Expedition Everest – Legend of the Forbidden Mountain
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Disney theme park attraction
high-speed roller coaster
indoor-outdoor roller coaster
steel roller coaster
story-driven roller coaster
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 |
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| instanceOf |
Disney theme park attraction
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high-speed roller coaster → indoor-outdoor roller coaster → steel roller coaster → story-driven roller coaster → |
| award |
Thea Award for Outstanding Achievement (Attraction) from TEA
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| constructionCost |
approximately 100 million US dollars
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| country |
United States
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| designer |
Joe Rohde
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Walt Disney Imagineering → |
| dropHeight |
approximately 80 feet
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| features |
animatronic Yeti figure
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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
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| introducedIn |
2006
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| inversions |
0
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| liftType |
chain lift hill
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| locatedIn |
Bay Lake, Florida
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Disney's Animal Kingdom → Florida → Walt Disney World Resort → |
| locatedInArea |
Asia land at Disney's Animal Kingdom
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| locatedInPark |
Disney's Animal Kingdom theme park
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| manufacturer |
Vekoma
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| maxSpeed |
approximately 50 mph
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| notableFor |
backward high-speed section in darkness
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extensive rockwork and mountain facade → large-scale Yeti audio-animatronic → |
| openingDate |
2006-04-07
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| operatedBy |
Walt Disney Parks and Resorts
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| owner |
The Walt Disney Company
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| parkSectionTheme |
fictional village of Serka Zong in the Himalayas
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| recordHeld |
tallest artificial mountain at Walt Disney World at time of opening
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| restraintType |
lap bar restraints
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| safetyRestriction |
minimum height requirement of 44 inches (112 cm)
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| softOpeningDate |
2006-01-26
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| status |
operating
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| storyElement |
encounter with the Yeti guardian of the mountain
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expedition company "Himalayan Escapes" → forbidden mountain sacred to the Yeti → |
| theme |
Forbidden Mountain
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Himalayan expedition → Yeti mythology → |
| trackLength |
approximately 3,884 feet
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| trainType |
mine train-style coaster trains
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| virtualQueue |
has used Disney Genie+ and Lightning Lane access
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Referenced by (1)
| Subject (surface form when different) | Predicate |
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Disney's Animal Kingdom
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