Big Thunder Mountain
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Big Thunder Mountain
Tokyo Disneyland · JP · WED Enterprises Custom mine train
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Fast facts
- A steel roller coaster in Tokyo Disneyland’s Westernland, Urayasu, Japan. coasterpedia.net
- The mountain rises thirty-three metres above the surrounding park. vivi.tv
- The runaway mine train reaches a top speed of forty kilometres an hour. tokyodisneyresort.co.jp
- The ride has no inversions, keeping its journey to turns, hills, tunnels and drops. coasterpedia.net
- Big Thunder Mountain opened on July 4, 1987. d23.com
- Each train carries thirty riders, arranged across five cars. coasterpedia.net
The story of Big Thunder Mountain
Big Thunder Mountain was one of the large-scale attractions included in Tokyo Disneyland’s first capital investment plan. The park records its opening in 1987 as an important step in the resort’s early growth. olc.co.jp
The mountain is an engineered landscape rather than a natural one, built with carefully formed rockwork and painted surfaces. Across the attraction’s designs, the scenery draws upon the great sandstone country of the American West. d23.com
Tokyo’s version opened on July 4, 1987, four years after Tokyo Disneyland welcomed its first visitors. It brought a full-sized mine-train journey to Westernland, with the railway threading through the mountain instead of merely passing beside it. d23.com· olc.co.jp
The park continues to describe Big Thunder Mountain as one of its enduring attractions. On a clear afternoon, the red-brown mountain and its circling train remain a familiar sight above Westernland’s paths. tokyodisneyresort.co.jp· olc.co.jp
Sources
- coasterpedia.net Preferred source
- vivi.tv Acceptable source
- tokyodisneyresort.co.jp Acceptable source
- d23.com Acceptable source
- olc.co.jp Acceptable source