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Big Thunder Mountain Railroad
Roller coaster at Disney parks / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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.
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Disneyland | |
Park section | Frontierland |
Coordinates | 33.8130°N 117.9204°W / 33.8130; -117.9204 |
Status | Operating |
Opening date | September 2, 1979 (1979-09-02) |
Replaced | Mine Train Through Nature's Wonderland |
Big Thunder Mountain Railroad at Disneyland at RCDB | |
Magic Kingdom | |
Park section | Frontierland |
Coordinates | 28.4205°N 81.5848°W / 28.4205; -81.5848 |
Status | Operating |
Opening date | November 15, 1980; 43 years ago (November 15, 1980) |
Big Thunder Mountain Railroad at Magic Kingdom at RCDB | |
Tokyo Disneyland | |
Park section | Westernland |
Coordinates | 35.6326°N 139.8839°E / 35.6326; 139.8839 |
Status | Operating |
Opening date | July 4, 1987 (1987-07-04) |
Big Thunder Mountain Railroad at Tokyo Disneyland at RCDB | |
Disneyland Park (Paris) | |
Park section | Frontierland |
Coordinates | 48.8707°N 2.7756°E / 48.8707; 2.7756 |
Status | Operating |
Opening date | April 12, 1992 (1992-04-12) |
Big Thunder Mountain Railroad at Disneyland Park (Paris) at RCDB | |
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Type | Steel – Mine train |
Designer | Walt Disney Imagineering |
Model | Mine train |
Track layout | Custom |
Lift/launch system | Chain lift hill |
Height | 104 ft (32 m) |
Speed | 35 mph (56 km/h) |
Inversions | 0 |
Duration | ~3:00 |
Height restriction | 40 in (102 cm) |
Manufacturer | Arrow Development (California) Dynamic Structures (2014 California rebuild) Vekoma (Florida, Paris, Tokyo) |
Restraints | Single lap bar |
Sponsor | Dai-ichi Life (Tokyo Disneyland) |
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