Disney Is Bringing the Expedition Everest Yeti Back to Life
Disney's Animal Kingdom – October 24, 2026 -- The Yeti inside Expedition Everest at Disney's Animal Kingdom is coming back to life, Disney Experiences Chairman Thomas Mazloum announced at D23: The Ultimate Disney Fan Event presented by Visa.
Mazloum interrupts Neil Patrick Harris with the news
Mazloum cut in on host Neil Patrick Harris on the "Horizons: A Carousel of Progress" stage. His words: "We're bringing the Yeti back to life inside Expedition Everest at Disney's Animal Kingdom!" The crowd answered with cheers.
Gloria Gaynor sends off the Yeti with a disco hit
Gloria Gaynor then performed her 1978 disco hit "I Will Survive" as a send-off for the long-dancing Yeti.
The ride already hints at the beast
Expedition Everest sits inside a Forbidden Mountain of nearly 200 feet. The queue doubles as a trailside museum, with evidence of campground attacks, sketches of sightings and a footprint mold of a giant yeti foot.