Originally Posted By Lee hisownself Yeti worked sporadically through 2007. Worked very little in 2008 until the 10th, when it was made operable for the day. Nothing since.
Originally Posted By Autopia Deb We had fully functional Yeti during the Feb '06 soft opening and when we went again in Nov '07 it was Disco Yeti.
Originally Posted By ChiMike >>Worked very little in 2008 until the 10th, when it was made operable for the day. Nothing since.<< Thanks Lee, that is what I thought. Perhaps you were lucky Dagobert. Not sure that helps!
Originally Posted By RoadTrip Some engineer somewhere should have been fired. Animatronics ALWAYS require periodic refurbishing. So they take a huge one and install it in a way such that you have to take track apart to remove it for repair? Even I'm smart enough not to design something like that!
Originally Posted By ChiMike From, my understanding, which is little when it comes to Everest, there is a service bay behind him. I'm sure the plans called for him to be pulled in that for any light to moderate service. Not to take away from your great point, RT, but thought you would want to know. I guess I would be furious about the Yeti if I had not already lost a lot of faith in WDI as an organization prior to 2006. By 2008, it really was not that shocking, just more confirmation of what I already was convinced of..
Originally Posted By EPCOT Explorer >>>From, my understanding, which is little when it comes to Everest, there is a service bay behind him. I'm sure the plans called for him to be pulled in that for any light to moderate service.<<<< Though it wouldn't be as serious, I still think the mountain would need to be closed for a bit to get him "ready" in there.
Originally Posted By Lee hisownself Yes, the yeti can be removed into a service area for repair, that isn't the problem. Problem is, he's broken and needs either (practically) rebuilding or replacing. It all cones down to money, not really any operational considerations. They just don't want to write a check to fix him.
Originally Posted By dagobert >>They just don't want to write a check to fix him.<< I think Disney knows that most people ride EE because of the thrill experiences. Most visitors don't care if the Yeti works and they are also fine with the so called Disco Yeti.
Originally Posted By dshyates I bet Guest Services gets less than 3 complaints a day. Maybe Joe could've spent another 6 weeks in Tibet and spent less money on Abominable robots.
Originally Posted By CDF1 What is the Disco Yeti? Why doesn't Disney put out cups for donations to "Save the Yeti!"? Would agree with those who point out that the appeal of the EE ride is more likely the thrill of the coaster and not necessarily the Yeti itself - however, when you think of a great Disney ride you expect animation and the Yeti truly was a unique creation that makes the ride much more than just another coaster.
Originally Posted By dagobert >>Would agree with those who point out that the appeal of the EE ride is more likely the thrill of the coaster and not necessarily the Yeti itself - however, when you think of a great Disney ride you expect animation and the Yeti truly was a unique creation that makes the ride much more than just another coaster.<< The Disney attractions in general are more than just the ride. Unfortunately more and more people don't appreciate the story behind it anymore. Otherwise I can't explain why so many on a European board defend TSPL. That's definately not what I expect from Disney. I think some would even be happy, if WDI takes a bare steel coaster and puts a Disney character on top. By the way why is it called "Disco Yeti"?
Originally Posted By RoadTrip <<By the way why is it called "Disco Yeti"?>> Because a flashing strobe light is used for the current Yeti effect, much like the strobes used in U.S. disco's during the late 70's.
Originally Posted By MousDad I'm not trying to put anyone down, but I find the argument about most guests not wanting to see the yeti, or the fully-functioning one as seen on every Disney TV special, extremely laughable.
Originally Posted By RoadTrip Go ahead and laugh dude... personally I couldn't care less. I love the queue, the back-story, and the climb up the mountain. But once I'm in the mountain all I care about is the coaster ride. So sue me. You don't REALLY get your expectation of the park attractions set by Stacy on the TV, do you? If so, you are more pathetic than I am!!
Originally Posted By Bolna People in my travel party (who never read a Disney disucssion board and I did not say anything about it to them beforehand) were rather shocked when they saw Disco Yeti for the first time and commented about what a cheap effect that was, couldn't Disney come up with something more believable? Even though the Yeti might not be important for some of us: normal guests can notice and do notice.
Originally Posted By DDMAN26 My parents where just there last week and my dad ended up riding by himself but he didn't mention if it was broken or not he just said he enjoyed the ride.
Originally Posted By MousDad I'm fully convinced that the majority of casual (non-fanbois) guests who go through the attraction know that the attraction is all about the yeti. That's my opinion. But I actually hope I'm wrong, because it would show how desperately arrogant and Six Flags-like that Disney has become in how they run their parks, if that's the reason they would use not to spend the money to fix it.
Originally Posted By ChiMike The jury has already reached the verdict. Since Hokie mentioned it, I'll use the 10th anniversary as a great point of time.... They should have bite the bullet and went into overdrive on this issue as far back as Summer 2008. As Lee H. pointed out, it all comes down to $$$. Everything else is a poor excuse. Not having enough capacity, is Disney's fault. Go as far back as Jim Hill's pre-opening article and you will see that B mode was spoken about. That B mode was there for the short-term to keep the attraction running. Not for 4 years!!! Disney completely went the Six Flags route and simply said, 'eh, its good enough' On the other hand, even if they fix it with a performance modification, to me it was still really poor design location. A horrible placement relative to the ride timing and track position.
Originally Posted By Lee hisownself >>On the other hand, even if they fix it with a performance modification, to me it was still really poor design location. A horrible placement relative to the ride timing and track position.<< Completely agreed. It's also my understanding that there was originally meant to be two yeti AA encounters. The one that was cut would have been a longer scene. (Perhaps replaced by the projection scene?)
