Big Thunder Mountain Railroad
Magic Kingdom, Orlando, FL
Photos: AmaryllisGardener, Michael Lowin, Michael Gray, Kjersti Holmang · Wikimedia Commons
Mine Train coaster · Steel · Disney / Arrow
Opened 1980 · Owned by Disney
A runaway mine train through a haunted Gold Rush ghost town, complete with floods, bats and dynamite blasts.
- Height
- 44 ft
- Top speed
- 30 mph
- Length
- 2,780 ft
- Inversions
- 0
- Opened
- 1980
- Builder
- Disney / Arrow
On-ride video
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Plan your ride
Lines are shortest at park open and in the last hour of the day. Enthusiasts swear by the back row for the biggest airtime.
Good to know
No inversions — intense, but you never go upside down
Mine Train coaster — smooth modern track
Compact layout — 2,780 ft of track
