10. Water features

The various water features in the park's animal enclosures use 2.6 million gallons of water, with that entire volume being treated and filtered 5 times per day.

9. Extensive landscaping

To recreate the lowlands surrounding Mount Everest, more than 900 bamboo plants, 10 species of trees and 110 species of shrubs were planted.

8. Just tall enough

At 199 feet tall Expedition Everest is the tallest of Walt Disney World's faux mountains. It is just below the Federal Aviation Authority's 200-foot limit, which would require it to have a flashing red light on its peak.

7. Not so tall

Despite its extreme height, Expedition Everest is not- as commonly claimed - the tallest mountain Florida. Walton Count's Britton Hill tops it, at 345 feet above sea level, whereas Expedition Everest's peak sits at 320 feet above sea level.

6. A steel beast

The Forbidden Mountain was created using 5,000 tons of structural steel and 10,000 tons of concrete. A rigid steel structure holds the mountain in place. More than 2,000gallons of stain and paint were used on the mountain's rockwork and the buildings in the village.

5. A complex creation

The Forbidden Mountain was crafted using more than 3,000 pre-fabricated steel "chips".

4. The Disco Yeti

The yeti animatroic in Expedition Everest originally had a potential thrust of slightly over 259,000pounds. However, it now stands stationary after its concrete base was damaged.

3. A big tree

The largest replanted tree at Disney's Animal Kingdom is located in Harambe village, and weighed an incredible 90 tons.

2. A huge car park

Disney's Animal Kingdom's parking lot can host some 6,000 vehicles, and covers 100 acres- making it larger than Disneyland in California.

1. Dino Sue

The Tyrannosaurus Rex replica in Dinoland, known as Dino Sue, is a direct copy of the most complete T-Rex skeleton ever found. The reproduction stands at 13 feet tall, and is 40 feet long. The original was found in the Black Hills of South Dakota in 1990, and was named after fossil-hunter Sue Hendrickson. It can be found at The Field Museum in Chicago, Illinois.