Bratstarman
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OMG - the bird is GONE?
Time to start a protest campaign.
"We want the bird back!"
Time to start a protest campaign.
"We want the bird back!"
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Yeti Placing wrong?
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PigletIsMyCat
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Yessir. I was there on Wednesday for my weekly E:E ride and paid very close attention to the steam/bird/waterfall situations for another thread in News and Rumors about changes to E:E. Strangely, you can still hear a bird.... now it's just a mystery, invisible bird.
Bratstarman
New Member
Ok, so in Wikipedia they claim that the ride has 2 audioanimatronics: the Yeti and the Bird.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Expedition_Everest
PintoColvig
Active Member
I'm not asking to stare at it for a long period of time but I would like a better look at the most expensive AA of all time. If you're whizzing past it a breakneck speed, what's the point of spending so much money on it? :shrug: Still love the ride though.
EDIT: A good example of an AA that you get near to and get a decent enough view of while on the move is the Carnasaur(?) that chases you at Dinosaur. Very thrilling and scary in my book. I don't get that feeling with the Yeti. I think it is the speed at which you travel past it that lessens the thrill factor.
PigletIsMyCat
Well-Known Member
The bird was considered an AA? I thought it was a bird statue on a pole. I don't remember the bird ever having any actual movement. Just the bird moving.... like on a pole. The pole moved. There were no wings a-flappin', or head movements. Unless I'm crazy (which I am) so if anyone remembers actual bird movement, not just the bird staying still but moving across your line of vision, let me know.
And, remember, Wikipedia is not always the definitive. You can write them an email and have them change things that bother you.
And, remember, Wikipedia is not always the definitive. You can write them an email and have them change things that bother you.
PigletIsMyCat
Well-Known Member
So it looks real. If you had, in fact, angered the Yeti, and he was grabbing for you and yelling like that, you'd want to be going at breakneck speed! And by spending so much money on it, it looks more realistic as you zoom past him to safety, thank gods for your trusty sherpas!
Remember, most Disney rides are about fantasy: putting you into a situation you'd never be in, immersing you in a fantasy trip to Mars, or up Everest, or hang gliding over the entire state of California (which, I'm fairly certain, could not be done in one sitting lol). That's where the money goes.
PintoColvig
Active Member
If I had, in fact, angered the Yeti, I wouldn't want to be going past him at breakneck speed. Indeed, I wouldn't even want to be going past him at all!
Remember, most Disney rides are about fantasy and that means that it doesn't have to recreate reality but simulate a view of reality. In the real world, I wouldn't want to encounter a Yeti. At Disney, I get to encounter one. I just don't want it to feel like I'm passing one on the interstate. What's wrong in approaching the Yeti on a slightly slower portion of the ride? There the Yeti could make a swipe at the train while the train makes a quick bank away and down from the Yeti. The train then quickly picks up speed as we race away (at breakneck speed) away from the Yeti. Or it can have a similar experience as Dinosaur (which I mentioned in the EDIT in my above post.) Again, for the record, still love EE but just want slightly more face time with the Yeti. :wave:
WDWFREAK53
Well-Known Member
They should have his face popping out of a hole in the backwards portion... with a slight light shining on it. Just snarling and roaring at us as we pass by. Then you get to the projection of him ripping the track up...and then you see him the final time.
Bratstarman
New Member
The Wikipedia comment was meant to be irony (or maybe even sarcasm)... :animwink:
EMThompsen
Member
It is so fast that you never really get a good sense of how great and powerful AA that he really is. I would have preferred a slower pass past him and then let the speed pick up as you race from him.
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I think it could be interesting to try the slower pass but in the story of the ride 9 & we all play along with the story-DON'T WE) I think if you went slower, then he would not wait for you to get closer. He would come after you. Also I think the speed is needed to give you the adreline rush.You're flying straight towards him & you're going too fast to stop & he's gonna get you. But you're going so fast he misses you, barely.
& While we're at it... it the Yeti a he or a she :ROFLOL:
EDIT: 1,000th post![/quote]
I think it could be interesting to try the slower pass but in the story of the ride 9 & we all play along with the story-DON'T WE) I think if you went slower, then he would not wait for you to get closer. He would come after you. Also I think the speed is needed to give you the adreline rush.You're flying straight towards him & you're going too fast to stop & he's gonna get you. But you're going so fast he misses you, barely.
& While we're at it... it the Yeti a he or a she :ROFLOL:
Bratstarman
New Member
I've been told that the blue eye shadow is based on Mimi from the Drew Carey Show. So that would imply a "she".
PintoColvig
Active Member
And don't you think it would've been even better if the 2 1/2 ton Yeti also quickly came after you (ala Dinosaur)? Imagine that huge beast somehow taking three large steps toward you, his footsteps thundering and him roaring at you and then takes a huge swipe with his hand over the train. That would provide an adreneline rush of its own. Then a quick get away, with the Yeti somewhere behind you, would only add to the adreneline rush.
rainfully
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Wilt Dasney
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I agree with all of your points. When I'm on a Disney ride, I immerse myself in the details of the surroundings without the emotions I'd be having in a real life analogue of the situation.
For example, I don't think "OMG, we're sailing through a port town being ransacked by pirates! Keep your heads down and put your back into your rowing!"
I look around and think how cool it all is.For that reason, I think more time to see the Yeti (with appropriate dramatic tension added) would be justified at E:E.
George
Liker of Things
What a cute web site. I think the most likely thing is that someone roasted the bird since it was already on a stick.
I agree with all of your points. When I'm on a Disney ride, I immerse myself in the details of the surroundings without the emotions I'd be having in a real life analogue of the situation.
For example, I don't think "OMG, we're sailing through a port town being ransacked by pirates! Keep your heads down and put your back into your rowing!"
For that reason, I think more time to see the Yeti (with appropriate dramatic tension added) would be justified at E:E.
I agree with you 100% and this has been one of my complaints all along about EE. I think there are many fans on here that would be saying "it's perfect as is" or that it's "great storytelling" no matter what Disney would have done. But the justifications people give for having such a brief glimpse of the Yeti are just silly in my opinion. It's not "great storytelling", nor is it an example of Disney striving for realism in the event. It's funny, because EE fans are always talking about how guests get off the trains ranting and raving about how great it was, applauding, shouting things like, "That Yeti was awesome!", etc. I've never seen this reaction (or anything close to it) when I've ridden EE. Instead, I've heard comments like, "That was it??" and "Okay, let's go on something else." :lol:
It does indeed seem a shame to miss all of the details - I thought the same thing at first too .. BUT, Disney has a knack for piling on the details so you can't see them all at once (ex: HM) so it keeps you coming back for more. Not to mention the lower maintenance of keeping it inside, the scare factor of being in the dark, etc. etc.
"Piling on the details"?? On Everest?? How exactly would you say that the details have been "piled on" on Everest? There really aren't many details on this ride, and certainly not so many that you have to keep riding again and again just to catch them all.
rainfully
Well-Known Member
I guess you hear what you choose to hear... I don't think I've ever heard negative comments about Everest when disembarking...