Rhinocerous
Premium Member
They should fabricate the track onsite, like the EPCOT monorail. What could possibly go wrong?
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News Big Thunder Mountain to receive full retrack
- Thread starter TheCoasterNerd
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PREMiERdrum
Well-Known Member
RIP Ron Toomer.
He did so much, it’s just a shame that I only truely enjoy a handful of his creations, and only love two of them that still operate, long live Nessie and Magnum!
Gusey
Well-Known Member
Lightning Lane Multipass Tier 1 attractions for Magic Kingdom are:
- Big Thunder Mountain Railroad (Should be getting a full retrack)
- Jungle Cruise (closed for refurb August 26 to ?)
- Peter Pan’s Flight (closed for refurb July 8 to August 20)
- Space Mountain
- Tiana’s Bayou Adventure
Moth
Well-Known Member
Sounds like they should take another coaster off of VQ to balance it out...
Attractions actually getting refurbs warms my heart. Ik people are complaining about closed attractions, but if you don’t like a genuine Tokyo style refurb calendar, why did you ask for it?
What kind of crazy talk is that??
Brer Oswald
Well-Known Member
I think it goes to show how desperately these parks (even MK) need additional capacity. Tokyo can afford to have two or three headliners down because there are so many offerings. You do the same here (especially with LL+ tiers) and it cripples the park.
tinkerblonde11
Well-Known Member
Closing in July or early August - oh the pain! My trip is in September... maybe they'll hold off a little (wishful thinking).
I'm very glad it will be getting some TLC though. Man, I miss those shaking rocks that worked when I was a kid.
I'm very glad it will be getting some TLC though. Man, I miss those shaking rocks that worked when I was a kid.
Brer Oswald
Well-Known Member
Unless something serious happens, most insiders seem to point towards September for when this goes down.
zipadee999
Well-Known Member
This could even be a slow dark section after the finale that serves as an extended brake run. Disneyland has Rainbow Ridge, Paris has the tunnel beneath the river, and WDW has nothing. They could even just enclose the current stretch of track leading back to the station after the brakes and install two or three of the more famous Rainbow Caverns water features.
Do we know if the track replacement will necessarily be a massive, one-time undertaking? I wonder if they wanted to minimize downtime they could slightly extend Big Thunder’s annual refurbishments and replace a portion of the layout every year for three or four years until eventually the entire layout has been replaced.
DisneyRoy
Well-Known Member
I don’t know. Can they retrack the whole coaster with a mountain around it in 12 months? Seems fast to me.
DisDude33
Well-Known Member
I’ve seen “18 months” thrown around in a few conversations but I don’t know how official that is.
IanDLBZF
Well-Known Member
Something tells me we're getting the Explosive Finale after all.
Bocabear
Well-Known Member
I would expect the standard 2-3 years....and in the end they will probably not touch the finale or any sets...
DisDude33
Well-Known Member
I wish I could say that your being negative but WDW’s track record is definitely in favor of your prediction.
PREMiERdrum
Well-Known Member
18 months of actual track work with some other site stuff reaching the 2+ year mark AFAIK. I'd expect an 18ish month closure.
If they start it in the September that leaves it down for two sets of Halloween and Christmas crowds, you would think they would want to limit that and shut it down in January
JoeCamel
Well-Known Member
You say that like they care? This is 12+ years in the making and now they can spread the budget between another project