Expedition Everest – Legend of the Forbidden Mountain

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Expedition Everest – Legend of the Forbidden Mountain is a high-speed, story-driven roller coaster at Walt Disney World themed around a perilous Himalayan trek and encounter with the mythical Yeti.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf Disney theme park attraction
high-speed roller coaster
indoor-outdoor roller coaster
steel roller coaster
story-driven roller coaster
award Thea Award for Outstanding Achievement (Attraction) from TEA
constructionCost approximately 100 million US dollars
country United States
designer Joe Rohde
Walt Disney Imagineering
dropHeight approximately 80 feet
features animatronic Yeti figure
detailed queue themed as Himalayan expedition museum
forward and backward sections
indoor and outdoor track segments
switch track
visual illusion of torn-up track
height approximately 199 feet
introducedIn 2006
inversions 0
liftType chain lift hill
locatedIn Bay Lake, Florida
Disney's Animal Kingdom
Florida
Walt Disney World Resort
locatedInArea Asia land at Disney's Animal Kingdom
locatedInPark Disney's Animal Kingdom theme park
manufacturer Vekoma
maxSpeed approximately 50 mph
notableFor backward high-speed section in darkness
extensive rockwork and mountain facade
large-scale Yeti audio-animatronic
openingDate 2006-04-07
operatedBy Walt Disney Parks and Resorts
owner The Walt Disney Company
parkSectionTheme fictional village of Serka Zong in the Himalayas
recordHeld tallest artificial mountain at Walt Disney World at time of opening
restraintType lap bar restraints
safetyRestriction minimum height requirement of 44 inches (112 cm)
softOpeningDate 2006-01-26
status operating
storyElement encounter with the Yeti guardian of the mountain
expedition company "Himalayan Escapes"
forbidden mountain sacred to the Yeti
theme Forbidden Mountain
Himalayan expedition
Yeti mythology
trackLength approximately 3,884 feet
trainType mine train-style coaster trains
virtualQueue has used Disney Genie+ and Lightning Lane access

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Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Disney's Animal Kingdom
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