Mt. Everest

[youngdizluva18]

Has anyone heard any info about the new roller coaster, Mt. Everest, in AK? My family and I just recently took an Easter trip to WDW and saw the frame of the ride. It is huge! I'm a big fan of coasters and I'm eager to learn more about this upcoming attraction.

 

[RyMickey]

There aren't really that many specifics on it yet. Rumor has it that it's gonna be kinda tame (probably a cross between Big Thunder and Space Mountain) - no loops or anything. I think the theme of the ride is that you're searching for the Yeti (the folklorish monster) and there will be a point in the ride where you see an audio-animatronic monster.

I can't wait for it to open. Rumor is that construction is moving a lot quicker than expected. While it wasn't supposed to open until Spring/Summer '06, it now looks like it might be ready for a Winter '06 opening. Of course, that's just a rumor....

 

[Buzz2001]

I heard that it will go in reverse

 

[Bob P]

Part of the upcoming press event has a listing of "preview of Expedition Everest." That will be on Friday morning, May 6 at the AK for journalists on the press trip.

I will post if there is anything interesting.

Bob

 

[buckylarue]

Here's from the press release when the ride was announced:

Legend holds that high in the Himalayan Mountains lives an enormous creature that fiercely guards the route to Mount Everest.

Now that legend will come dramatically to life at Disney’s Animal Kingdom in a new high-speed train adventure that combines coaster-like thrills with the excitement of a close encounter of the hairy kind.

Walt Disney World guests will discover for themselves the fearsome legend of the yeti when Expedition EVEREST opens in 2006 at Disney’s Animal Kingdom theme park. The new thrill attraction was announced in April, 2003 during the park’s 5th anniversary festivities at Walt Disney World Resort in Florida.

“Expedition EVEREST adds a new dimension to our storytelling in Disney’s Animal Kingdom,” said Joe Rohde, executive designer at Walt Disney Imagineering and lead designer of the park. “It’s a thrilling adventure themed to the folklore of the mysterious yeti.”

In Expedition EVEREST, guests board an old mountain railway destined for the foot of Mount Everest. The train rolls through thick bamboo forests, past thundering waterfalls, along shimmering glacier fields and climbs higher and higher through the snow-capped peaks.

But suddenly the track ends in a gnarled mass of twisted metal and the thrills intensify as the train races both forward and backward through mountain caverns and icy canyons and guests head for an inevitable face-to-muzzle showdown with the mysterious yeti -- known to some as the abominable snowman.

Expedition EVEREST will be located in the Asia section of the theme park. At nearly 200 feet high, it will be the tallest mountain in Florida. Expedition EVEREST will feature Disney’s FASTPASS, an innovative system -- offered at no charge to park guests -- designed to reduce wait times at popular attractions in all four Walt Disney World theme parks.

Disney’s Animal Kingdom is a 500-acre theme park where the exciting worlds of wild and whimsical creatures come to life on an authentic African safari, in an Asian rain forest, on a trip back in time to the age of the dinosaurs and in other attractions and shows brimming with stories about animals and encounters with favorite Disney characters.

 

[danny1649]

Look forward to it opening in future.Plus I think will be great addition to AK.