What's up with Expedition Everest?

PREMiERdrum

PREMiERdrum

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I was at the World for TA training last Thursday and Friday, and was fortunate enough to spend my Thursday morning at AK. I was mostly impressed with E:E... the steam from the engines was working for the first time I've noticed in years, the projections looked good, and the worklights under the track in the backwards portion (the ones that make the steel superstructure completely obvious).

With all that said, and having been one of the lucky ones who encountered the yeti in full A mode way back when... the ending is pathetic, and it looks even worse every time I ride. This time, specifically, there was a single dreadlock hanging off the extended arm that was completely static (fan not working? out of range) that just made it completely obvious, even in that brief moment, that there was no life in that thing.

Shrug.
 
Bocabear

Bocabear

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There was something about him being permanently attached to the mountain....though it would seem counter productive to build an animatronic that can not be removed and serviced... Resons for the strobe light mode were that his movement caused the foundation to crack and was irreplaceable without tearing down half the mountaion or something like that... Not sure why they could not at least make his head and face move... and maybe fingers...some limited motion that would at least make him appear living but without the torque of the giant moving arm...
 
bhg469

bhg469

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Bocabear said:
There was something about him being permanently attached to the mountain....though it would seem counter productive to build an animatronic that can not be removed and serviced... Resons for the strobe light mode were that his movement caused the foundation to crack and was irreplaceable without tearing down half the mountaion or something like that... Not sure why they could not at least make his head and face move... and maybe fingers...some limited motion that would at least make him appear living but without the torque of the giant moving arm...
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I think someone in the know on here said that was just a story people made up to brush off the fact they don't want to fix it yet.
 
MerlinTheGoat

MerlinTheGoat

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The yeti is separate from the mountain, it has also been removed more than once overnight without needing to take the ride down for refurb. Here's the best post i've seen about it including what is wrong with the figure, how easy it would be to fix etc-
http://forums.wdwmagic.com/threads/...cts-status-watch.171808/page-112#post-7013109

Suffice to say, the reason the yeti is broken is because Disney does not want to spend the money to do so. It can be done, a solution has been ready for quite a while, the ride doesn't even need to close. The problem is simply miserly behavior from people responsible for budgeting park expenses.

And here's the best video i've seen of the yeti animatronic properly working (though it isn't show lit here, it still has a good look at the motion it's capable of and looks incredible)-
 
Dads 2 Boys

Dads 2 Boys

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We were there last week and I rode EE 6x and it was never down that I know of. Actually, ToT a firm due a brief time one morning but other than that, we didn't encounter any issue with attractions being down all week.
 
montyz81

montyz81

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"You have to understand, it's a giant complicated machine sitting on top of, like, a 46 foot tall tower in the middle of a finished building. So, it's really hard to fix, but we are working on it. And we continue to work on it. We have tried several "things", none of them quite get to the key, turning of the 40 foot tower inside of a finished building, but we are working on it..... I will fix the Yeti someday, I swear." - Joe Rhode
 
Unplugged

Unplugged

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RobotWolf said:
It's from the programmer's demo reel, so I'm assuming this vid was taken back when the console was installed up there.
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Now that console has been been replaced with a DMX512 console to control the strobe light speed. :D

Bocabear said:
Not sure why they could not at least make his head and face move... and maybe fingers...some limited motion that would at least make him appear living but without the torque of the giant moving arm...
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I think it'd still be scary having that yeti let out a tremendous growl and then just flip us the bird. He could make other gestures depending on the country riders are from by reading the ole Magic Bands. :D In all seriousness, I like your suggestion. Doesn't have to move a lot to draw attention in that cave.
 
MagicHappens1971

MagicHappens1971

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I highly doubt this is true but....
 

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