Expedition Everest – Legend of the Forbidden Mountain
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Expedition Everest – Legend of the Forbidden Mountain
Animal Kingdom · US · Vekoma Custom forward/backward mountain coaster
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Fast facts
- A steel roller coaster manufactured by Vekoma and built as a custom-designed coaster. vekoma.com
- Opened at Disney's Animal Kingdom on April 7, 2006. d23.com
- The structure stands 34.1 metres, or 112 feet, tall. coasterpedia.net
- Its top speed is 80.5 kilometres per hour, or 50 miles per hour. coasterpedia.net
- The ride has no inversions. coasterpedia.net
- Published throughput is 2,050 riders per hour. parkz.com.au
- The reported construction cost was US$100 million. coasterpedia.net
The story of Expedition Everest – Legend of the Forbidden Mountain
Animal Kingdom introduced the ride in 2006 as a steel Vekoma coaster, designed especially for its mountain setting rather than taken from a standard catalogue model. vekoma.com· d23.com
The railway was conceived to change direction within the mountain. A steep climb gives way to a broken route, a backward passage, and a second forward run, making the structure itself part of the engineering. disneyworld.disney.go.com· coasterpedia.net
Its artificial mountain became the centrepiece of the park's Asia area, with the track passing through lifts, tunnels, helixes, and a switch section before returning visitors to the Florida afternoon. disneyworld.disney.go.com· coasterpedia.net
Sources
- vekoma.com Preferred source
- d23.com Acceptable source
- coasterpedia.net Preferred source
- parkz.com.au Acceptable source
- disneyworld.disney.go.com Acceptable source
- disneyworld.disney.go.com Acceptable source