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Experience a thrilling runaway mine train adventure through the American Old West at Big Thunder Mountain Railroad in Magic Kingdom. Learn about the ride's history, design, effects, scenes, and tips for making the most of your visit.
Experience a thrilling roller coaster ride through a haunted gold mining town at Disneyland Park in California. Big Thunder Mountain Railroad is one of the classic attractions at the Disneyland Resort, offering fun and adventure for all ages.
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- It Wasn’T Initially An Opening Day Attraction
- It Was First Meant to Be A River Ride
- The Lore Behind The Ride Varies
- It’S Connected to The Society of Explorers and Adventurers
- A Real World Version of Big Thunder Mountain Exists
- You Can Find Out What Happened to Rosita
- It Has Connections to Movies
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Despite the ride’s now iconic visage in most pictures of Frontierland, Big Thunder Mountain did not appear on opening day at Anaheim Disneyland or Walt Disney World. At Disneyland, Frontierland originally consisted of large tracts of open land. Guests could travel the area via coaches, mules, trails, and the like, as well as ride the scenic Mine Tr...
Big Thunder Mountain Railroad actually originated from an earlier, scrapped idea for an attraction: Western River Expedition. The brainchild of Marc Davis, a brilliant Disney animator who also designed animatronic scenes for Jungle Cruise, Pirates of the Caribbean, and more, Western River Expedition would have been an ambitious celebration of the W...
While the various versions of the ride share the similar tale of miners being cursed for digging on sacred Native American land, the exact details of the mining camp’s fate differ between park. At Disneyland, the mining camp of Rainbow Ridge never closed completely, but it’s become nearly a ghost town due to spooky happenings like the trains being ...
If you’ve been to the Jungle Skipper Canteen at Adventureland in Magic Kingdom, then you might be familiar with the globetrotting Society of Explorers and Adventurers. This in-setting group has ties to Disney parks around the world. First founded during the Renaissance in Porto Paradiso (Tokyo DisneySea), S.E.A. has the mission of gaining and celeb...
Disney strives to be as close to life as possible with many of its attractions, and Big Thunder Mountain is no exception. Imagineers in fact drew heavy inspiration from the famous sandstone formations at Monument Valley in Arizona. The Magic Kingdom version in particular resembles key features at the real-life formations. But the Disney-grade atten...
Disney likes to tie its different attractions together, and one decoration links Big Thunder Mountain with the Enchanted Tiki Room, of all places. One of the key acts at the Tiki Room involves a chorus of girl cockatoos. To start out the song, “Let’s All Sing Like the Birdies Sing”, show host José wonders whatever happened to a singer named Rosita....
While Big Thunder Mountain has yet to have a film of its own like Jungle Cruise, some of its set pieces have ties to various movies. For instance, Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom, released several years after Big Thunder Mountain opened, utilized the train noises from the ride for the film’s exciting mine cart adventure. Also, a poster adverti...
Learn seven things you didn't know about Big Thunder Mountain Railroad, the iconic rollercoaster in Frontierland that represents the Wild West. Find out how it was first a river ride, how it connects to the Society of Explorers and Adventurers, and how it has different stories behind its curse in each park.
Must transfer from wheelchair. Big Thunder Mountain Railroad is a mine train roller coaster located at Disneyland, Magic Kingdom, Tokyo Disneyland and Disneyland Park (Paris). In Tokyo and Paris, the attraction is named Big Thunder Mountain. Big Thunder Mountain Railroad is also the name of the fictional rail line the roller coaster depicts.
