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It's not empty. It's full of dreams. Your accusation makes kittens and unicorn ponies cry.
...and if they won't, we'll turn the lights off and light them with a strobe.
No one will know the difference.
I believe you hit that nail with Everest being the big draw to AK for many.Quote:
Originally Posted by 20K
Remember when Typhoon Lagoon had to shut down for a extremely extended period of time because the damage was so, so severe to the Wave machine?
But it does make me wonder why Disney could not work on Yeti in the over night hours. It isn't like the coaster couldn't roll without Yeti until he recovered.
My DH is now working on a design flaw for the automotive industry on a project that was not his, but is now. Retrofitting bungled projects is never a simple task.
I just struggle to believe they would be so brainless as to create a highly-machined (and thus more likely to break) piece of show-action equipment and then install it in such a way that it (remember, more likely to break) cannot be repaired without a full refurbishment. Leads me to wonder if it is just another nonsense fan tale by the usual apologists.
Absolutely. USF and their two sub-contractors had to spend the better part of two years and some $55,000,000 getting Jaws to some semblance of normal operation by October 1993.Quote:
Originally Posted by HauntedGabe
It isn't the Yeti that's broken, but the support structure. The scuttlebutt is that the damage is of a nature that cannot just be repaired in place, but would necessitate a serious downtime for refurb.Quote:
Originally Posted by HauntedGabe
Raise your hand if you like freakishly large earrings and under-achieving audio animatronic cryptids.
http://land.allears.net/blogs/debwills/joerohde5.jpg
I wonder what the scuttlebutt source is. The support structure is off the track area. Disney could just put up a Yeti Tarp with a strobe light until work is completed. :lol:Quote:
Originally Posted by doconeill
My wish for all this would be to just have Disney Imagineering come out and say what is wrong and what they have planned to fix this thing. Enough beating around the bush and letting rumors run rampant, just tell us...
... and them admitting they blew it on this one... stop telling us how "advanced this AA is..." it was so advanced we couldnt put in a support system that could hold it up... is that correct...?Quote:
Originally Posted by WDW4Ever
oh and BTW...
http://site.coasterradio.com/images/sitemenu/jrohde.jpg
you only wish you were this cool...
It amazes me that they would spend countless Disney dollars on sending Joe across the seven seas to bring back artifacts for this park (and earring) and to do so much research in an effort to get each land of the park as authentic as possible. The Imagineers carefully planed out how the ride would be build into the roller coaster structure so that both the tracks and mountain would support each other. Then they go and forget that eventually something might need to be repaired. Eventually being a month later. When pieces are no longer removable without causing serious concern to the attraction...
thats the same way i feel... something tells me a sort of thought process should have been instituted here somewhere... sadly i fear thought was used elsewhere...Quote:
Originally Posted by supernova
I think they stressed being "PC" rather than engineering.
I will say though, regarding sending Joe to Nepal, the theming and accuracy is part of what makes Animal Kingdom my favorite park in Florida.
Yes. And they spent a ton of money on research to make the park as authentic as possible for a parkload of cretins who will most likely never see the real thing. So it pretty much doesn't matter what's there. Put any junk there, tell the guests it's authentic and truthfully, what difference does it make?Quote:
Originally Posted by WDW4Ever