Daveeeeed
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YEEES!
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Yeti Update
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ppete1975
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I don't think that for the cost they think its worth it. Sure for us we want it fixed because we know what it was. But for your 95 percentile, they don't know it doesn't work. Its one of the few rides at animal kingdom worth reriding again and again. Pre avatar.. I have no idea on it.
Bairstow
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The one way I could see this thing getting fixed is if in a few years down the line, Disney adds multiple new effects to the ride, and perhaps a second yeti figure in a different position. That way, rather than just admitting it was broken and that they fixed it, Disney can spin the repair work as the "new" Expedition Everest and use it to drive an ad campaign, like they did with the re-programmed Tower of Terror back in the late '90s.
ChristyKay
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I came across this video about broken/abandoned ride effects. They start talking about the yeti at 8:27.
The short answer...no.
The long answer....If what we now know to be the problem is correct (what is broken on the yeti), the problem only involves the animatronic figure itself and not his support structure.
It has been reported that the yet has been completely removed and reinstalled without a ride shut down as many as 2 times in the past.
Even if the ride were to be shut down to just replace the Yeti, it could done is just a few days. Not the weeks/month/years timeframes that often get thrown around.
ppete1975
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At the speed they fix/build it would be down till 2021... it should be able to be done in a few days
BoarderPhreak
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<checks thread after another year has passed>
Yup, still broken. But I hear they're adding another spotlight to "B Mode."
Yup, still broken. But I hear they're adding another spotlight to "B Mode."
MrHappy
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If the strobe goes, is okay to still refer to the big guy as Disco? If a full spotlight is on him, perhaps he becomes Ballroom Yeti?
BEARSHOUSE4
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If we can have a hologram of Tupac, why not the Yeti?
EricsBiscuit
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I went on EE like 2 weeks ago and yes they are now lighting the Yeti the whole scene and there aren't strobes. On one paw, you can see the amazing figure. On the other paw it's easier to tell he doesn't move. I like the change.
Maeryk
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If it was rebuilt to spec.. probably not long. If they add or change anything.. expect test and verification time. Including new catwalks or whatever to comply with osha tie off requirements.
Maeryk
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It wouldn't be the first time engineering didn't survive contact with reality.
Jeremy P
Active Member
I hate to bump a topic but the site that mustn't be named has posted video of the bird animatronic making it's return (?) to the top of the mountain. I guess I've either never ridden while this effect was working or been oblivious to it. I don't really see a point in it especially since it almost looks like it's flying backwards when you get to the top and then emerges again as you go backwards
Cmdr_Crimson
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It's supposed to look like it's gliding in the updraft of the "High Winds" on the mountaintop..You get a much better view of it hovering the further you are in the train...
DisneyDebRob
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I saw this post pop up again for the first time in over a year. Got real excited. Nothing new I see. I'll try again next year.
Lora Baines Bradley
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Strobe light Yeti is the real Panic! At the Disco.
