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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.

Roller Coaster Details

Track Type Year Designer/Manufacturer
Steel Freeform Mine Train 2006 Vekoma

Roller Coaster Stats


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

More Information 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.

Ride Location


Disney's Animal Kingdom, Lake Buena Vista, FL
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