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00:00For several years in the 1970s, tantalizing concept art for a new Big Thunder Mountain

00:29Railroad attraction was displayed on Main Street inside Disneyland Presents a Preview

00:34of Coming Attractions.

00:36The preview became a reality in the fall of 1979, which unfortunately can't be said for

00:41all the ideas presented in that coming attractions room.

00:45Big Thunder was the third major mountain constructed in Disneyland.

00:49Matterhorn Mountain in 59, Space Mountain in 77, requiring two years of construction.

00:54The Big Thunder Mountain Railroad took longer to build than the entire original park did

00:59and with a price tag approaching $16 million, it cost almost as much.

01:12Right now we're standing here on the unload platform at Big Thunder Mountain where we're

01:16in the middle of one of the largest rehabs that's ever happened here since we opened the attraction

01:21back in 1979.

01:33Some of the major changes that are happening here is the replacement of the ride track

01:36and the ride vehicles.

01:38Some elements that have been here since near when the park opened, the Rainbow Ridge has

01:41been completely reconstructed.

01:43You'll see significant changes to the show audio and show lighting that have all been upgraded.

01:48Well, to be a part of a renovation of this size, it's a tremendous opportunity and I'm happy

01:55to have been a part of this.

01:57Well, we're really looking forward to seeing the looks on the guest faces when they get

02:01here and are finally able to look at all of the work that we've done out here and the

02:06new improvements that we've made for them.

02:11Howdy folks, please keep your hands, arms and legs inside the train and remain seated

02:17at all times.

02:18Now then, hang on to them hats and glasses cause this here's a wildest ride in the wilderness.

02:25The e-ticket attraction was heralded an instant classic.

02:29Its two-acre site is located in the large area in Frontierland formerly known as Nature's

02:34Wonderland.

02:35Some of the old rocks, landscaping and desert crops from that earlier era were retained,

02:40but the dominant Big Thunder feature was brand new.

02:43Standing 104 feet high, the Central Mountain is about three-quarters as tall as Matterhorn

02:48Mountain and borrows its dramatic soaring orange buttes from Utah's Bryce Canyon National Park.

02:54As a high-speed roller coaster, Big Thunder Mountain Railroad was designed to compete with other

02:58Southern California theme parks that were wowing 70s teens with rapidly proliferating variations

03:04of highly kinetic roller coasters.

03:07Big Thunder's half-mile-long track is steep, tightly curved and wet thanks to a splash area

03:13similar to the one at the end of Meadowhorn Mountain bobsleds.

03:16Though they average only about 30 miles per hour during the three-minute trip, the half-dozen

03:21runaway trains seem faster and definitely put the wild in wild west.

03:25The rollicking trains are noisy, too. Steven Spielberg recorded the raucous sounds to accompany

03:30the mine cart chase in Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom.

03:34More than just thrills, though, Big Thunder has always offered humorous details and Frontier

03:39allure. Before guests board the trains, they encounter little details that add to the Western

03:43theme, such as a sign that touts Big Thunder as the biggest little boomtown in the West, with

03:49a steadily decreasing population, an exposed wall of dinosaur bones, and miniature of the

03:55Rainbow Ridge town that once graced the loading area for the old mine train.

04:00Along the track itself are threatening rock slides, swarms of menacing bats, and an assortment

04:06of mechanical wildlife. Frontier flair is everywhere. An old coot narrates the attraction. Genuine

04:11Old West antiques decorate the queue area. The Big Thunder Mountain Railroad attraction was

04:16manufactured by Walt Disney World Company in September 1979. The attraction is a roller coaster-style

04:22ride with a height requirement of 40 inches and a track length of 2,671 feet. The track

04:28is of a tri-rail design, with two load rails, a third rail or backbone, and three chain lifts.

04:35The track is divided into six zones. Each zone is sealed and air pressurized. Pneumatically

04:40activated and spring-released fin brakes slow or stop the train, and linear induction mortars

04:46use a brake fin to accelerate or decelerate the train. The mountain is 104 feet tall. The

04:52upper buttes weigh up to 28 tons. Names of the trains. You are Daring. I am Brave, replaced

04:59by I am Loco. I am Fearless. I be Hardy. You be Bold. You are Courageous.

05:05The legends say that this peaceful looking mine is anything but peaceful. Of course you'd have

05:13to ride Big Thunder Mountain Railroad to fully understand.

05:20You're all good at all, it's a bad soul. You're all good at all. They don't go back on

05:21the runway. You're all good at all. Don't go back on the floor.

05:22You're all good at all. Don't go back on the floor.

05:27Yes. Jack, you're just pandy.

05:30Okay, honey.

06:00Let's go!

06:02Wow!

06:04Whoa!

06:06Oh!

06:08Woo!

06:10Woo!

06:16Woo!

06:18Woo!

06:20Woo!

06:24Woo!

06:56Ooohhh!

06:59Ooohhh!

07:04Ooohhh!

07:07Ooohhh!

07:13Ooohhh!

07:17Ooohhh!

07:18Good luck!

07:20Oh dear!

07:56I love you!

08:15Is that what you were going to say?

08:22We'll have to do it later.

08:28We'll turn it at 11.45.

08:31We'll come back.

08:39A shot of the old prospector, Dallas McKinnon, that does the announcement at the beginning.

08:43Quite testing for the cars.

08:46Some of the trains back in the storage area behind Big Thunder Mountain.

08:52A track switch for bringing the trains out of storage.

09:01A track switch for the load area.

09:04Connection between the cars.

09:07Brakes.

09:12Cars getting stranded on the tracks and here's how they move them.

09:16They move them by people power.

09:22Maintenance engineers examining a train.

09:28Control panel layout.

09:31The control panel.

09:40Monitors in the control tower.

09:43Front gym.

09:45Part gym.

09:49Best gym.

09:50In black Tony Vaughan

09:55爾 Anwar, fate of God'sRI.

09:57Lot ofival intro.

09:59He makes you feel the same moldy as we have to access.

10:01But where he https is prepared.

10:02The doings.

10:03Oh, I know he's looking for himself, termor.

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