The yeti is back!

[NYDisneyKid]

Just rode expedition Everest and the animatronic yet is back on. We saw it right at the end

Care to make it interesting??

 

[NYDisneyKid]

Is there a planned refurb?

Yeah its called level it and start it from scratch again

 

[Mome Rath]

I'm a lucky one that has seen 3 incarnations; actual moving Yeti (just right after Everest opened for business), Disco Yeti, and absolutely dark Yeti...

Is anyone else entirely creeped out that the Yetis is just... there, motionless, with her arm stuck out over the track, waiting to just... fall on you? lol Or maybe that is just me.

 

[chartle]

I'm a lucky one that has seen 3 incarnations; actual moving Yeti (just right after Everest opened for business), Disco Yeti, and absolutely dark Yeti...

Is anyone else entirely creeped out that the Yetis is just... there, motionless, with her arm stuck out over the track, waiting to just... fall on you? lol Or maybe that is just me.

I know its not moving but they do make it look good for not moving. The strobe, wind and new posture fakes it pretty good for those not in the know.

 

[BuzzLiteyear]

BuzzLiteyear KILLED the Yeti!

To be honest he looked a lot like Zurg

 

[mom2rtk]

Is there a planned refurb?

Probably right after Avatarland opens.

 

[PlutoTheDog89]

Maybe I misunderstood what the yeti is? The one I saw was at the end of the ride.. There were strobe lights and the yeti reached out (or appeared to?) i had never seen it before so I assumed that was the yeti?

 

[mesaboy2]

Maybe I misunderstood what the yeti is? The one I saw was at the end of the ride.. There were strobe lights and the yeti reached out (or appeared to?) i had never seen it before so I assumed that was the yeti?

Appeared to. As you may have guessed reading your thread, this happens a lot.

 

[Robo]

Maybe I misunderstood what the yeti is? The one I saw was at the end of the ride.. There were strobe lights and the yeti reached out (or appeared to?) i had never seen it before so I assumed that was the yeti?

Yup, That's the Yeti.

But, the yeti never left.
It has been just standing there, not moving, for years.

So...
when you title a thread, "The yeti is back!" everyone assumes you mean that the yeti has been fixed and is moving again.

 

[larryz]

So, suggest that OP goes back to original post and re-titles it:
"The Yeti is Still Back!"

 

[Robo]

So, suggest that OP goes back to original post and re-titles it:
"The Yeti is Still Back!"

I'm thinking,

"The Yeti never left... Yeti's back."

 

[wareagle57]

The first several times I rode EE I never even saw the Yeti. I had to ask where it was and when to look for it. The next time I rode it, it was so obvious and it scared the crap out of me. If I didn't know it wasn't working, I probably would have thought it moved too.

 

[larryz]

"The Yeti never left... Yeti's back."

Well played!

 

[MakiraMarlena]

It's there and they now have it lit so that you can see it. I have seen it moving and if it does move, it isn't on the scale that it used to move. I'm pretty sure it isn't moving now though.

 

[andreajanowiak]

When you see this thread again....

 

[ellie05]

This threads are so entertaining. I think it the thread title should be change to The yeti.... Still there. I was very exited when I saw the thread and then super disappointed when I thought that there is no possible way they have fix it since our last trip a month ago

 

[ttintagel]

And yet, the planning DVD's STILL promote the ride with video of a fully-functional Yeti.

 

[jcjen519]

We rode it right after it first opened and there was no question the yeti was moving or where he was. He swiped at the train. It's a much better ride when he is moving. Since then though I've seen him in various stages of lighting or the like but never seen the original ride back in full. I don't think it's going to happen.

 

[dimndgal1]

The ironic thing about this thread is that when we were on a bus from AKL to CSR last week we overheard people discussing this very thing. Two in the group swore they had just brought the yeti back after a repair and that it was moving. The best part was another random person on the bus asking if a bus driver told them that and our bus driver saying "even I wouldn't go that far!"

 

[DVCcurious]

The truth is that the Yeti is sitting on a concrete slab that is broken due to the stress on the concrete from the violent movements from the Yeti.

If the Yeti continued to move the slab would continue to crack and possibly lead to the Yeti falling over onto the track.

The Yeti animatronic is in perfect working order (well, maybe not anymore if they haven't oiled it for 7 years); it's the concrete slab beneath the Yeti that's the problem.

In order for the Yeti to be operational this concrete slab must be replaced. In order to replace the slab they need to take the track apart.

Will the Yeti get fixed? Absolutely. When? When AK is "strong" enough without Expedition Everest. Right now EE is the #1 or #2 attraction at AK. If you close down EE it will have a negative impact on attendance (it will increase attendance and wait times) at the three other parks as people skip AK.

So once Pandora is open for business we will probably see the Yeti get fixed. But it's like a 9 month ordeal so Disney will wait until EE needs a major refurb for several items before they decide to undertake this.

EE is not only missing the Yeti it's also missing the mist, the steam from the train at the loading area, and the bird on a stick. Just go to youtube and search for "expedition everest all effects working" to see it in its glory.

Now for the Disco Yeti's theme song:

Hello hello baby sorry I can't move a thing
I haven't been serviced in a while you see, see
But but it's ok there's a flashing light on me
Sorry if you wanted more it's only Disney
It's only Disney, it's only Disney
What more than a strobe would you expect at Disney?

Disco Yeti is my name this mountain's where I stay
I used to be ferocious now I'm just a display
They said they had some plans for me they'd put me on TV
Then hung me on the wall like Mickey's hunting trophy

Stopped moving not proving Disney's expertise anymore
Imagineers build what engineers ignore
Bob Iger's got tigers, rhinos and giraffes by the score
So what's he need a working mythical beast for?

eh eh eh eh eh eh eh eh I'm disco yeti
eh eh eh come fix me
eh eh eh eh eh eh I'm so sick of KC

So ride if you want but there's no more motion
You're just going to find a mannequin
Been fried since they ended my promotion
Left me behind a mannequin
More meets and greets and some brand new suites
So that no one will mind the mannequin
'Cause I'm stuck up above and getting no love
An expensive kind of mannequin

Disney when you built this park you used to be the master
Themed it like a master, fixed things so much faster
But Stitch and Zazu took over and it turned to disaster
On the scale of stellar Wizarding World just passed yeah

Pleasure Island died when they took down the fences
Imagination's now a ride about the senses
But soon you won't be bothered by my disco dancing
They'll block my moves by building a pin trading station
Pin trading station, pin trading station
Inside my ride they'll build a new pin trading station

Stopped moving not proving Disney's expertise anymore
Imagineers build what engineers ignore
Bob Iger's got tigers, rhinos and giraffes by the score
So what's he need a working mythical beast for?


Stopped moving not grooving Luxo won't come out anymore
Nor does that "Incoming!" DINOSAUR still soar
Brakes locking not knocking Test Track cones down onto the floor
'Cause half the time they're still flattened from before

eh eh eh eh eh eh eh eh I'm disco yeti
eh eh eh Jamboree
eh eh eh eh eh eh sees more action than me

So ride if you want but there's no more motion
You're just going to find a mannequin
Been fried since they ended my promotion
Left me behind a mannequin
More meets and greets and some brand new suites
So that no one will mind the mannequin
'Cause I'm stuck up above and I'm getting no love
An expensive kind of mannequin

Ma Mannequin, ma ma ma mannequin
Cause I'm froze in this pose so that nobody knows that I wasn't designed a mannequin

"I guess you could say that I'm happy I don't have to do it all over again!" - Walt Disney