justintheharris
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Is there any hope for any ride to get a refurbishment? Big Thunder Mountain is probably the number one ride I wanna see get a refurbishment.
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Magic Kingdom 50th Anniversary Plans
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Bocabear
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Big Thunder was just refurbished a few years back with complete tyrack replacement....Would be nice if they plussed up the special effects though!
It was supposed to get the big boom gag that the DL version has for the 50th. Whether that intent survives budgeting is a separate issue.
justintheharris
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As far as I heard, Disney World’s BTM has not had a track replacement.
Bocabear
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look back...they replaced the track
Rich Brownn
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When? I know Disneyland did, but I never saw any work replacing the entire track.
IanDLBZF
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Just announced - https://blogmickey.com/2019/12/big-thunder-mountain-railroad-refurbishment-scheduled-for-may-2020/
Also Swiss Family Robinson refurb too - https://blogmickey.com/2019/12/swiss-family-treehouse-closing-for-refurbishment-in-late-april-2020/
justintheharris
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Speak of the devil!
justintheharris
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And of course, it's for three weeks. What are they going to do? Repaint the trains and leave everything else as is?
justintheharris
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Same. I'm pretty certain only Disneyland got its track replaced.
MerlinTheGoat
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WDW's Big Thunder definitely hasn't received a full track replacement. And it has needed it badly for many years now.
It will require a lengthy closure when they finally get to it. Probably comparable to the amount of time Disneyland's version did when it got a full track replacement, which was 14 months spanning 2013-2014. Perhaps even longer if they continue to procrastinate.
I think Paris got significant work done on its track as well recently. Though I don't know how much (if any) was actually replaced. It's reportedly FAR smoother than before though, so they probably did replace quite a bit.
It will require a lengthy closure when they finally get to it. Probably comparable to the amount of time Disneyland's version did when it got a full track replacement, which was 14 months spanning 2013-2014. Perhaps even longer if they continue to procrastinate.
I think Paris got significant work done on its track as well recently. Though I don't know how much (if any) was actually replaced. It's reportedly FAR smoother than before though, so they probably did replace quite a bit.
justintheharris
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It looks like we just got our answer: no.
The 50th is still 16 months away.
justintheharris
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But wluld they really put BTM down for refurbishment if they “””“just had a refurbishment?””””
Splash is going down for an extended rehab, it makes sense to hold off on a major refurb of BTMRR this year, next year Splash will likely need a shorter rehab, leaving more time for a major BTMRR before summer. It’s my hope that the first half of 2021 sees lots of refurbs to get ready for the 50th on the “left side of the park” (BTMRR, JC, HM, CBJ.)
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Crazydisneyfanluke
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Disneyson
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I feel like I can probably answer that with intuition - they’ll wait until Tron opens to do that, I bet.
justintheharris
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Well just because I think Big Thunder Mountain needs a refurbishment doesn’t mean I don’t think Space Mountain doesn’t need one. They’re not mutually exclusive. I think literally every major ride in Magic Kingdom (except Seven Dwarfs, Pirates and Mansion) needs a long refurbishment.
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