Originally Posted By FerretAfros It was over-designed, yet it manages to consistantly under-perform. More than the ammount of money and effort they spent designing the yeti, I blame them for having the last encounter be so quick and meaningless. There is more build-up for the yeti than any single moment on any other attraction, yet the actual face-time is so comically short in the grand scheme of things. No, they won't know ahead of time exactly how fast the trains will be going through a specific point in the attraction, but they can figure it out within 2-3mph long before they ever break ground. Having such an important moment of the attraction be so short was just bad planning. Neve mind that they didn't design and program it properly, it just wouldn't have mattered.
Originally Posted By leemac <<I blame them for having the last encounter be so quick and meaningless.>> That was entirely planned - the creative team's sole desire with the Yeti AA was to make his appearance brief - just a glimpse of the mythical beast before he sends you out of his mountain.
Originally Posted By leobloom >> That was entirely planned - the creative team's sole desire with the Yeti AA was to make his appearance brief - just a glimpse of the mythical beast before he sends you out of his mountain. << So it was supposed to be like the theme park equivalent of a David Lynch film. Ok, but a couple of more show scenes might've helped. After all, I'd like to actually see SOMETHING on the ride, not just a bird on a stick, a projection on a wall, and a strobe light animatronic.
Originally Posted By leemac <<Ok, but a couple of more show scenes might've helped. After all, I'd like to actually see SOMETHING on the ride, not just a bird on a stick, a projection on a wall, and a strobe light animatronic.>> All cut from the budget. The bird-on-a-stick was another budget compromise. One that the former head of WDI admits was a mistake. It was supposed to be a lot more - WDW Co. wouldn't pay for it.
Originally Posted By Spirit of 74 Bird on a stick can be mighty tasty during Food and Wine Fest ... as part of a supposed E-Ticket, not so much. ~RIP: The Mara~
Originally Posted By EPCOT Explorer >>>That was entirely planned - the creative team's sole desire with the Yeti AA was to make his appearance brief - just a glimpse of the mythical beast before he sends you out of his mountain.<<< Wasn't there originally planned to be several Yeti scenes and AAs?
Originally Posted By leemac <<Wasn't there originally planned to be several Yeti scenes and AAs?>> Nope - the plan was that you only saw him once - and it was supposed to be fleeting. However there was supposed to be more encounters although not close-ups.
Originally Posted By Lee hisownself UPI has picked up the story, so it's gone international. Reckon anybody is irritated at TDO?
Originally Posted By Anatole69 Why doesn't the steam work anymore, and why hasn't it been fixed? - Anatole
Originally Posted By Jim in Merced CA <All cut from the budget. The bird-on-a-stick was another budget compromise. One that the former head of WDI admits was a mistake. It was supposed to be a lot more - WDW Co. wouldn't pay for it.> I'd love to know what it was supposed to be, as the final 'bird on a stick' looks ridiculous.
Originally Posted By Kar2oonMan What is the bird on a stick? I don't remember that? (Only have been on the ride once, a couple of years ago -- and the Yeti was working at that time.)
Originally Posted By Manfried leemac says: "the creative team's sole desire with the Yeti AA was to make his appearance brief - just a glimpse of the mythical beast before he sends you out of his mountain." Which seems to support my statement that the thing was way over-designed for what it was going to end up doing. Classic WDI over think in this case.
Originally Posted By Jim in Merced CA <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g_ABgBTSMm8" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v...BgBTSMm8</a> You Tube video of Expedition Everest -- check out the 1:05 as you head up that hill before you go backward. Look to the left -- you can see the 'bird on a stick' effect.
Originally Posted By Jim in Merced CA Oooh! and then at the 1:21 mark, the bird goes back the other direction!
Originally Posted By Manfried Maybe we should re-record "Disco Duck" as "Disco Yeti" and shoot a music video and post it on You Tube?
Originally Posted By leobloom >> Which seems to support my statement that the thing was way over-designed for what it was going to end up doing. Classic WDI over think in this case. << But if they hadn't made it the "best Animatronic ever," they wouldn't have gotten to publicize that the new ride had the "best Animatronic ever." I tend to agree that the AA could have been less impressive since you only see it for a split-second.
Originally Posted By EPCOT Explorer >>>Nope - the plan was that you only saw him once - and it was supposed to be fleeting. However there was supposed to be more encounters although not close-ups.<<< Right. That would have been infinitely better than what we have now.
