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--After the incredible opening of "Pandora: World of Avatar" section,
another Disney's Animal Kingdom attraction looks poised to draw extra attention...
The much-discussed "Yeti" at Expedition Everest has been a "mechanical problem" since the soft-opening and AP/DVC previews in late January '06.
So much so that Disney Imagineering has decided to "pull the plug" on this "abomination of an Abominable Snowman" and remove "him" from the ride (at least for the foreseeable future).
"Tech" Headman, the maintenance crew supervisor of EE said he's sorry to see the Yeti go, but it will make for smoother operation of a ride that has already seen a precipitous drop in ridership since it first went "on-line" for previews.
"We're not trying to go backwards here", said Headman, "but the Yeti created a destructive atmosphere."
Many riders who first were lifted by the idea of the Yeti, change their position after a pause for reflection.
We have been both ways on this thing.
The Yeti, as he was constructed, is only a shadow of what we thought he could be, it just when downhill from there in a big way.
We thought the Yeti might just mean the end to the whole EE attaction if we continued in that way.
We want guests to enjoy the best attraction experience.
After the dropping of the Yeti, we hope more people will scat back to the queues again.-
--After the incredible opening of "Pandora: World of Avatar" section,
another Disney's Animal Kingdom attraction looks poised to draw extra attention...
The much-discussed "Yeti" at Expedition Everest has been a "mechanical problem" since the soft-opening and AP/DVC previews in late January '06.
So much so that Disney Imagineering has decided to "pull the plug" on this "abomination of an Abominable Snowman" and remove "him" from the ride (at least for the foreseeable future).
"Tech" Headman, the maintenance crew supervisor of EE said he's sorry to see the Yeti go, but it will make for smoother operation of a ride that has already seen a precipitous drop in ridership since it first went "on-line" for previews.
"We're not trying to go backwards here", said Headman, "but the Yeti created a destructive atmosphere."
Many riders who first were lifted by the idea of the Yeti, change their position after a pause for reflection.
We have been both ways on this thing.
The Yeti, as he was constructed, is only a shadow of what we thought he could be, it just when downhill from there in a big way.
We thought the Yeti might just mean the end to the whole EE attaction if we continued in that way.
We want guests to enjoy the best attraction experience.
After the dropping of the Yeti, we hope more people will scat back to the queues again.-
