Expedition Everest Faces Extended, Intermittent Closures at Animal Kingdom
No official explanation has been given, with reports pointing to the ride’s sensitivity to cool morning temperatures.
Overview
- Guests and social media posts describe repeated full‑day closures in recent weeks, with brief reopenings followed by further downtime.
- Unnamed current and former Cast Members say colder weather is triggering safety sensors or systems, though this remains unconfirmed by Disney.
- Disney has not issued a public comment on the cause of the outages or a timeline for consistent operations.
- Coverage characterizes the disruptions as seasonal and expects reliability to improve as Florida temperatures rise.
- The coaster’s absence is affecting park flow by pushing more visitors to other attractions, especially Avatar Flight of Passage.