Big Thunder Mountain Closing, Biggest Magic Kingdom Expansion Ever

[@DimitriyMykhaylovDisneyFan]

Guys, Don't Worry about Big Thunder Mountain Railroad! It will not be going away for Good. It will be having a Refurbishment

[@marcesteban8694]

Seems that the ride needs it a long time.

[@cvillain2677]

Refurbished to another Tiana disaster?

[@christopherw.9841]

Click bait title much

[@Lorena-OT7]

Omg thank you I was so worried when I saw the title.

[@DimitriyMykhaylovDisneyFan]

@@cvillain2677 No

[@theUselessProfessor]

I remember the days of WDWNT when we were always talking about triangles. Now we've moved all the way up to hexagons. haha

[@donm2427]

Loved your reading of the description of the Sleeping Beauty merch.

[@People_of_the_Mouse]

Ellie and Carl make 6:40 my wife and I bust into tears every time. Inside our wedding rings is engraved with “So, here we are”. It references finally getting to a long planned adventure.

[@jeremiahbachmann3901]

Too bad it's over $200.

[@nickhenline1532]

Wouldn't it be awesome if Test Track brought back the song "Fun To Be Free"?!

[@racheljackson4428]

the sleeping beauty from Ashley Taylor is dare i say it Beautiful. HUGE Shoutout to her.

[@kurtsugg3455]

I almost got to Epcot in the 2 days there were no walls now tomorrow I’ll see walls again

[@ocdidi93]

Walcot lol

[@kingbear7874]

Oh boy, now we can look forward to Big Thunder Mountain looking like the inside of a Holiday Inn Express.

[@JoeCosentino]

More like splash mountain oh sorry Tiana’s world,,

[@Monchichichan83]

Wow I remember when we rode the last day on TT before it closed to be Chevrolet TT in 2012.

[@phillyguy199]

Starting the clip with the Sleeping Beauty home collection was bit snoozy. Wondering if Disney might enclose the actual test track to maintain the immersion?!

[@TheBitBlock]

Few people actually care about coco or encanto. Way to make major lands for minor properties Disney. Universal has Potter, Classic Monsters, Nintendo and more - Disney has C- movies that flopped...

[@MoiveGuy24]

They need to refurbish thunder Mountain at Magic Kingdom in Orlando and add in the dynamite explosion effects at the finale of the ride, I heard they were supposed to for the 50th anniversary, but they never did it

[@brianwolf399]

Agreed the earthquake scene has seen better days and needs to go

[@fifthrider]

That's great to hear about going beyond Big Thunder but given the popularity of Encanto here in Anaheim I could never figure out why they didn't do more for that over here. There's a piece of unused land east of Big Thunder that hasn't been used since it was Mine Train through Nature's Wonderland. Fill in the unused pond, level it off, build up the "cliff walls" behind it and from the Rivers of America there would be no change. You'd never see past all those tall trees. It would blend in so well. An Encanto attraction would not only make sense right about there, but it's hidden ( a requirement of the house ) and gives people something to visit along that other wise long and uneventful pathway to Fantasyland.

[@MatecaCorp]

Ah yes, a south american house fits perfectly in a wild west themed area lol

[@fifthrider]

@@MatecaCorp It actually does, considering the time period it takes place, the existing old west motif, existing Spanish architecture and the proximity to Rancho Del Zocalo as well as the Mirabel meet-n-greet. Nice try, but no, it actually fits very well.

[@VixenLovelove]

Thank god they didn’t actually announce an expansion or a freaking fifth park. I highly doubt current management could pull it off without cutting so many freaking corners and increasing their prices even more across the board. Get rid of current management, focus on bringing back free perks that were taken away like streetmosphere, Das for the physically disabled, Disney Express yknow work on rebuilding the reputation and please please focus on properly maintaining the parks that currently exist so they’re actually worth the exorbitant price for admission.

[@judgesh]

The MK expansion is happening though. And of course no fifth park; Animal didn't make people stay an extra day so why would a fifth park be different.

[@JTS-u3l]

What's crazy to me is they could expand, add a fifth gate, bring back "free" stuff, overcharge, and still fill the parks. It's a short game for management and Wall Street. Not much investment is long term (5+ years)

[@VixenLovelove]

@@judgeshI don’t doubt that. They’ll need it when Epic universe opens but we can only hope it’s built under new management that sees the bigger picture and isn’t going to cut corners

[@NoneOfYourBizniss]

Please apply for a current management job. And then let us know how you do because you know everything.

[@camhesse1]

They wouldn’t announce a fifth park until d23 in two months. It is a high possibility that they have started designing one though

[@brianwolf399]

I seriously hope that big thunder mountain at WDW gets the third lift hill that all of the others have since the earthquake scene really doesn’t work anymore

[@worldsgreatestdude1784]

So both test track and big thunderstorm closed in early January? That sucks

[@jasonchampagne6825]

The helicopter was hovering above the Poly on Saturday night during fireworks too.

[@jocelynsantiago7154]

I'm so happy that Disney is finally moving along and doing stuff and with Epic Universe coming up, it's just going to be an amazing few years in theme parks. I love both. Disney and Universal and I want them both to succeed. It's all great for us consumers.

[@TruckEnthusiastYT]

I kind of wish they’d make the design your own car for Test Track based off real Chevy vehicles and you can personalize them to your own liking and standards

[@AuthorCertifiedGoof]

Ugh!!! I’m heading to Magic Kingdom August 20! Big Thunder Mtn RR better be open!!!

[@Floridapanthers2020]

I hope they keep the build your own car but with a test track 1.0 and world of motion twist like how would a 1920s car would hold up in thunderstorm conditions, making it educational and fun at the same time.

[@ReddOchober]

It works okay as a line queue.

[@donkeydefense]

I hope they get rid of that completely. Worse pre show ever.

[@bstives58]

maybe we will get lucky and they will theme it with model Ts...lmao

[@kevindrake4529]

They should do Coco there and then have that lead to Villains because of the supernatural aspect of Coco.

[@marcuscheng2507]

When will it be closing?!

[@kurtsugg3455]

It’s closed today

[@dodonbrud]

@@kurtsugg3455he’s talking about btm

[@DocDoccus]

"IT", you say? What is "IT"? You have to be more clear in your questioning. "IT" could be nearly anything.

[@katef96]

It feels like Magic Kingdom is the only WDW park Disney cares about sometimes. The rest could use some filling out.

[@People_of_the_Mouse]

They would be nuts to not get an In/Out attraction in at WDW. The sequel is breaking box office records at a Barbiesque pace.

[@Mike__B]

DCA they have an Inside Out ride... well it's Flik's Flyers with a new paint job

[@UmmYeahOk]

The original was pretty successful too. Maybe not Frozen big, but I remember the meet and greet at Innoventions West. For years, people feared that an attraction would replace the Figment ride. Would be nice if they did something with the Play pavilion.

[@boredmillionaire9914]

aw, man, i was hoping it was going to be Cars Land beyond Big Thunder Mtn RR. that's what another channel reported.

[@VenomSlash108]

The bad thing about concept art is it looks cool but then they change the plan for it. And they just threw around stuff so we don’t know what’s coming

[@bella_daze3092]

I KNOW

[@tlw1950]

I love Sleeping Beauty merch! Also Snow White and Cinderella!

[@NickyHelp]

Getting rid of something for no reason is not expansion. Expansion does not fully mean removing or replacing something.

[@imtired1696]

You're so right. They should let old, outdated, unpopular rides sit and rot. Brand new is always better. 🤡

[@NickyHelp]

@@imtired1696 That's not it. The original Splash was more popular than the retheme as predicted and has already proved that new ones are not all better than the old ones.

[@katef96]

@@imtired1696They seem in no rush to get rid of Tomorrowland Speedway.

[@imtired1696]

@katef96 Do half the cars not work? Is there some racist movie the Speedway is based on? One that hasn't been seen or promoted since the 80s? I'm open to listening.

[@CaliforniaDreamin.]

Why don’t they shove another IP down our throat and retheme Big Thunder? Maybe they can ruin that one just like they did with Splash?

[@dodonbrud]

They aren’t making it a new ride it’s just a refurbishment like what they are doing with rockn’ rollercoaster

[@ttintagel]

Splash Mountain was already IP-themed. They just changed the IP.

[@LeePrice-r9u]

We all know what it should be beyond Big Thunder Mt, an expanded Frontier Land. It definitely won't be. I really hate the decision makers in this company.

[@justjake505]

So glad Test Track is getting a refurbishment! The Tron style was terrible! Absolutely hated it!

[@eddiebieschke4440]

They should transform it into Radiator Springs ride…. Like at Disneyland !!!

[@justjake505]

@@eddiebieschke4440 I would be okay with that, but I would rather then do something unique for Epcot.

[@pramanabudiman9761]

Putting Radiator Spring in Epcot? That's just wrong. Place it in Magic Kingdom or Hollywood Studio, much better idea.

[@kryptism]

Dude, did you play in the Hangover movies!😊

[@kelvington4182]

Doesn't the Carl doll look like an old Hermey from The Island Of Misfit Toys?

[@racheljackson4428]

depends on how it is.

[@ivanthevaluable2559]

I notice that the Coco area appears to be right by Big Thunder Mountain herself. This may be carried out as a reference to the fabled Mexican story of Jesus Garcia and the Runaway Train.

[@triciaizzo4825]

13:29 hold up why is Mickeys shoes bkack and not yellow

[@krisrhood2127]

I bet that mirror would go great in a dollhouse

[@angelrouse4106]

Thunder Mountain is the perfect backdrop for a Cars land

[@Hostos1]

Some of these news about bathroom signs etc and describing what is clear on a pic is redundant and I wonder how important those news are?

[@ocdidi93]

Gross is quite different from net. Wonder what it’s going to look like once costs (inflation) are accounted for!

[@LionDrummer96]

Helicopter getting material to update the soarin film maybe???

[@Chipsanity2024]

Does that box come with Jambi or no? Pee-Wee wants his prop back

[@lindawalker5675]

Disney needs to do something big because everyone is starting to go to Universal.

[@expendablejoe8251]

I can tell you now. Encanto ain’t it. Nobody cares about this. Give us Duck Tales Land or NightMare Before Christmas Halloween Village. Something cool. encanto is lame.

[@JustInDisney]

WE MUST GET A FIFTH PARK I WILL BE THERE DAY ONE

[@brainysmurf74]

Are they building another high school cafeteria?

[@swoj7180]

I’m waiting for the day they reveal “The Wonders of Xandar Land” demolishing the old pavilion and spaceship earth. Space 220 refurbished to a guardians restaurant with the outside of it looking like the celestial head they lived on, and another attracting similar to Spaceship earth but you’re flying their ship instead, shows and a lot of unusual greenery/characters. It would be so awesome

[@Thomas-f2c1m]

Does that mean the railroad closes again?

[@BobAtEvermore]

permit expires on august 8th 2025

[@People_of_the_Mouse]

They just file additional permits as they move through the project.

[@People_of_the_Mouse]

I am so bummed the dvc rental cos are advertising so aggressively. We have gotten tremendous deals.

[@OnlyOneKenobi]

Well.... they'd better not friggin close it before I'm there in August.... I'm ALREADY pissed with them about Splash Mountain! 🙄😏

[@BrianSmith-tz3ix]

Save the arcade

[@MrWarrenRetro]

Frontierland Expansion in Magic Kingdom?

[@thelivingboris]

Cool take out a standby ride expecting a ride with a virtual queue can swallow up the crowds, out of control but hey atleast its something, See you in 10 years Big Thunder

[@phillipbennett692]

I have been saying for years is that Disney needs a 5th park and devote it to nothing but Villians

[@nolanohana]

After the Epcot debacle, this might take 15 years to complete.

[@bjshifko]

So it seems like you might want to skip visiting soon since most of the big rides will be closed.

[@mst3kpimp]

lol, the disney doomers are miffed that io2 is overperforming ater they predicted failure. its this years barbie.

[@adamp2384]

I am happy inside out 2 is doing well, it shows Disney that people will watch and spend money on the movies people actually want to see that weren’t screwed up in their sequels/prequels

[@MrStGeorgeIllawarra]

Yawn. Making money doesn't equal quality. There's a reason the Fast & The Furious film don't win the best picture Oscar.

[@facusmendoza1061]

It seems Disney it's going serious about the rival with epic universe hopefully all those expansion at the magic Kingdom in Disney's animal Kingdom gets confirmed and really gets in action It's inevitably that inside out 2 will make 1 billion dollars as the other sequels

[@countnugula666]

For God's SAKE STOP rebuilding/retheming stuff and give us NEW stuff

[@dimetime35c]

I don't think it's a retheme or rebuild. Idk how old it is but for long running attractions especially roller coasters they have a shelf life for things like track and supports. Plus it's florida so you've got increased weather wear on it.

[@ssgorik]

Have you never heard of refurbishment before? This happens regularly. 🙄

[@countnugula666]

@@ssgorik yea man, I have, but it seems like that's all they're doing anymore

[@dimetime35c]

@@countnugula666 well it's not like these attractions are inside a nice climate controlled building. They are out in the Florida elements. Even the ones inside buildings still run 12+ hours a day 365 days a year. They are bound to need refurbishment

[@dwayitis]

I sure hope they do the same treatment to Big Thunder Mountain RR as they have at the other parks and finally make this ride at the Magic Kingdom worth riding again. As it has been for now it is the absolute worst version of them all in operation.

[@mikaross4671]

Can we just get a tangled theme ride? 😢

[@briesrobloxvideos7701]

I’m going in early august 2025 and i really wanted to ride big thunder :( most likely will be closed though

[@expendablejoe8251]

Nobody asked for anything Encanto. So here we go with another Galaxy’s Edge mostly empty park. All the cool, fun IP disney has and they go with encanto. Smh….

[@soljadreams24]

Jabbawockeez (Hollywood) and Nightmare Fuel (Orlando) are the biggest highlights in horror nights history!🎃👻

[@JD.G]

EPOOT ???

[@DS-pe8tt]

Sleeping beauty!

[@DianesPlants]

I am anti woke and splash was my favorite mountain that said I rode yesterday and I really felt they tried hard and did a decent job . I think the end party scene should have been longer and more spread out I loved the shrinking special effect. If they had closed splash for refurbish before woke stuff and just to update a ride like they did Ellen's I'd be sad but not resentful. This was good and worth the 2 hour drive to try it When I was there and looking at frontier land now with tianas which totally doesn't fit the area it makes more sense to just redo it all to fit in somehow with Tianas. BTM no longer fits them with Tianas

[@callmechia]

Bone-in sausage. 🤔

[@moogle140]

Acceptable sized Mountain opening soon - removing references to “big” so as to not offend

[@imtired1696]

You sound mad. Wanna cry about it some more?

[@countnugula666]

​@@imtired1696You sound like a person with no sense of humor

[@devonalomar9012]

​@@countnugula666 Obviously goes to comedy shows to heckle and shake their head.

[@imtired1696]

@devonalomar9012 Painfully unfunny. More of an incessant whine.

[@devonalomar9012]

@imtired1696 Proving my point.

[@NickyHelp]

It is not going to work. They don’t seem to have the money as the stock says. More importantly it may not be loved.

[@GeorgeD3]

Really sounds like i need to stay away from WDW for a year or two! Everything's getting refurbished! Excited to go back around 2026 or so lol

[@ChristianWright-xp8qd]

What the heck is EPOOT?

[@togatomato]

If we are getting Encanto at not only AK but MK I'm done going. It feels so forced. If Coco gets added to beyond Thunder Mountain same thing stands. Why do those IPs belong at Magic Kingdom? They don't fit at all. Put them at Epcot or something.

[@ryanjones6827]

That’s a first! We’re still wondering what the 5th Disney park is going to be and the theme of it.

[@ethanshackleton]

The WDW resort is absolutely massive so it could be anything, basically anywhere. I have a feeling they’ll try and place it between AK and the rest of the parks as it’s so far away compared to the others at the moment.

[@ryanjones6827]

@@ethanshackleton 👍

[@ChunkychunHealy]

@@ethanshackleton They’re not doing a 5th park because It’s all based on semantics!

[@JTS-u3l]

At this point, I'm a Disney nihilist. Tearing down Horizons in EPCOT was the beginning of the end for me and has been slow erosion since. I hope Disney tears down every attraction and turns the parks into Mickey Mouse's Six Flags.

[@imtired1696]

Good. Take your bad attitude elsewhere. Life's too short. ✌️

[@ddc163264]

Yep, keep buying the lies and the lines that corporate disney is feeding you pixie dusters. This is ONLY to try and dissuade the traffic from leaving for Epic in the next year. Remember that the EPCOT redo was supposed to be the biggest redo in its history too. What did you get lame gardens and building that Marriott and convention centers do a better job at.

[@bella_daze3092]

I can’t believe I’m saying this. I’m done with Disney :.)

[@bridgetmistryable]

I know this is a controversial opinion but I think closing down Muppet Vision 3-D was a big mistake because Disneyland has no Muppets attraction and Even though Muppet Vision 3-D is gone I think they should retheme the Paradise Gardens area with The Muppets The Little Mermaid attraction will stay because that is a great ride and I love it but the other attractions near it would close the Golden Zeppelins will be rethemed to Pigs in Space from The Muppet Show, Jumpin Jellyfish will be Themed to Hot airballoons themed to Kermit the Frog taken from The Great Muppet Caper, Goofy's Sky School will be Rethemed to The Great Gonzo's StuntMadness and instead of a Airplanes guests will ride on the Plunger car from the Muppet Movie and the attraction takes place in The Great Gonzo's StuntShow Madness and for his 3rd act he invited you the guests on his Plunger Car the beginning of the ride you see Gonzo in his cannon being launched in the sky and then your car jumps though a Fire hoop (Which is not a fire Hoop it's just a hoop painted orange but it glows in the Dark at Night), a circular Saw, and at the end you see Gonzo on his Motorcycle in a slingshow and at the end he crashing himself and the motorcycle on the Stunt show Building and you see his cutout and his Motorcycle on the Building which is a tribute Muppet Vision 3-D and then at the end you unload from the vehicle and exit safety. The pizza place near by will be rethemed to PizzaRizzo from Disney World, and lastly The Silly Symphony Swings will be rethemed to the Electric Mayhem and will be titled The Eletric Mayhem: RockSwings

[@SerryJeinfeld]

Big thunder mountain has gotta be my least favorite rollercoaster I've ever been on. I prefer the barnstormer over BTM, it needs a retrack and updating badly

[@marshallgrayson]

Eric Morton! 🙌

[@patskers1]

They would be damn fools to not put in cars land beyond big thunder. There’s already evidence it’s a hit at DCA.

[@daniellemack5648]

Disney shutdown and redid Splash Mountain into a ride that no one wants, and made the ride worse, ugly, and a pile of junk that's just a death trap waiting to happen. Now they want to do something similar to Thunder Mountain Railroad? Let's not forget the trash help that is Epcot now with so much of that remodel not working. With all these failures after shutdowns and reworking things, eventually, you just need to ask yourself if Disney is doing all this on purpose? Are they intentionally sabotaging their own parks and company? Do they actually hate money and are intentionally trying to lose as much of it as possible as quickly as possible? Are they wanting bankruptcy and a hostile takeover of the company? Because their actions say that all this is intentional.

[@Sasha-mq1ii]

Talk for yourself lol. The ride needed the refresh, looks amazing and it’s still just as fun. Also thunder mountain needs rework- it’s a safety hazard now with how the lapbar works.

[@daniellemack5648]

@Sasha-mq1ii do you have any sort of an engineering background? What makes you any sort of an expert on how things work? You can't just take a ride designed to run on lots of water and dial back on that water to get a smaller splash without a complete redesign and overhaul of that ride section. Otherwise you trip all sorts of safety sensors, like what's happening with the ride now. Keep trying to force things, and eventually, that big drop at the end will result in a massive accident!

[@Sasha-mq1ii]

@@daniellemack5648 yeah, Im actually a mechanical engineer 😂

[@daniellemack5648]

​@Sasha-mq1ii not sure why you're laughing. If you have a mechanical engineering background then you should know just how potentially dangerous what Disney has done there is. The mere fact that they have to keep shutting the ride down so soon after opening should tell you something. That fact coupled with what the ride was and what it is now should be sending up red flags for anyone with an engineering background that cares about human lives. That ride is dangerous now, probably rushed and half-assed. Disney couldn't pay me enough to ride that thing!

[@Sasha-mq1ii]

@@daniellemack5648 because your comment backfired and it’s hilarious to see someone make an ass of themselves. Please, continue. It truly is amusing.

[@dbrew2u]

What happened ? Has Disney found Big Thunder to be racist against goats ?

[@admiralthrawn1287]

Click bait titles

[@chillabrew_glycolinstall]

Omfg lol they're actually doing it 😂😂😂 they're turning BTM into Tianas underground railroad escape!!!

[@mikaross4671]

😂 escape from the swamp