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Expedition Everest

Disney's Animal Kingdom

This is the largest and most expensive attraction ever built at a Walt Disney World theme park. Designed to be a miniature version of Mount Everest, the mountain this roller coaster ride is built on and within is nearly 200-feet tall and occupies a 6.2-acre site in the Asia section of Animal Kingdom. The story for the attraction is based on a legend that claims that high in the Himalayan Mountains lives an enormous creature that fiercely guards the route to Mount Everest. Now that legend comes dramatically to life in a new high-speed train adventure that combines coaster-like thrills with the excitement of a close encounter of the hairy kind. You can discover for yourself the fearsome legend of the yeti.

Expedition Everest is a freeform mine train roller coaster that reaches a top speed of 50 mph and plummets down an 80-foot drop from the summit. A unique switch track midcourse allows the 34-passenger trains to reverse directions so they may travel both forwards and backwards during the course of the ride.

Expedition Everest Details

Year	Track	Type	Designer
2006	Steel	Freeform Mine Train	Vekoma

Roller Coaster Stats

Height: 112 feet	Drop: 80 feet
Top Speed: 50 mph	Length: 4,400 feet
Trains: 6 - 34 passenger

More Facts About Expedition Everest

Expedition Everest has a mid-course switch-track that allows the train to travel in reverse.

Estimated cost: $100 million

Opening date: April 7, 2006

Height requirement: Must be at least 44 inches tall.

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