I dined with an Imagineer on Monday and the yeti debate popped up and she stated rather confidently that "yes, were working on that" and gave a chuckle. yeti in full motion coming 2012, hopefully...
I think that this is permanent. There's just no way to get that thing operational - if the reports are correct - because it has a bad structural design.
I don't see anyway you can feasibly fix a bad structure unless you peel the mountain and track back and basically spend two years redoing the foundation - which will NEVER happen.
This is fastly becoming the biggest mechanical failure in the history of WDI...and that's with doozies like test track and rocket rods on the books.
Thanks Joe Rhode!!!
It took you 3 trips to Nepal with like 20+ people to do what you should've done IN ONE TRIP, costing too much money to do a good job designing the ride... Wasn't that your job?
to be fair, i suspect he's more look and feel rather than structural engineer isnt he? so its other people letting him down.
yeah...but he sure seems to be a goofball that is moody and is fighting the wrong battles in light of the operation at disney these days.
He should be all for the systems and engineering techniques that will yield popular attractions at this juncture...not fighting to maintain extensive details that do not show on a balance sheet.
Im not saying sell your soul...but the only way to keep money flowing into WDI is to produce hit attractions and shows...and if that means research and design needs to take a little of a back seat for awhile until the track record is improved and they get a little more discretionary cash to work with - so be it.
The best examples i can think of are the tower and splash mountain...
Would management greenlight a splash mountain type project or tower of terror right now if they were new and innovative? no
Could WDI pull it off if they did have the time and money to do it? no
so therein lies the problem. The future lies in the past: they have to get back to building expensive things that nobody else would bother too...that's the bottomline.
You mean like it originally was? If that's the case it's a major change in I'm sure many others will be posting the same information. We can only hope.Did I miss a posting??? I was at EE today and the Yeti is up and running!!! Missed him.
KYMickey said:You mean like it originally was? If that's the case it's a major change in I'm sure many others will be posting the same information. We can only hope.
You mean like it originally was? If that's the case it's a major change in I'm sure many others will be posting the same information. We can only hope.
Well to be honest I was up in front on most rides so take that into the mix but last times I was there it was dark and he was either gone or covered... yesterday he looked lit up and I thought his arm moved too like the old days... hope someone else has better eyes.
granmanh603 said:Well to be honest I was up in front on most rides so take that into the mix but last times I was there it was dark and he was either gone or covered... yesterday he looked lit up and I thought his arm moved too like the old days... hope someone else has better eyes.