No more pertinent than calling Figment a "she" I suppose. But it would be inaccurate nonetheless.
The yeti does not have a name. Thus CMs felt the need to unofficially create one. Just as CMs gave the nickname "Harold" to the unnamed yeti inside Disneyland's Matterhorn. But in the case of DAK's yeti, the gender that they also unofficially assigned to it is not correct.
Postal68 said:
It does. However it still seems shortsighted not to allow for some way to access that machinery. Mechanical things break as the yeti has so clearly illustrated.
) It's just a machine and not even one that works.
IMO, the whole "have to take the mountain down to fix the Yeti" is far overstated,
and is just a misinterpretation based on sparse information.
Of course, they can access the "animatronic mechanical parts" as they sit now. Mechanisms with motors need lubrication and other maintenance on a regular basis.
They do replace those heavy propulsion motors on all of the ride mechanisms at WDW due to failure.
(I've been walked out of BTMRR due to a lift-hill complete motor failure (about half-way through, so it affected all ride vehicles.)
A few hours later, the ride was back up and running.)
Back to the Yeti... they could "undress" and disassemble the robot, piece-by-piece to remove it, if need be.
Then, they could do reinforcements and necessary modifications to the mounts and/or the yeti before reinstallation.
My contention is the true reason that they don't do such a major fix is due to the need to shut down the entire attraction for an extended period of time (as has been mentioned) to do this work, as the yeti is so close to the ride tracks.
I'm sure that Disney sees no real plus-side to doing that shut-down and lose the top "thrill attraction" at DAK for so long... when most guests don't miss the yeti to begin-with.
For MYSELF, I'd love to see the giant fuzzball put back in top shape.
Hoping that they do find a good time to do that refurb (as in, NOT while any of us DISer's are on WDW vacation!)
That makes a lot more sense than some of the comments I've seen over the years. I pictured some kind of hole where lube could be sprayed and nothing else after reading some of it.IMO, the whole "have to take the mountain down to fix the Yeti" is far overstated,
and is just a misinterpretation based on sparse information.
Of course, they can access the "animatronic mechanical parts" as they sit now. Mechanisms with motors need lubrication and other maintenance on a regular basis.
They do replace those heavy propulsion motors on all of the ride mechanisms at WDW due to failure.
(I've been walked out of BTMRR due to a lift-hill complete motor failure (about half-way through, so it affected all ride vehicles.)
A few hours later, the ride was back up and running.)
Back to the Yeti... they could "undress" and disassemble the robot, piece-by-piece to remove it, if need be.
Then, they could do reinforcements and necessary modifications to the mounts and/or the yeti before reinstallation.
My contention is the true reason that they don't do such a major fix is due to the need to shut down the entire attraction for an extended period of time (as has been mentioned) to do this work, as the yeti is so close to the ride tracks.
I'm sure that Disney sees no real plus-side to doing that shut-down and lose the top "thrill attraction" at DAK for so long... when most guests don't miss the yeti to begin-with.
For MYSELF, I'd love to see the giant fuzzball put back in top shape.
Hoping that they do find a good time to do that refurb (as in, NOT while any of us DISer's are on WDW vacation!)
Tell her to open her eyes next time.
It's an unnamed figure who they completely ignored the backstory for and arbitrarily assigned the wrong gender to. It may be "picky" but I have respect for the Imagineers and the elaborate backstory they created for Expedition Everest and the yeti. And in that backstory, he is described as a dominant male.
Does calling him Betty affect guests' enjoyment of the ride? Perhaps not. But as I said before, people come to the DIS to get accurate information. Why have them believe a falsehood when it's a simple matter to give them the facts?
That's right, they wouldn't just throw a tarp over it, they'd put a planter in front of it!
That's right, they wouldn't just throw a tarp over it, they'd put a planter in front of it!
What a shame. We had the good luck to ride it in January of 2008 when it was still working right and we almost peed ourselves it was SOOOO scary!!! The ride just isn't very good without it!
) was in her heyday, but to say the ride isn't very good now because she's immobile is a large stretch in my opinion. She appears for about two seconds either way, and that's generous.
