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Kali River Rapids
River Rapids at Disney's Animal Kingdom, Lake Buena Vista, Florida. Opened 1999.
- Height
- n/a
- Drop
- 20 ft
- Top speed
- n/a
- Length
- n/a
- Inversions
- n/a
- Ride time
- 5 min
- Designer
- Intamin
Kali River Rapids is a river rapids ride in the Asia area of Disney's Animal Kingdom. Round rafts carry 12 riders through a jungle, past a geyser, under thick foliage and through rapids and waterfalls, ending with a drop that Disney puts at about 20 feet. Disney warns that riders will get splashed and may get soaked, and lockers for dry items are near the entrance.
The ride opened on March 18, 1999, the year after the park. It was built by Intamin and designed by Walt Disney Imagineering; a conveyor belt lift carries the rafts up a lift hill early in the ride. Wikipedia gives a ride time of about five minutes.
Disney's Animal Kingdom sets a minimum height of 38 inches.
Sources
- disneyworld.disney.go.com/attractions/animal-kingdom/kali-ri... (Official page: Kali River Rapids, Asia; whitewater raft through a jungle, geyser, rapids and waterfalls; final drop of about 20 feet; riders may get soaked; lockers near the entrance; 38 in minimum height)
- en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kali_River_Rapids (Opened March 18, 1999; river rapids ride; Intamin; Walt Disney Imagineering; conveyor belt lift; duration 5:00; 20 boats of 12 riders; drop 30 ft)
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