Expedition Everest
Legend of the Forbidden Mountain

Expedition Everest is Disney’s newest addition to its Animal Kingdom theme park in Walt Disney World, FL. This massive mountain towers nearly 200 feet and excites riders with an 80-foot plunge and almost a mile of track for a thrilling adventure into the unknown. Disney has done an outstanding job with this attraction and it fits perfectly into the Asia section of Animal Kingdom.

The entirety of Expedition Everest was created with maticulate detail. To begin the journey through the mountains guests must first pass through the Serka Zong village which houses a travel office, a Buddhist courtyard, and a museum filled with thousands of artifacts, pieces of climbing equipment, and remnants of past expeditions gone bad. This museum portrays the myth of the Yeti, a mysterious abominable-snowman-like-creature who guards the mountain against outsiders. Almost all of the items featured here are straight from Tibet. Disney Imagineers put a lot of time into gathering these items. They spent months is Asia preparing and researching to make the experience as authentic as possible.

Now for the ride itself: Expedition Everest takes guests on an adventure through the mountains on the way to Mount Everest. Everyone will board a refurbished tea train that the Himalayan Escapes tour company has acquired for the transportation of their travelers. As the train leaves the station it passes through the forest at the foot of the sacred mountain before it finally begins its ascent into the mist of the icy peaks. But no sooner than the train starts its journey, it comes to a screeching halt as the train tracks have been ripped from the ground. The train then suddenly starts to move backward and guests are thrust into the darkness of the mountain. When the train stops again it is in a cave and travelers then see the reason why the tracks are mangled. The Yeti is responsible. The train then races away on an attempt to try and evade the Yeti, and hopefully return safely to civilization.

Disney has done a wonderful job designing this magnificent attraction. Expedition Everest is an experience that no one in the family will want to miss.