Originally Posted By Donny I have noticed that they show the Yeti on many channels as an point of pride. My question is ,do you think they will ever fix the Yeti ?
Originally Posted By danyoung It's been broken for many years now - I wanna say since about 1 1/2 years after Everest opened.
Originally Posted By HokieSkipper <<Since when exactly is the Yeti broken?>> It's been off permanently since 2008.
Originally Posted By Goofyernmost No, it will never get fixed. The longer they go the less need they will have to fix it. Most new people going to it, don't even realize it's supposed to move. If they were going to fix it they would have done it years ago.
Originally Posted By FerretAfros I think that the Yeti has gone the way of the ice machine in DL's Indiana Jones, or the Hatbox Ghost in the Haunted Mansion. Both were around early in their attraction's history, but had technical issues and were eventually removed/retired. Unfortunately for the Yeti, it's the focal point of the entire backstory and attraction, leaving a much bigger and more visible hole So I guess the question I have that has never been answered is who is to blame? Did the structural designers under-design the foundation? Did the construction crew cut corners somewhere? Was the figure built with bad parts that transferred the load incorrectly? Did the programmers use too much of the available power? The early promos for the ride often talked about how powerful the figure was ("with the thrust of a 747!"), so they clearly had a good idea of what they were dealing with, so it seems that someone made a concious decision along the line that ended up killing the yeti.
Originally Posted By sjhym333 Having seen the moving Yeti I am disappointed that guests do not get to see the amazing movements that the AA figure had, not to mention how much it plused the show. I have ridden Everest several times recently and I always think that if they did a better job of lighting the stationary Yeti it would be a little better but the lighting effect is so poor that it is hard to see it for most guests. But to answer your question
