30 Days Walt Disney World Challenge

DAY 1: Favorite Park (NOT including Water Parks)
MAGIC KINGDOM

 
DAY 2: Favorite Water Park
BLIZZARD BEACH

DAY 3: Favorite Hotel/Resort
GRAND FLORIDIAN RESORT & SPA

DAY 4: Favorite Ride at Magic Kingdom
MICKEY’S PHILHARMAGIC

DAY 5: Favorite Ride at Hollywood Studios
TOWER OF TERROR

DAY 6: Favorite Ride at EPCOT
SOARIN’

DAY 7: Favorite Ride at Animal Kingdom
EXPEDITION EVEREST

DAY 8: Favorite Show at Hollywood Studios
FANTASMIC

DAY 9: Favorite Show at Animal Kingdom
FESTIVAL OF THE LION KING

DAY 10: Favorite Restaurant at Magic Kingdom
CINDERELLA’S ROYAL TABLE

DAY 11: Favorite Restaurant at Hollywood Studios
SCI-FI DINE-IN THEATER

DAY 12: Favorite Restaurant at EPCOT
CORAL REEF

DAY 13: Favorite Restaurant at Animal Kingdom
YAK & YETI RESTAURANT

DAY 14: Favorite Quick Serve/Snack at Magic Kingdom
PECOS BILL

DAY 15: Favorite Quick Serve/Snack at Hollywood Studios
BACKLOT EXPRESS

DAY 16: Favorite Quick Serve/Snack at EPCOT
ELECTRIC UMBRELLA

DAY 17: Favorite Quick Serve/Snack at Animal Kingdom
RESTAURANTOSAURUS

DAY 18: Favorite Land at Magic Kingdom
MAIN STREET U.S.A.

DAY 19: Favorite Country in EPCOT
CANADA

DAY 20: Favorite Continent/Area in Animal Kingdom
ASIA

 DAY 21: Favorite Restaurant in a Resort
VICTORIA & ALBERT'S AT GRAND FLORIDIAN RESORT

DAY 22: The Castle, Tree of Life, Sorcerer Hat, or Globe?
THE CASTLE

DAY 23: Best Rollercoaster
EXPEDITION EVEREST

DAY 24: Scariest Ride
TOWER OF TERROR

DAY 25: Best Place to be at Downtown Disney
T-REX

DAY 26: Favorite Fireworks Show
HOLIDAY WISHES – MAGIC KINGDOM

DAY 27: Best Parade
DREAMS COME TRUE PARADE

DAY 28: Best Special Event (Mickey’s Not-So-Scary Halloween, EPCOT Food and Wine Fest, Star Wars Weekends.. ect.)
MICKEY’S VERY MERRY CHRISTMAS PARTY

DAY 29: Favorite store / gift shop inside the parks
EMPORIUM

DAY 30: Favorite Spot in All of the ‘World’
THE CINDERELLA CASTLE

Expedition Everest Opening Day

On This Day in Disney History (April 07, 2006) Disney World's biggest ride yet, Expedition Everest - Legend of the Forbidden Mountain, a 20-story, white-knuckle roller coaster spin officially opens in Animal Kingdom. The ceremonial grand opening is led by Disney CEO Bob Iger and theme parks chairman Jay Rasulo.

The attraction, which features a snowy mountain setting and an "abominable snowman" figure, is currently Florida's tallest peak, sculpted from 1,800 tons of steel, and covering more than six acres!

Today in Disney History: Expedition Everest Debuts at Disney’s Animal Kingdom

posted at the Official Disney Parks Blog on April 7th, 2011 by Jennifer Fickley-Baker, Social Media Manager

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Expedition Everest: Legend of the Forbidden Mountain opened at Disney’s Animal Kingdom on April 7, 2006.

This attraction takes guests on a high-speed journey through the Himalayan Mountains via old tea train cars. Along the way, guests spot signs – including torn train tracks – that a yeti, the mysterious guardian of the mountain, awaits nearby. 

Expedition Everest measures nearly 200 feet high, making it the tallest of the 18 Disney “mountain” attractions at Disney Parks around the world. The design of the attraction was based on the rocky peaks of the northwest face of Mount Everest, as well as geological elements found in Tibet and Nepal. 

When designing the yeti, Walt Disney Imagineering looked to three different primates for inspiration: the Golden Monkey, the Asian Langur Monkey and the prehistoric Gigantopithecus.