Re-looking at the model, look at how much track there is before you even start to climb the mountain. It circles out and around from what I imagine is the load station, goes around or under the part holding the temple and then makes a pretty big loop before ever starting the climb. I know the press release said that you would trek through bamboo forests and stuff, but is it possible that this area could also be a mini-grazing ground for animals? It would be so cool to have this train first go somewhat slowly around animals and such before ever actually getting to the mountain. This is just specualtion on my part, but if they use that model (it looks pretty similar to the concept pic they released), then there is a lot of time spent before ever getting to the mountain.