Yeti being fixed

[rob0519]

"Fixed" (AKA Screen with a projection)

Yep. Disney's new, high-tech solution for everything from attractions to fireworks shows. Yippeeeeeee!

 

[awilliams4]

I'd love to think that my avatar would finally change. I mean no disrespect to the OP but we've heard this same type of thing for.. holy crap, is it like 10 years now?! I would not doubt EE going down for a much needed refurb but I fear that we'll never see the original Yeti with its original motion ever again. I hope I'm wrong.

Me too

 

[Sonic Sunglasses]

Yep. Disney's new, high-tech solution for everything from attractions to fireworks shows. Yippeeeeeee!

The fireworks will launch from underneath your seat just as you pass the yeti, thereby distraction you from the fact it's still not moving. They call this "Super-B" mode.

 

[Rich T]

On an unrelated note, insider-sources claim Disney is accepting applicants for a new entry-level cast member position. "Puppeteer skills encouraged but not required."
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This is exactly what they should do. Remove the AA entirely and hire the Henson company to design a giant puppet for a tiny fraction of what they paid for one of the biggest wastes of budget in Disney history. Have a couple of performers take turns in shifts providing the Yeti's motion. Play it up as "A different experience every time!" It could be 100% better than it's ever been. At this point, no one cares if it's an AA, a projection or a puppet. Just make it *effective.*

 

[montyz81]

Just put a rocket under the Yeti, fire it off. Change the ride name to "Expedition Krakatoa". The queue line could then even remain the same. Problem solved!

 

[FigmentForver96]

This is exactly what they should do. Remove the AA entirely and hire the Henson company to design a giant puppet for a tiny fraction of what they paid for one of the biggest wastes of budget in Disney history. Have a couple of performers take turns in shifts providing the Yeti's motion. Play it up as "A different experience every time!" It could be 100% better than it's ever been. At this point, no one cares if it's an AA, a projection or a puppet. Just make it *effective.*

The only waste was the waste of time in the last ten years not fixing it.

 

[WildcatDen]

I had heard that Everest will be addressed as part of the 50th but there was no specific mention of fixing the Yeti. . . At this point, I would be very surprised if it was addressed.

 

[KBLovedDisney]

Wasn't there like a complete interview with one or two of the creators of the Yeti a few years back right after AK opened? I feel like the creators themselves put so much time and thought into making the Yeti look realistic, well...into the effect at least. I guess the engineering went way over their heads.

 

[JIMINYCR]

So many years of hoping. Disney could have organized a trip to the Himalayans and caught a real Yeti and brought it back to AK by this time.

 

[pax_65]

Wasn't there like a complete interview with one or two of the creators of the Yeti a few years back right after AK opened? I feel like the creators themselves put so much time and thought into making the Yeti look realistic, well...into the effect at least. I guess the engineering went way over their heads.

YES! They talk about how EVERYTHING in the ride - the detailed queue, the ride itself, the ride elements (the wrecked track, the shadow on the wall, etc), the sounds - it's all building toward that final dramatic encounter with the Yeti.

That's what always drove me crazy... it's the focal point of the entire ride! It's like having Splash Mountain without the big plunge at the end.

 

[MrHappy]

There are a number of promotional videos that Disney put out stating that the Yeti, the mountain and track support structure are separate and do not interact with each other.

We also know that the Yeti was installed after the mountain was built.

Lastly, it has been confirmed by multiple sources that the yeti has been fully removed at least once.

Thanks Yoda. Hopefully this will put to rest a lot of additional posts.

 

[Rich T]

The only waste was the waste of time in the last ten years not fixing it.

Or in designing and installing it in such a way as for it to be constantly declared "unfixable."

 

[Master Yoda]

Thanks Yoda. Hopefully this will put to rest a lot of additional posts.

Oh how I wish that were true.

I have haD to say the same thing regarding the Yeti so many times that I have considered saving it to Google docs so I can just cut and paste.

 

[Rich T]

At least it worked.

 

[HauntedPirate]

Repair/replacement of the Yeti was, from what I was told a year or two ago, tentatively planned for sometime in 2018/2019, after Pandora opened. Also heard that one of the possible options was to replace the figure with a new, lighter-weight Yeti AA. Not sure how valid that option may be, but it makes sense... And no, I didn't hear any of that from a bus driver, or a tram driver, or from random people on Twitter. Have a CM friend who works primarily backstage at AK. Not that they have any more information than other CMs, but some of the things I've been told by this person in the past have been pretty solid.

And I'd also think that after Pandora and the Guardians Tower in DCA, Joe Rohde would have enough goodwill/clout to finally get one of his babies fixed. I've heard it bugs him to no end that the Yeti is still broken.

 

[lazyboy97o]

Or in designing and installing it in such a way as for it to be constantly declared "unfixable."

The installation is not a problem. Internal finger pointing seems to be a very big issue.

 

[Master Yoda]

The installation is not a problem. Internal finger pointing seems to be a very big issue.

It is my understanding that internal finger pointing represents 8 of the top 10 reasons why the Yeti still remains broken.

 

[FigmentForver96]

Or in designing and installing it in such a way as for it to be constantly declared "unfixable."

The only reason it isn't fixed is because they do not want to fix it.

 

[djdan888]

When did the Yeti break? I have never actually seen it work unfortunately. I found this video on Youtube of a passholder preview in 2006. There was mist on the mountain and everything.

 

[KBLovedDisney]

The hairbands cursed the Yeti.