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Big Thunder Mountain Railroad Question
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sshindel
The Epcot Manifesto
Nothing like that I've ever heard. Did you perhaps ride during the Halloween season, or during MNSSHP (I think that's the acronym)? I just know it as the Wildest Ride in the Wilderness!
Bravo 229
Member
Maybe you're thinking of 'this is the wildest ride in the wilderness'?
Haunted mountain? That gave me an idea: instead of Haunted Galaxy in Space Mountain, why not a Night on Big Thunder Mountain overlay? That would be something unique they could throw in there during the holiday!
Haunted mountain? That gave me an idea: instead of Haunted Galaxy in Space Mountain, why not a Night on Big Thunder Mountain overlay? That would be something unique they could throw in there during the holiday!
Buried20KLeague
Well-Known Member
I think you might be nuts. :lol: j/k
The storyline for the attraction has never reflected anything being haunted, so I think it's a safe bet to say the safety spiel has never reflected it either.
Rob562
Well-Known Member
Don't think I've ever actually heard it in the park, but there *is* the "Ballad of Thunder Mountain" which I have on MP3 from somewhere...
Here is the song on YouTube:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AXmb59YLRUs
And here's the lyrics (as best as I and a few other people have been able to transcribe it):
At Big Thunder Mountain station there’s a frightened, trembling man,
His body’s weak and feeble, and his skin has lost its tan.
When I asked him for a ticket he turned and shook his head.
He grabbed me by the shoulder, and this is what he said:
“Before you get on-board this train there’s something you should know.
When I finish with this tale, you might not want to go.”
I listened with amazement at what he said was true,
And now my friend the time has come to tell this tale to you.
Hear the legend of Thunder Mountain,
If you’re weak of heart then stay away
From Big Thunder Mountain Railroad,
Thunder Mountain Railroad, run away.
He said “As legend has it on one foggy night in June,
The train and crew pulled out at twelve beneath a darkened moon.
The boiler full of water, and the tender full of coal.
The whistle screamed a warning as the wheels began to roll.
Then like a b__________g bronco with a cougar on its back,
The train began to run away down miles and miles of track.
What happened to the crew that night no one has ever learned.
The train pulled in all by itself, the men did not return.”
Hear the legend of Thunder Mountain,
If you’re weak of heart then stay away
From Big Thunder Mountain Railroad,
Thunder Mountain Railroad, run away.
The history of Big Thunder continues to unfold.
The stories of its danger continue to be told.
With avalanches, rattlesnakes and earthquakes in the night,
And voices of that phantom crew that chill your blood with fright.
“So please forgive me, Mister, if I’m standing in your way.
But before you buy your ticket, there’s one thing I have to say:”
Hear the legend of Thunder Mountain,
If you’re weak of heart then stay away
From Big Thunder Mountain Railroad,
Thunder Mountain Railroad, run away.
(2 more times.....)
Here is the song on YouTube:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AXmb59YLRUs
And here's the lyrics (as best as I and a few other people have been able to transcribe it):
At Big Thunder Mountain station there’s a frightened, trembling man,
His body’s weak and feeble, and his skin has lost its tan.
When I asked him for a ticket he turned and shook his head.
He grabbed me by the shoulder, and this is what he said:
“Before you get on-board this train there’s something you should know.
When I finish with this tale, you might not want to go.”
I listened with amazement at what he said was true,
And now my friend the time has come to tell this tale to you.
Hear the legend of Thunder Mountain,
If you’re weak of heart then stay away
From Big Thunder Mountain Railroad,
Thunder Mountain Railroad, run away.
He said “As legend has it on one foggy night in June,
The train and crew pulled out at twelve beneath a darkened moon.
The boiler full of water, and the tender full of coal.
The whistle screamed a warning as the wheels began to roll.
Then like a b__________g bronco with a cougar on its back,
The train began to run away down miles and miles of track.
What happened to the crew that night no one has ever learned.
The train pulled in all by itself, the men did not return.”
Hear the legend of Thunder Mountain,
If you’re weak of heart then stay away
From Big Thunder Mountain Railroad,
Thunder Mountain Railroad, run away.
The history of Big Thunder continues to unfold.
The stories of its danger continue to be told.
With avalanches, rattlesnakes and earthquakes in the night,
And voices of that phantom crew that chill your blood with fright.
“So please forgive me, Mister, if I’m standing in your way.
But before you buy your ticket, there’s one thing I have to say:”
Hear the legend of Thunder Mountain,
If you’re weak of heart then stay away
From Big Thunder Mountain Railroad,
Thunder Mountain Railroad, run away.
(2 more times.....)
Syntho_Magnetic
Member
You might be thinking of the spiel they do about Big Thunder Mountain on the Liberty Belle (or is it the park train?)
Something along the lines of:
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The name big thunder was originally attributed to the sound of flash floods by the natives who lived there, and not really the miners who caused a thunder with their search for gold.
Now days, you hear the sound of the haunted mine trains roaring through the mountain.
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The mine trains are possessed after all - there is no engineer in the front.
I did a quick search and was surprised I couldn't find the spiel. Anyone know?
Something along the lines of:
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The name big thunder was originally attributed to the sound of flash floods by the natives who lived there, and not really the miners who caused a thunder with their search for gold.
Now days, you hear the sound of the haunted mine trains roaring through the mountain.
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The mine trains are possessed after all - there is no engineer in the front.
I did a quick search and was surprised I couldn't find the spiel. Anyone know?
Master Gracey 5
Active Member
Don't know the spiel, but I think you're on the right track (no pun intended) - its something along the lines of indian legends of the mountain that might be making you think its haunted. Technically the mine cars are just runaway trains.
nolatron
Well-Known Member
Wikipedia says (So it must be true, heh):
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Thunder_Mountain_Railroad
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Thunder_Mountain_Railroad
Buried20KLeague
Well-Known Member
I'm going to have to check my "Disney Mountains" book tonight and see what it says. I've always been under the impression it was a runaway mine train through a flooded town. :shrug:
Cmdr_Crimson
Well-Known Member
They refrence it on the WDW Railroad that Angry Spirits took over the Mine and Spooked all the miners.