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Progress at Everest!
- Thread starter TOTGuy
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WendyTinkerbell
Active Member
Maybe they took the tarp down just for the Everest Challenge thing this weekend. Perhaps they will put the tarp back up and continue work on him this week.
JustInTime
Well-Known Member
At an event for pin traders two or three years ago, Disney had this guy on hand (photos courtesy of ZapperZ):
I've always thought it was a shame they never brought him back for things like the Everest Challenge or other special events.
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I always loved that. I am obsessed with the Yeti. They should bring that back for sure.
belle_1022
New Member
This is my favorite attraction at WDW. I would like to see it back to 100% working condition. I rode it prior to the official opening and LOVED IT! 7 times in a row. DH sat out the last 6 rides. Would love to meet the tall woolly version shown in these pictures. We named our first born - our 3 year old cat Yeti! He lives up to the name for sure.
scoobygirl39541
Well-Known Member
Its good to hear that they are doing something about that broken Yeti. I remember first riding EE the summer it opened. Riding now is not the same. 
I would love to see it in full mode again. I really hope its working by my trip in December.
I would love to see it in full mode again. I really hope its working by my trip in December.
zweltar
Well-Known Member
This sounds kind of cool. However, I would be afraid of TDO turning another "temporary" situation into a much more permanent event (reference the wand). I picture the managers thinking that a Yeti meet and greet would be much more popular than the silly animatronic on the ride.:shrug:
EpcotFanForever
Active Member
He wasn't the only Yeti on hand for the event, and maybe we should be careful what we ask for because Disney COULD decide to bring THIS guy back (again, ZapperZ
He looks more like Barf from Spaceballs....
mp2bill
Well-Known Member
hahahahahahahahaha!
rodserling27
Well-Known Member
Wonderful, get outta here troll.:fork:
I love the idea of having the Yeti "on the loose." He could spring up in other rides, in random Character Meet & Greets. I can foresee if working out pretty well. It's depressing to think that I've only seen him working in full A-mode glory ONCE.
janoimagine
Well-Known Member
I'm a mog ... Half man, Half Dog. I'm my own best friend. :lol:
Vernonpush
Well-Known Member
erasure fan1
Well-Known Member
I vote for its a small world so then I might actually want to go on it. The thought of the yeti chasing all the figures around sounds great.:lol:
PurpleDragon
Well-Known Member
Well seeing as the massive scale of the Yeti on the attraction doesn't really offer much credence to an actual meet and greet. I think something cooler would be finding destruction around the park. They could setup areas where trees have been knocked down and items thrown at buildings (a la Typhoon Lagoon) and really play into the "Yeti on the Loose, leaving destruction in his wake" idea. They could have caution tape around the damaged areas and have some "Yeti tracking/investigation" signs up around it to bring attention to it. They could do meet and greets with Sherpa's and Explorer's who are tracking the Yeti as opposed to the yeti itself. They could create a whole story around it and incorporate it into the whole park and it wouldn't require much more than bringing a crane into the park and creating some temporary "staged" damage to areas of the park.
Tom
Beta Return
Yeah, and learn how to spell Indiana, troll! :fork:
Sloan
Well-Known Member
yeti on the loose
Yes, it (the 'on the loose theme') does sound like what they tried to do with Stitch, but while I'm no big fan of Stitch, that was actually a pretty cool idea & campaign - I recall seeing a very well done 'crash scene' in DTD, where it appeared a Disney van had been trashed and crashed by Stitch, and it looked great and generated a lot of interest. PurpleDragon's suggestions are just what they were doing with that effort, and where it was well executed, it was cool. This is the kind of 'solution' to this problem that could use the Disney creativity to make the best out of a really bad situation.
Yes, it (the 'on the loose theme') does sound like what they tried to do with Stitch, but while I'm no big fan of Stitch, that was actually a pretty cool idea & campaign - I recall seeing a very well done 'crash scene' in DTD, where it appeared a Disney van had been trashed and crashed by Stitch, and it looked great and generated a lot of interest. PurpleDragon's suggestions are just what they were doing with that effort, and where it was well executed, it was cool. This is the kind of 'solution' to this problem that could use the Disney creativity to make the best out of a really bad situation.
PurpleDragon
Well-Known Member
Oh yeah, I completely forgot about the stitch promotion. Probably selective memory! :hammer:
But yes they have proven they can successfully execute this concept, so increasing the scale of damage for a larger beast and having it limited to AK would be all it takes to really make it all work.
unkadug
Follower of "Saget"The Cult
He's too busy trying to get you rent his limos, but his clothes and read his blog.
Duly reported.
Tigerace81
New Member
Found this interesting when I was looking for something on the Tree of Life:
I stumbled across a fun fact web page on the corporate Disney website.
Its got a ton of facts: http://corporate.disney.go.com/media/news/Fact_WDW_Fun_Facts_08_06.pdf
I stumbled across a fun fact web page on the corporate Disney website.
Its got a ton of facts: http://corporate.disney.go.com/media/news/Fact_WDW_Fun_Facts_08_06.pdf
Biff215
Well-Known Member
Yeah, Disney did a great job of promoting all of that info before and while Everest opened. It doesn't mean much now that we have a static AA in the mountain!
Tigerace81
New Member
At least we know what caused the structural problems now.