believe its a mix of both. The Yeti has structural issues but there is an added reason not to get back to A mode due to lawyers in the US parks. Surely if items were properly designed, built and maintained things wouldn't fall down? There again, WDW doesn't have a great track record with this. Splash and the Net of Life hammered this home for Orlando. Seeing the swinging pirate overhead in DLP last year reminded me how good things are when they do work and are trusted and maintained to work.
articos
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articos
Well-Known Member
Um...I'm going to go with yes.
Right. As Alek says, he does work and could be on, but there is also more to it. He'd need work to work reliably medium to long-term, and with the current environment (not spending money on maintenance or re-engineering, plus the current ruling of no animatronics or show effects above the guests that could potentially fail), management's choice is to simply turn him off.
Scuttle
Well-Known Member
I know Raven doesn't post much anymore, but hes also a very trusted insider as well.
Atomicmickey
Well-Known Member
I'm thinking they should have the sky removed from all Disney Parks.
It's dumping water, and sometimes ice pellets, on people's heads all the time.
Net it!
It's dumping water, and sometimes ice pellets, on people's heads all the time.
Net it!
steve2wdw
WDW Fan Since 1973
Better yet, before we enter the parks, wrap us in bubble wrap and strap a helmet on us!
The Duck
Well-Known Member
Pathetic. Common sense should dictate that you should factor in all safety, maintenance and legal issues BEFORE you invest in a multi-million dollar project. We've heard about cracked foundations, lubricant and other problems with the Yeti but apparently liability paranoia and general cheapness are what makes the World go around.
bonofuzz
Member
It's true.
Well I recognize that I'm no insider and I've rarely posted here so my experience probably wont meet the community's criteria for "reliable source" but, for what it's worth, I was in AK yesterday and remarked to my wife that I had my first enjoyable ride on dinosaur in years. In particular, we both were shocked to see a spinning laser effect at the beginning and end of the time tunnels. I never saw the original version of the ride so I don't know if this is a new version of the effect or a reverse back to the original effect, but there were green spinning lasers that are pointed directly at the time rover at the beginning and end.
Also, yeti was still in its full disco glory...
Well I recognize that I'm no insider and I've rarely posted here so my experience probably wont meet the community's criteria for "reliable source" but, for what it's worth, I was in AK yesterday and remarked to my wife that I had my first enjoyable ride on dinosaur in years. In particular, we both were shocked to see a spinning laser effect at the beginning and end of the time tunnels. I never saw the original version of the ride so I don't know if this is a new version of the effect or a reverse back to the original effect, but there were green spinning lasers that are pointed directly at the time rover at the beginning and end.
Also, yeti was still in its full disco glory...
ctxak98
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I'm glad you had a good ride! unfortunately the spinning scanners are not the lasers. The lasers were in the time portal themselves and did not spin! It was almost a green box that you shattered through. It was cool because it was a good cover before you entered the jungle. Now you can start to see the primeval jungle before actually exiting the time tunnel! but that's for the update!
That's not entirely fair. The Space Shuttle Columbia was presumably properly designed, built, and maintained. Things happen.
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