Big Thunder Mountain Refurb starting 11/18-no ending date

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Touchdown

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Disney Irish said:
Cleanup of the entire resort pre-70th. Same thing was done in the build up to the 60th.
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I remember an awful lot of stuff happening the spring before the 60th, not fall. What is left to rehab? I know Pirates has its queue expansion, but Indy, Jungle Cruise, HM, Tiana and now BTMRR will have recently undergone rehabs. Is ROA going to get drained again? Rise close? Matterhorn? I think they are the only E tickets left that haven’t been rehabbed.
 
Disney Irish

Disney Irish

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Touchdown said:
I remember an awful lot of stuff happening the spring before the 60th, not fall. What is left to rehab? I know Pirates has its queue expansion, but Indy, Jungle Cruise, HM, Tiana and now BTMRR will have recently undergone rehabs. Is ROA going to get drained again? Rise close? Matterhorn? I think they are the only E tickets left that haven’t been rehabbed.
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I’m not sure your point here. Many areas of the Park are 70 years old and it takes longer to refurb them than they did in years past. So just because they started earlier than they did for the 60th and are taking longer than they did for the 60th doesn’t mean there is some ulterior motive.

I mean would you rather Disney didn’t make the Park look as pristine as possible for the 70th like they did for the 60th?

Also outside of TT, IASW and SM, almost the entire east side of the Park including almost all of FL and TL hasn’t been touched for any major refurb for the 70th. So there is a lot left they could do besides just E Tickets. And speaking of FL both Pinocchio and Toad never got the 60th treatment, again something that could still be done for the 70th.
 
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Touchdown

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Disney Irish said:
I’m not sure your point here. Many areas of the Park are 70 years old and it takes longer to refurb them than they did in years past. So just because they started earlier than they did for the 60th and are taking longer than they did for the 60th doesn’t mean there is some ulterior motive.

I mean would you rather Disney didn’t make the Park look as pristine as possible for the 70th like they did for the 60th?

Also outside of TT, IASW and SM, almost the entire east side of the Park including almost all of FL and TL hasn’t been touched for any major refurb for the 70th. So there is a lot left they could do besides just E Tickets. And speaking of FL both Pinocchio and Toad never got the 60th treatment, again something that could still be done for the 70th.
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You misunderstand my amazement this is a company that does things at the last minute and only when necessary. I’m amazed that they dont appear to be doing that this time, unless we are missing a large refurb in the spring (which I already speculated on) or the 70th is starting sooner then Memorial Day, they will have completed all their major refurbs (other then the castle and pirates queue) well ahead of the start date.

I don’t think it’s a bad thing, just highly unlikely, hence my speculation into what’s next.
 
Disney Irish

Disney Irish

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Touchdown said:
You misunderstand my amazement this is a company that does things at the last minute and only when necessary. I’m amazed that they dont appear to be doing that this time, unless we are missing a large refurb in the spring (which I already speculated on) or the 70th is starting sooner then Memorial Day, they will have completed all their major refurbs (other then the castle and pirates queue) well ahead of the start date.

I don’t think it’s a bad thing, just highly unlikely, hence my speculation into what’s next.
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Got it, thank you for explaining it further.

Yeah its nice to see them put this much effort into cleaning up the Park ahead of the 70th. My hope is with the time remaining they focus on the east side of the Park such as as I mentioned FL and plus up Pinocchio and Toad since they weren't done for the 60th.
 
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DCBaker

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Hours for Big Thunder Mountain Railroad have been added back to the Disneyland website beginning Friday, December 13:

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D.Silentu

D.Silentu

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I realize that there is some story of a curse on the mine. However, if I didn't know that and the written description was all I knew before my first ride, I would be left wondering what about it was haunted. I feel like previous descriptions simplified it as a runaway mine train and I think that is a more accurate summation.
 
Disney Irish

Disney Irish

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D.Silentu said:
I realize that there is some story of a curse on the mine. However, if I didn't know that and the written description was all I knew before my first ride, I would be left wondering what about it was haunted. I feel like previous descriptions simplified it as a runaway mine train and I think that is a more accurate summation.
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Well I mean the fact that we have an explosion set off randomly by a fuse that just seems to light on its own, would indicate its haunted in some way in my mind.
 
chadwpalm

chadwpalm

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Disney Irish said:
Well I mean the fact that we have an explosion set off randomly by a fuse that just seems to light on its own, would indicate its haunted in some way in my mind.
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The fuse it lit by a lantern that fell over and broke. I notice it every time I ride it. It's on the left side.

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How the lantern fell over could be up for debate, but it wasn't a random fuse that lit on its own.

You can see it pretty well in this video:

 

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