Expedition Everest

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Expedition Everest

Disney's Animal Kingdom Location Lake Buena Vista, Florida, USA Coordinates 28.358698°N 81.587122°W / 28.358698; -81.587122 Status Operating since April 7, 2006 Cost $100,000,000 USD Rider height 44 inch minimum
Statistics
Manufacturer	Vekoma
Product	Custom Other
Type	Steel - Mine Train
Propulsion	Chain lift hill
Height	112 feet
Elevation change	200 feet
Drop	80 feet
Top speed	50 mph
Length	4424 feet
Inversions	0
Duration	2:50
G-Force	3
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Expedition Everest is a steel mine train roller coaster located at Disney's Animal Kingdom in Lake Buena Vista, Florida, USA. The ride takes place on a 200 foot tall artificial mountain and was built by Vekoma. The Guinness Book of World Records listed Expedition Everest as the world's most expensive roller coaster at $100 million.

History

Expedition Everest officially opened on April 7, 2006.

Design

Elements
Chain lift hill Chain lift hill Booster wheel lift hill Switch track Tunnel Helix Switch track Dark/Show section Tunnel Helix Tunnel

Expedition Everest begins with a lift hill that travels up the snowy mountain. After some drops and curves, the ride travels up the lift hill and stops there momentarily. At this time, the transfer track below switches, and the trains then falls backwards through a new section of track. Next, the ride is held up at another transfer track, where it falls forwards into the rest of the ride.

Trains

6 trains with 6 cars per train. In each car, riders are arranged 2 across in 3 rows, except for the front car which has 2, for a total of 34 riders per train.

Images

Queue line

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  The gadgets in the queue line

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  The offices in the queue line

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  Safety gear in the queue line

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  The Yeti Museum

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  The map of Everest

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  The dishes in the queue

Exterior

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  Side view of the mountain

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  The mountain sign

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  The main entrance

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  The test seat

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Layout

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  The broken track

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  The final helix

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  The yeti shadow

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External links

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  Expedition Everest on the Roller Coaster DataBase.

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