Building A Thrill Ride - Expedition Everest Part 4
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- Building a Thrill Ride - Disney Animal Kingdoms construction of Expedition Everest.
This show will take you behind the scenes of one of Disneys biggest creations ever.
A coaster with a twist based on a small village in the Himalayas, Disney imagineers
construct just every single little piece of detail to making this an ultimate adventure.
The show will incude behind the scenes of;
construction of the structure/Everest
The track construction
lanscaping the ride area & Everest structure
Scenery for ride area,station and queue line
testing of the fantastic themed trains
the ride experience
special effects
the Yeti animatronic
how the ride works to thrill so many.
Thanks for watching ATJakee - Zábava
![Expedition Everest POV [Theme Park Tycoon 2]](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/3-ZDusUmkZE/mqdefault.jpg)
"There'd be no attraction without it...the Yeti."
Uh, about that.
"It's going to be moving"
For like 2 years
It was a great two years, I went during it. Great times
Two years? No, only a few months.
The ride opened in 2006. The yeti stopped moving in 2008
Yes but it only operated in A mode for much less time, I don't know exactly how long. But once they discovered the eminent structure failures, they dialed back the motion to B mode, which still moved but not nearly as much or as fast. Then in 2008 they determined they had to stop it entirely
3DprintedLife your a bit wrong with the modes it did start in A mode but with support issues it was changed to A- mode to make the ride NOT collapse on people and now it's on B mode with flashing lights and fans
I really wish they could make that thing work again. It looks so amazing.
You and me both.
Matt Piavis They will but it will be when the entire ride is up for refurbishment...a decade from now...
Alex Chipman DAMN!
***** Ugh I hope not. Why not make maelstrom in the norway area of Epcot frozen themed? Bottom line is if they want to do anything to the yeti, it is going to require some serious maintenance. They would have to deconstruct the ride to get the yeti out and fix its cracked foundation. Millions of dollar and probably a couple years of down time on the only real E ticket ride in animal kingdom. Once Pandora opens, they might close it down to fix it since people will be busy with pandora.
***** You're thinking of Malestrom at Epcot. They're planning on redoing that with Frozen themeing as soon as they can.
5:19 is my dad!!! i'm so proud of him!
Really? That's cool
cool!
Christopher Hill No way!! Are you sirious?! Lucky you!!
Tell him to fix it.
Peter Griffin YES!
i'm glad i got to see the yeti move before it broke... honestly the way it moved was terrifying. it really looked and sounded alive and the way the fake fur blew all over the place was just... omg... i hope they get it working again some day :)
Please please fix the Yeti back to what it was Disney
BigFatPanda sadly in order to fix it, they would have to destroy the entire building to fix it, and that costs about a million dollars or so to do, so I highly doubt they'll be fixing it anytime soon.
SSlovebird not entire but a big chunk of it
At this point that yeti's just been just sitting there unused for 10 years. It probably wouldn't work anymore even if they did fix the foundation...
BigFatPanda yeti’s are so unrealistic they are just doomed to fail in real life.
Breaking: Universal Orlando announced a yeti themed house at Halloween Horror Nights which features a fully working yeti
They put so much work into this yeti. Hes so incredible i always come back to watch this video because of how much it entices me. Its really too bad he cant perform to his true potential anymore. I hope one day theyll be able to find out how to put him back into A mode.
I mean the thing is there is nothing wrong with the yeti itself its his base. They made a mistake in the software for the ride calculations so a part of the cement base didn't cure properly so now its compromised and unsafe to operate in A Mode. They can fix it however it'll take a lot of money and about a year maybe more of downtime for one of the few rides in Animal Kingdom since they would have to take apart the mountain and the show building itself. A lot of people want the yeti back in action but from a business standpoint I can understand why Disney wont put the money into it since its only about 3-4 seconds of the ride. BUT I WANT TO SEE IT IN A MODE SOOOOOOO BAD!!!
“There’s nothing this big that moves this much anywhere in the world”
And six months later, they knew why
14 years later there still isnt
@@alexdionisos16 now 🙃
RIP this fuckin' legendary animatronic.
@5:49 This Yeti is the single, biggest [most expensive, miscalculated engineering problem] Disney has ever built!" -Happy Sr. Imagineer in video (corrected by me)
As I found out recently, that guy would go on to be one of the lead Imagineers of the Pandora land at Animal Kingdom. He still has that giant ear-ring too.
It wasn't an engineering problem. It was a construction mistake when the concrete foundation was laid.
The yeti isn’t broken. Since it’s so strong and powerful, it now can easily make the mountain crumble.
The Yeti issue lies in the foundation of the ride itself. There is no quick fix for the Yeti. We were one of the first people to ride it and it was spectacular! We rode it in the first 2 weeks of opening and even got to give Disney our input. So long frightful Yeti :(
I was lucky enough to see the yeti in action when I went to Disney World back in 2007. It was absolutely incredible. With the way it swung at you, you really did feel like it was going to grab you. It was terrifying and so cool!! really do hope they can fix it someday, especially since they worked so hard on it.
How did you see it in 2007 when the yeti stopped working in 06?
This makes me sad that I never got to ride this while the Yeti was in A mode. This looks so impressive and on the ride itself, I thought the Yeti looked good but not massively scary. This would have freaked me out BIG TIME. X]
Disco Yeti before he became Disco Yeti :)
I hope they fix Mr. Yeti soon! To be able to see him in all his glory again would be amazing! 😍
We can only hope that once Avatar Land is done, it will become a such big hit and draw so many people that they'll be able to close Expedition Everest for a while and fix it.
Im so thankful that i got to see it working 3 months before they killed it. It is SO real looking. And SUPER thrilling I felt like a little kid.
It's so advanced it broke after the first few months.....and can only be repaired when an entire overhaul can be done on that part of the ride.
I found this video again after so many years! I remember watching this very show on TV when I was around 11 or so, and that was one of the defining moments that made me fall in love with animatronics and theme parks. I went to disney in 09 and faced the yeti face to face finally, but even by then he was already in his disco mode. I sometimes wonder what it would have been like to see this beast in all it's glory swinging down at you as you zoom past, I bet it was amazing to experience.
I wish they would just fix the structure of the ride. I also would like to see how much longer that could run before it just crushed the building
Most Yeti movies are horrible. But I can't get enough of this Yeti.
It was made too large and too powerful. If it moves the mountain will crumble.
So it's not really the Yeti that's broken. Quite the opposite in fact.
That is not true at all. Okay here we go, long story short they had used the Yeti for a little bit of time but it’s foundation started to crack and things like that so now they have it in B mode or “disco yeti” and in order to fix it they would have to tear down part of the ride (or otherwise close down the ride for a large period of time) to fix the yeti. Not to mention it would cost A LOT of money. Although I am pretty sure they are going to fix it soon. (Not sure tho) okay bai ❤️
@@bunbunzyyt9308 Yes. It being that big, moving that fast, was too much for the structural integrity of the mountain and caused damage by being run. If they were to run the yeti it would cause more damage. So to say the yeti was made too large and too powerful would be correct.
NeelTheSphynx Thank you for educating me. Thank you for your time.
@@NeelTheSphynxit wasn’t made too large or too powerful. If the foundation’s concrete had settled it would be fine, but there was an issue that meant they started the operation of the Yeti before the foundation was all set
I had totally forgotten that I used to ride EE with my eyes shut for a reason. LOL. All the time, efforts and talent of the developers have been sitting idle for how long now? If Disney can allocate hundreds of thousands to expanding stores and moving walkways around I think they certainly could put to work a small crew designed to fixing the base issues of the yeti. Scare me again!
utube101x They were planning to, but lone ranger wrecked them.
Not sure if you realized, but that yeti is huge, weighs a whole bunch and costs a lot of money. To fix it they would have to take down part of the mountain, remove the yeti, ship it to California, fix it, ship it back to Florida put it in the mountain and then fix the mountain. Seems simple, but its going to take a REALLY long time, and cost more money that the whole ride itself.
the thing is they don't need to ship the yeti because the YETI isn't broken, the foundation is... so yeah that is actually worse
@@emaimina I doubt it would cost 100 million dollars to fix it. It’ll be expensive, but not THAT expensive.
@@triple7marc disney already makes a fuck ton of money anyway too
Imagine that thing looking at you when you're walk into work
5:40
You know what we want
The disco Yeti looked awesome yesterday. But now that Avatar is open and Star Wars opens August they'll prob fix Everest now.
5:44 ok but that shit is insane like that animatronic really fucking moved like that!!! really impressive
I saw this under construction in 2005 when I was 2....... I had no idea what they wer doing at the time but it looked cool!!
How?
@@kingofthekoopas8857 I was at AK in 2005 when they were building the mountain.
"Wahoooooo!" It's yukon cornelius's pick ax!
Im glad I got to see the yeti work
A major problem is the ride is built like a lego structure, to take apart the middle part they need to take apart a vast majority of the ride. They would have to dismantle the ride to fix the yeit.
And now the yeti no longer works
not necessarily, that's just the easiest way of doing it. Given the location of the yeti itself it could be possible that they could go in through the side and create a lot of temporary supports, which is feasible. But it's as others say they won't because one of the biggest problems that they have is they don't have enough "popular" rides to keep people coming to the park. Sad thing a lot of AK's attendance is for Expedition everest. The need new rides before they can fix it.
And here we are 8 years later. Yours was my hope too. We do now have a couple pretty good rides that certainly draw in a large percentage of the crowd away from Everest and into Avatar Pandora world. Not to mention the entire year that the parks were closed in 2020, which would should have given them a lot of time to fix the yeti. Yet, the yeti remains lifeless to this day. I can't even possibly imagine a better scenario to fix the yeti than when the whole park is shut down. Because of that, I am most certain that the yeti will never be fixed and actually move. Especially now since Cheap Ass Chapek took over. Joe Rhode promissed to fix the yeti, but even he can't manage to get the project up off the ground. At this point I would be shocked if they actually did shut the ride down to fix it.
I feel really bad for whoever had to open the box and possibly look a robot yeti dead in the eyes.
I rode this in 2008 before the yeti broke, this makes me sad AF :(
SERCNM Lightning it's no broken they just turned it off
@@ItzAdrian02 Yeah, it was so powerful that it started to make the foundation of the ride crack, and it could cause the ride to collapse.
*Says the yeti may be real* BUILDING AN IMAGINARY ANIMAL
They could AT LEAST move the arm like at 6:54
Nah. Too expensive.
TheInflicted For what they charge for tickets? They can fucking afford it.
BDNeon well it used to move like that, until a part of the machinery broke (as you may or may not have known.) To fix it they would have to take part (or even the whole) mountain down, ship it to California, take it apart, fix it, ship it back to Florida, put it back in the mountain and fix it again. Which could take anywhere from a year to two years looking at how long it took them to build the ride in the first place. It would cost WAY more than the original mountain did and they'd waste more money fixing it and people wanting to wait till its open, than having the arm not move with some flashing lights. (Which lasts about 5 seconds) and you barely even see it because you're moving so fast. And plus, you gotta remember how much money they spend on electricity, running everything, park maintenance, paying cast members etc. So +TheInflicted definitely has a point.
emaimina WRONG. Nothing ever broke, it was causing to much stress on the thing that moved the yeti. SO they shut it down before it would have a catastrophic breakdown.
+Nothing wrong. The FOUNDATION that holds the yeti was cracked from stress. The concrete didn't cure properly before they built the mountain around it. Check sources on Google
Alas he will likely remain disco yeti for many years to come and despite repeated requests to fix disco yeti he will remain just a really expensive mannequin.
5:45
If only they had thought to make the foundations stronger before they built them. The yeti would still be active to this day. So sad.
5:52 Are you sure about that 😏
Almost 2023 fix the Yeti!
it feels when i,m looking at the yeti without the yeti,s fur it sort of looks like a i,d be looking at a nascar without it,s fur
Disco yeti pre disco mode
someone needs to start a fundraiser for the yeti. i feel like if disney did that, it might get the funds needed. i get that there are other difficulties, but considering that it is the most expensive rollercoaster ever, funding it would be extremely useful (at least i think lol)
Yeah there is a fund raiser for the yeti, it's called all the money Disney earns from entrance tickets and drinks and such. Lol
“There would be no attraction without it....” yeah right
"Time to
Pick up and move the yeti" soooo i take it that the yeti itself CAN be moved...the mechanics that he is attatched to from the back is attached a foundation linked around the mountain....which is the real task to fix it...not moving the yeti itself..all that screams is "we don't want to pay to fix it..even tho its possible"
It doesn't even move anymore on the ride.
I saw the Yeti during Previews and it was amazing. It's so sad that it declined to "Disco Yeti" and now it's in a dark corner. Rode EE a month ago and didn't see the Yeti at all. The castmember told me where to look in the room so I could see it the next time I rode. You can make out the figure if you know where to look but it's just sad.
It's strange how hete the yeti looks huge but on the ride it doesnt look that big.
2021 anyone?
Except now he's Disco Yeti :c
4 tons imagine that thing falling off the platform it would bring the whole ride down
Who’s here because there’s a rumor they’re finally fixing the yeti?
Omg fix this yeti!
I don't mind disco Yeti. They better not close the ride when I'm there dec 2019.
Will they just fix it already?!
But Disney has all that money so why not fix him
there is nothing wrong with the yeti itself its his base. They made a mistake in the software for the ride calculations so a part of the cement base didn't cure properly so now its compromised and unsafe to operate in A Mode. They can fix it however it'll take a lot of money and about a year maybe more of downtime for one of the few rides in Animal Kingdom since they would have to take apart the mountain and the show building itself. A lot of people want the yeti back in action but from a business standpoint I can understand why Disney wont put the money into it since its only about 3-4 seconds of the ride.
Without the decoration it looks so small
Poor Yeti is gone.
They really were a bunch of idiots to build it before assessing the structural integrity of the building it would be attached to.
really? the biggest? what about king kong? that animatronic was pretty big
LordTakeshi he said “this big that moves this fast”
Kong was big but moved very very slowly for control purposes
The most advanced audio animatronic that doesn't work! Ha! Look at all that money you spent Disney. What's wrong with it anyways?
And it was a failure
Are we just gonna ignore how fucking terrifying this guy is?
Please fix the yeti god dammit
What a waste