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Expedition Everest

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5/22/2008

Reviewer: Brandon, MI, USA
Some people complain about there aren't enough attractions at Animal Kingdom. However, by adding high quality attractions like this one, Animal Kingdom has become my favorite park in WDW.

2/2/2007

Reviewer: Zii, IL, USA
I loved this ride! This was my favorite ride out off all of the ones I went on as I was in Disney Land. It was so much fun, you go backwards, forwards and in the dark! Did I mention you're going 60 miles an hour!!?!? It was amazing. The Yeti was so cool how they actually did it, there is a huge build up before you actually see the Yeti. I did this ride once, because the lines where so long, but I would do it over and over agian!

8/23/2006

Reviewer: Lou Myers, Seattle, WA, USA
I was so excited to go on this ride. Going to Disney every year gave us a chance to see this ride start from the beginning, watching it be built over the course of three or four years. And maybe because I had three or four years to imagine what would go on in the ride, maybe my expectations were to high. Coming off the ride, my first thought was, "Is that it?" The ride is extremely short, and the yeti, which had more publicity than anything else, just shows up once (the animatronic, at least.) You see it for about three seconds as you ride under it, and then that's it for the yeti. I do have to admit that the parts in the dark were very fun, and going backwards made it even better (maybe it was just me, but I thought the backwards part would be kept towards the end, not in the first minute.) Adding a narration or sound effects in the cars would greatly improve the attraction. I'll ride it again, because we had a Fastpass and didn't wait, and that's about the wait I would say it's worth. It's not a complete waste, it's kinda fun...but Disney has done so much better in the past (wink wink, Tower of Terror.)

5/3/2006

Reviewer: Todd Murphy, Cincinnati, OH, USA
This is a ride that I think the imagineers may have outdone themselves. First, there is the mountain, Mt. Everest. If you stand back, it really looks like the real thing (from what I've seen in pictures). Upon entering the que line, the story is told via artifacts as you wind thru the lines. While fast pass is great for this ride, one shouold do the stand by line to take in the story. The imagineers went to Nepal and studied culture, and artifact surrounding Everest. The ride itself starts at a rail station. The front is the coolest, the middle is the most thrilling, and the back is the most suprising. EE starts out winding thru a grassy area, surrounding the mountain. The train then ascends up a steep track and into the snow covered mountain. Once at the top, you encounter what seems to be the end of the line. The tracks have been ripped apart, and there's no where to go but backwards, which is where you go. Into total darkness, backwards down, then up. You then see a shadow of the Yeti ripping up more track. The train then speeds forward, eventually encountering the Yeti in his full glory. The dissapointing part is that you only see him for a split second, and he doesn't seem to ge that close to you. The train zooms back down the mountain to the station. All in all, this is a great ride. The scenery is fantastic, and the attention to detail is incredible. Most any one can ride this, unless of course you have high bp, preg, etc. Note that the ride is very smooth, yet very fast. This ride is worth waiting 1 hour for.

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