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Associated Press
"Walt Disney World offcials marked the fifth aniverary of Animal Kingdom recently by announcing plans to build a new coaster-like ride for the park, which has lagged behind its sister parks in attendance.
The Expedition Everest ride will open in 2006 at the Lake Buena Vista, Fla. attraction.
Disney officials also announced that the NASA -inspired Mission: Space ride would open Aug. 15 and that the much-delayed opening of the first phase of the Pop Century resort would be Dec.14.
Animal Kingdom opened in 1998 to much hoopla. At 500 acres, it is Disney's largest park and boasts a large menagerie of exotic animals. Despite beating rival parks at Universal Orlando and SeaWorld, Animal Kingdom was never able to match the attendance of the other Disney parks in Florida: Magic Kingdom, Epcot and Disney-MGM Studios.
The story line of the 200 foot Expedtion Everest has riders boarding a fake mountain railway destined for the foot of Mount Everest. The train rolls through thick bamboo forests and waterfall until the track ends in a mass of twisted metal. The train then shoots through mountain caverns and canyons until the riders meet an abominal snowman.
Mission: Space will allow visitors to board a four-person simulator where they will be flat on their backs for liftoff. Using hydraulic lifts, the ride will create the feeling of intense G-forces as a spacecraft escapes Earth's atmosphere.
Disney postponed the opening of the 5,760 room Pop Century Resort in the wake of the tourism slowdown caused by the Sept. 11, attacks."
Sounds like some rides to be reckoned with, to me!!!
"Walt Disney World offcials marked the fifth aniverary of Animal Kingdom recently by announcing plans to build a new coaster-like ride for the park, which has lagged behind its sister parks in attendance.
The Expedition Everest ride will open in 2006 at the Lake Buena Vista, Fla. attraction.
Disney officials also announced that the NASA -inspired Mission: Space ride would open Aug. 15 and that the much-delayed opening of the first phase of the Pop Century resort would be Dec.14.
Animal Kingdom opened in 1998 to much hoopla. At 500 acres, it is Disney's largest park and boasts a large menagerie of exotic animals. Despite beating rival parks at Universal Orlando and SeaWorld, Animal Kingdom was never able to match the attendance of the other Disney parks in Florida: Magic Kingdom, Epcot and Disney-MGM Studios.
The story line of the 200 foot Expedtion Everest has riders boarding a fake mountain railway destined for the foot of Mount Everest. The train rolls through thick bamboo forests and waterfall until the track ends in a mass of twisted metal. The train then shoots through mountain caverns and canyons until the riders meet an abominal snowman.
Mission: Space will allow visitors to board a four-person simulator where they will be flat on their backs for liftoff. Using hydraulic lifts, the ride will create the feeling of intense G-forces as a spacecraft escapes Earth's atmosphere.
Disney postponed the opening of the 5,760 room Pop Century Resort in the wake of the tourism slowdown caused by the Sept. 11, attacks."
Sounds like some rides to be reckoned with, to me!!!
