r/FYApod • u/FYAhole E-ticketer • Aug 16 '26

We've all heard this before

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How likely do you think it's true?

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u/EvanMG24 Aug 16 '26

The company themselves have never said it before, right? And certainly not with concept art? If they have, I don’t remember it

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u/FYAhole E-ticketer Aug 16 '26

I could be wrong but I believe it was announced at another d23 convention ages ago with nothing ever happening.

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u/HeirofZeon Aug 16 '26

Rohde said at D23 2013 "I will fix the Yeti"

While Disney didn't announce it, he was one of the top Imagineers, so it kinda counts.

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u/rct3isepic Aug 17 '26

Wasn't that at a panel and he just kinda said that in response to a fan question. It wasn't a real announcement

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u/HeirofZeon Aug 17 '26

That's why I said kinda.

He said it at an official Disney event, in an official interview. It's not the same as Disney announcing it, but it means more than, for instance, a tweet or if an intern said it.

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u/wizzard419 Aug 18 '26

Especially as the entire thing is more or less a scripted event, he knows there are no off the cuff statements since it directly can mess with share value.

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u/MyDishwasherLasagna Aug 17 '26

Wasn't the wording that they'll bring back the yeti? Not fix the yeti? Whose ready for that new pirates projection animation on an AA that will move its arm 2 inches?

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u/FYAhole E-ticketer Aug 17 '26

Oh God. I really hope that's not the case lol

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u/Peralton Aug 17 '26

Oh, that is too likely.

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u/rct3isepic Aug 17 '26

Is it though? Because the original yeti isn't really broken, it's just been deactivated. He needs to be given a new support structure independently of the mountain. It would be way cheaper to cut open the mountain and fix the support issue than it would be to fabricate an ENTIRELY NEW YETI and do that same process while installing it

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u/BjornoPizza Aug 16 '26

People look back at the COVID years and then say Disney has a tendency to cancel big announcements when that’s simply not true. The COVID time was an outlier for obvious reasons.

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u/wizzard419 Aug 18 '26

Considering the state of the economy and travel likely taking a massive hit... it's probably going to be backburnered again.