1,800 tons of steel were used to create the mountain structure (6 times the amount used to create and office building of the same size)
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There are more than 900 bamboo plants, 10 species of trees, and 110 species of shrubs for the lowlands around Everest
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The Yeti is the largest Audio Animatronic ever built, and if all the pistons inside were able to push together, they would exert 259,000 pounds of force, that's more instant force than a Boeing 747 can exert
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The mountain is similar to the Tree of Life "bark", cement on top of a wire frame, then carved and painted to appear like snow, ice, and rock
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There is an acre of concrete foundation, 3 feet deep to support these 3 structures
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There are 3 independent superstructures intertwined(1. Mountain rigid system, 2. Roller Coaster flexible structure, 3. Yeti flexible support), but none could touch as the coaster or Yeti might shake the mountain structure
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Towers over all the other "Disney mountains" at 199 feet tall, 50 feet higher than the tree of life, and 10 feet higher than Cinderella's Castle
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