BradyBzLyn...Mo 2,023 Posted June 5, 2014 Report Share Posted June 5, 2014 When they remove the "broken track" piece from Expedition Everest, and it becomes truly scary!! http://youtu.be/DHK3NLOfMfU I'm assuming they're going to replace the missing piece, as it looks like they've already replaced all the raggedy, worn Tibetan prayer flags with new ones. Hopefully they'll fix the broken bird effect while they're at it. Of course I don't suppose there will be any changes to Disco Yeti... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Beckers 1,136 Posted June 5, 2014 Report Share Posted June 5, 2014 I've never been on EE but holy cow it looks like you are at the end of the track there! I wonder how much track there is? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DaveInTN 3,247 Posted June 5, 2014 Report Share Posted June 5, 2014 It looks weird without the broken track. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
BradyBzLyn...Mo 2,023 Posted June 5, 2014 Author Report Share Posted June 5, 2014 Not a heck of a lot - a few feet maybe. Normally there's a piece of "broken track" that sticks up from the end like this... You still stop in the same place, but with that gone, and from the front seat where that video was shot, it really does feel like you're darn close to going right over the edge! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
LONE-STAR 370 Posted June 5, 2014 Report Share Posted June 5, 2014 Cool Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mouseketab.....Carol 1,261 Posted June 5, 2014 Report Share Posted June 5, 2014 Whoah!!!! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
AuburnJen 771 Posted June 5, 2014 Report Share Posted June 5, 2014 Barf BradyBzLyn...Mo 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
devores 382 Posted June 6, 2014 Report Share Posted June 6, 2014 I rode EE 8 times today. The bird is back but the track is still missing. There is scaffolding set up along the back part where the broken track is supposed to be. Still no moving yeti. BradyBzLyn...Mo 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
pezheadval 32 Posted June 6, 2014 Report Share Posted June 6, 2014 That does look crazy without the broken track! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Helmsey......Todd 134 Posted June 6, 2014 Report Share Posted June 6, 2014 Whoa! That does look like you might just roll on off the end of the track there. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
BradyBzLyn...Mo 2,023 Posted June 6, 2014 Author Report Share Posted June 6, 2014 I rode EE 8 times today. The bird is back but the track is still missing. There is scaffolding set up along the back part where the broken track is supposed to be. Still no moving yeti. Lucky!! The most I've managed is 4 in a row with 3 in the front seat. DH bailed on me after that. Glad to hear the bird is back. I have a feeling Disco Yeti is here to stay. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
pezheadval 32 Posted June 7, 2014 Report Share Posted June 7, 2014 Ugh! Disco Yeti. :- Quote Link to post Share on other sites
BradyBzLyn...Mo 2,023 Posted April 12, 2016 Author Report Share Posted April 12, 2016 So now not only is "Disco Yeti" the stuff of legend, it's now been officially "recognized" by Disney Imagineers ...which makes it a real thing. Quote How Imagineering just trolled us all and the legend of the Disco Yeti by mike · April 12, 2016 The construction walls came down yesterday around half of the Rivers of Light seating area, and we made it out to take some pictures, but one picture in particular stood out. Dancing Yeti Rakshi, Distilled in Yeti Country This might look like just another sticker for the latest beer to hit Anandapur, but it’s a not-so-subtle hint to the legend of the Disco Yeti in Expedition Everest. If you’ve never heard of the Disco Yeti, let my try my best at reciting the legend. As with all legends, the details are a little bit fuzzy, but it goes something like this. The Yeti on Expedition Everest was a feat of engineering. Standing at almost 25 feet tall and weighing in at 20,000 pounds, the Yeti was a force to be reckoned with. Until one day, the Yeti was too much for the mountain, or at least the foundation that he was standing on, and it cracked. Enter B-Mode. The construction of the whole ride is a complex thing. You essentially have three structures. The Yeti and his foundation, the roller coaster, and the mountain. Construction was so complex that fixing this giant animatronic in the middle of a finished mountain, surrounded by a roller coaster, proved to be too difficult or too time consuming to be worth the downtime required to fix it. The solution to such a complex engineering project? Strobe lights. Seriously, strobe lights. The next time you ride Expedition Everest and think that you’ve seen the Yeti moving towards you, know that it is still sitting there, motionless, and that you’ve been duped by simple strobe lights. Believe me, once they fix the Yeti they will remove the strobe lights and want to shine a thousand lights on it to show it off. Once they fix it? Or if they fix it? Joe Rohde, Imagineering Genius (my title, not official), said this about the Yeti at the 2013 D23 Expo. You have to understand, it’s a giant complicated machine sitting on top of, like, a 46 foot tall tower in the middle of a finished building. So, it’s really hard to fix, but we are working on it. And we continue to work on it. We have tried several “things”, none of them quite get to the key, turning of the 40 foot tower inside of a finished building, but we are working on it….. I will fix the Yeti someday, I swear. I have to hope it will eventually be brought back to it’s former glory. All this brings us back to the sticker seen plastered on the newly unveiled buildings around Rivers of Light. The Dancing Yeti Rakshi is more than a sticker for a local distillery, it is the Imagineers way of trolling us all with the legend of the Disco Yeti. http://blogmickey.com/2016/04/imagineering-just-trolled-us-legend-disco-yeti/ Avatab.... Steve 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Avatab.... Steve 124 Posted April 12, 2016 Report Share Posted April 12, 2016 4 hours ago, BradyBzLyn...Mo said: So now not only is "Disco Yeti" the stuff of legend, it's now been officially "recognized" by Disney Imagineers ...which makes it a real thing. http://blogmickey.com/2016/04/imagineering-just-trolled-us-legend-disco-yeti/ That's great, I can't wait to try a bottle. My guess is that it will taste Ok, but not as good as it could if they would just fix the damn brewery..... BradyBzLyn...Mo 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
BradyBzLyn...Mo 2,023 Posted April 12, 2016 Author Report Share Posted April 12, 2016 11 minutes ago, Avatab.... Steve said: That's great, I can't wait to try a bottle. My guess is that it will taste Ok, but not as good as it could if they would just fix the damn brewery..... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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