Yeti is indeed being fixed! Update 8/4/2014

[G00fyDad]

I'm going to say something here that might be totally incorrect. I'm relying solely on my memory here. No proof, no quotes, no solid evidence, BUT... I seem to remember that at one point the Yeti was removed so that they could 1) evaluate the damage to the foundation and 2) make an attempt to shore it up without completely tearing it out and starting over. They did that. At the time they felt that they possibly could reinforce the structure enough to make it hold. Upon returning the Yeti and testing it for a very brief time, they found that the foundation was once again giving way to the pressure. The fix didn't work and since then we have had the frozen solid Yeti.

Again I am going to say that this is something that I believe I read someplace. Hell, I might have just have had a dream about it, but I doubt that since I have never cared one way or the other if it were working or not. The backward motion was enough to convince me that it was a one trip ride for me.

It would make sense though it they have taken the big boy/girl out for a time.

You're right except that it was never the foundation that was the problem. They removed him to fix the sled he sits on. The foundation was never messed with. Once they realized he was not going to be an easy fix they put him back in, stuck him in "B" mode, and slapped a strobe light on him.

 

[Phil12]

You're right except that it was never the foundation that was the problem. They removed him to fix the sled he sits on. The foundation was never messed with. Once they realized he was not going to be an easy fix they put him back in, stuck him in "B" mode, and slapped a strobe light on him.

Rosebud?

 

[Goofyernmost]

You're right except that it was never the foundation that was the problem. They removed him to fix the sled he sits on. The foundation was never messed with. Once they realized he was not going to be an easy fix they put him back in, stuck him in "B" mode, and slapped a strobe light on him.

Sadly, if that is true there is very little chance that we will ever see a working Yeti again. Might as well call off the Yeti watch and hold services for it's demise.

 

[George]

Thank you.

All I can say is the foundation looked fine to me last time I saw it.

Through talking to certain people I understand the issue is above ground.

I would like to interpret this (problem being above ground) as the most subtle reference to TDO in history.

 

[JustInTime]

Wait. Can somebody update me? I'm having a hard time figuring out what's new and old here.

 

[G00fyDad]

Sadly, if that is true there is very little chance that we will ever see a working Yeti again. Might as well call off the Yeti watch and hold services for it's demise.

Not necessarily. I just think that it was going to cost too much at the time, and those in charge felt that it just wasn't worth the investment to fix.

 

[G00fyDad]

Rosebud?

???

 

[superchc80]

???

Citizen Kane, my friend. Watch it.

 

[Pumbas Nakasak]

'Merica.

Its very close to Mercia

 

[Disneydreamer23]

Its very close to Mercia

Thats Unfortunate

 

[xdan0920]

And you're never more than 10 minutes away from a Taco Bell!

Now where did I put my American flag shirt....

You're wearing it. Like always.

 

[Pumbas Nakasak]

You're wearing it. Like always.

I have that other 'merica flag on my head. Goes well with the union flag pants.

 

[Goofyernmost]

Not necessarily. I just think that it was going to cost too much at the time, and those in charge felt that it just wasn't worth the investment to fix.

Can't see how it would be cheaper now or what they would say to the money sorters that would convince them that fixing it would make even a little difference to the bottom line. Now if someone figured out how to fix it without that high cost, they might consider it.

 

[lazyboy97o]

Can't see how it would be cheaper now or what they would say to the money sorters that would convince them that fixing it would make even a little difference to the bottom line. Now if someone figured out how to fix it without that high cost, they might consider it.

Based on what @Lee has said in the past, it sounded like part of the issue was not just the cost but who would be paying and thus taking responsibility for the figure breaking.

 

[Goofyernmost]

Based on what @Lee has said in the past, it sounded like part of the issue was not just the cost but who would be paying and thus taking responsibility for the figure breaking.

Do you mean an outside source or what department would be coughing up the cash?

 

[lazyboy97o]

Do you mean an outside source or what department would be coughing up the cash?

Which department. I think it was between Walt Disney Imagineering and the park,.

 

[G00fyDad]

Can't see how it would be cheaper now or what they would say to the money sorters that would convince them that fixing it would make even a little difference to the bottom line. Now if someone figured out how to fix it without that high cost, they might consider it.

I never said it was cheaper now. It just might be that they decided to bite the bullet and do the right thing.

Sadly, if that is true there is very little chance that we will ever see a working Yeti again. Might as well call off the Yeti watch and hold services for it's demise.

Not necessarily. Fixing the sled could be as simple as using carbon fiber instead of other metal material, or as difficult as using a whole new mechanical feature for protruding the Yeti out at the guests.

 

[G00fyDad]

Citizen Kane, my friend. Watch it.

No thanks.

 

[AEfx]

What would be funny, if not so sad, about this is that those multiple TV specials they devoted to this attraction they specifically called out how advanced their computer modeling was, and how it helped them figure out all this load bearing (**insert construction concerns I am uneducated about**) stuff, etc.

Mighty lot of good it did, LOL.

 

[Cesar R M]

I was thinking....
They could set the yeti immobile in his perch and just change the structure to make the yeti "throw" a "rock" at the riders. the "rock" would work similar to Indi's giant rock(aka roll around but never hit the riders).