So, back in 2006, when we went to Disney World (link to photos), we got the opportunity to ride Expedition Everest at Disney's Animal Kingdom during it's soft opening. Furthermore, we got the opportunity to sit RIGHT UP FRONT! Only THEN did we go have our character breakfast!
Well, here's a snip from Kevin Yee's post at Miceage.com about an apparent problem with the Expedition Everest 'big moment'.
Disney's Animal Kingdom Yeti stuck in permanent "B" mode.
The enormous Audio-Animatronic yeti at the end of Expedition Everest was deemed so important to the ride that a provision was made for when the robot broke; the creature would freeze in its spot, but strobe lights would create the illusion of movement, and the ride would not have to be shut down. Is the lunge a thing of the past?
Reportedly, the yeti has been in B-mode for weeks and months on end now, supposedly because the concrete fountain on which he is mounted has become irrevocably cracked. Designers or construction laborers somehow didn't account for the repetition of such incredible forces, and now the figure cannot be used as designed. No word yet on what the permanent solution may be.
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