Operating 93.5% of standard park hours across 64 days (14,469 of 15,469 readings). Early entry and after-hours events are excluded; scheduled refurbishment does not count against it.
Specifications from RCDB; Walt Disney World official site. Fields we could not source are omitted rather than guessed.
Expedition Everest - Legend of the Forbidden Mountain is a steel roller coaster (with reverse section) at Animal Kingdom that opened in 2006, built by Vekoma. It runs 2:50, tops out at 50 mph, drops 80 ft. Riders must be at least 44" (112 cm) tall. Across 14,669 standby readings over 65 days of operation, the typical posted wait is 22 minutes, ranging from about 5 minutes around 7am to 33 minutes at 11am. It has been operating 93.5% of standard park hours across 64 days of readings.
Solid line: the wait that was posted. Dashed line: our single best estimate of what comes next. Projections run seven days ahead.
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The typical posted standby wait is about 22 minutes, measured from 14,669 readings over 65 days of operation.
7am has the shortest average wait on record, around 5 minutes. The worst hour is 11am at about 33 minutes.
The minimum height is 44" (112 cm).
The ride itself runs about 2:50.
It has been open 93.5% of standard park hours across 64 days of readings. That figure counts every closure inside published hours except planned refurbishment.
Expedition Everest - Legend of the Forbidden Mountain is at Animal Kingdom in Asia.
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