Walt Disney World Animal Kingdom Expedition Everest Complete Ride Through

Walt Disney World Animal Kingdom Expedition Everest Complete Ride Through

Expedition Everest The tallest of the disney mountains rises 199.5 feet off the ground in the Asia section of Walt Disney World's Animal Kingdom theme park just 1/2 foot short of the FAA requirement for flashing beacons to warn aircraft.  Due to the flat nature of Florida, at the top of the 2nd chain lift you can really see quite far beyond the Disney property on this roller coaster.

     Unique is the fact that the track is not a continuous loop like a typical roller coaster there are 2 rail switchers that allow the train to start out traveling forward then travel backwards and end up going forward again. In typical coaster scales this doesn't sound very impressive 4,424 feet track length top speed 50 mph 80 foot maximum drop. But what makes this coaster is the mountain! travelling backwards down a pitch black drop is awesome!

     I've ridden this thing several times and with the strobe lights on the yeti I've never yet really been able to see him as the strobe is more off then on.  The Yeti is a huge animatronic beast that sits near the end of the ride.  Apparently it has a bad foundation so they are unable to really allow his animatronic abilities show and so they put a strobe light on him.

     The following video is a ride I took in October 2009