Expedition Everest (HD POV Front) On-Ride Disney's Animal Kingdom Florida Roller Coaster

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This is a On-Ride, Front Row, POV of Expedition Everest at Disney's Animal Kingdom, Walt Disney World WDW Florida in HD. Video includes Front Seat POV.

Length: 4424'
Height:112'
Drop: 80'
Inversions: 0
Speed: 50 mph
Duration: 2:50

Expedition Everest - Legend Of The Forbidden Mountain is often compared to the 1959 Matterhorn Bobsleds roller coaster at Disneyland, which also features a snowy mountain setting and an "abominable snowman" figure throughout the ride. Expedition Everest is the tallest of the artificial mountains at Walt Disney World Resort, joining Big Thunder Mountain Railroad, Mount Gushmore, Space Mountain, Splash Mountain and Mount Mayday on the list of Disney-built peaks. According to Imagineering, it is Disney's 18th mountain-themed attraction.
If the Expedition Everest mountain were real, it would be ranked second on the list of the highest summits in Florida at 200 feet (61 m) above sea level. Although moderate in height and length by contemporary roller coaster standards, Expedition Everest is unique for having its trains travel forward and backward as a result of the yeti's interference with the journey. This is accomplished through two sets of rotating track segments on pivot before and after the backwards segment. In its publicity material, Disney pointedly has described the attraction as a family thrill ride. This was the first Disney roller coaster to have a backwards section on it, but it was the second Disney roller coaster proposed with a backwards section: The planned runaway mine train roller coaster at the Magic Kingdom's never built Western River Expedition would have had a backwards section before it was shelved in 1972. The plans for the mine train roller coaster eventually evolved into Big Thunder Mountain Railroad.
The artificial mountain is not a reproduction of Mount Everest; it is the fictional "forbidden mountain" guarded by the yeti in the attraction story created by Walt Disney Imagineering. Everest is represented by the barren background peak on the far right, which is meant to suggest it is far in the distance (an example of forced perspective). The attraction's concept is that the roller coaster is a passenger train offering a speedy route through the Himalayas to the base of Mount Everest. According to Disney, the attraction occupies 6.2 acres (25,000 m2) in the park's Asia section and the mountain itself is just shy of 1-acre (4,000 m2).
Expedition Everest celebrated its grand opening on April 7, 2006 in ceremonies led by Disney CEO Bob Iger and theme parks chairman Jay Rasulo. The attraction first was announced publicly on April 22, 2003, during an event to celebrate the fifth anniversary of Disney's Animal Kingdom.

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  • me: this ride looks scary

    my cousin: oh please! dont be a baby.

    After ride was over

    me: that was awesome

    my cousin: ;( that was so scary, i never want to ride it again

    XD dont u love family?

  • @BrandonHartmanGuitar

    LOL you're a dumbass. Disney isn't about breaking records or having amazing tunnels. They are family parks with family rides. Just because a ride was once the tallest or fastest in the world doesn't make it the best evar!!11!!1. Kingda Ka is the tallest in the world, but it isn't a great ride. Expedition Everest is more fun than Kingda Ka. It's longer, much better themed, and just overall a more fun ride. Tunnels, sudden drops, backwards, etc. I can tell you're a CP fan.

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  • I remember the first time me and my sister rode this.

    We get to the breakage part of the track.

    Me: Oh right it goes backwards

    Sis: Wait, what do you mean it goes backwards?

    Me: It goes backwards

    Sis: NOO!

    Me: WEEE!!

  • I LOVE THIS RIDE CAUSE LIKE WE WENT ON IT 20 TIMES, ME AND MY COUSINS!!!

  • @holleyhoneysweet haha wish it was like that 4 me XD

  • best ive ever seen :o

  • @zaccuttie No it feels like it one time but it doesnt go upside down

  • @newbreakingtwilight Lol my family are all

    Me: I love this ride (after 100th time lol)

    My cousin: this looks scary

    Me: no its not

    *after ride*

    Both: WE LOVE THIS RIDE!

  • this ride is lame

  • Every time I miss Disney I come to this Channel lol, thanks for the uploads.

  • i loved this ist been ayear tho

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