Uploaded August 2010 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Ride a runaway mine train through twisting desert canyons, creaking mine shafts and pitch-black bat caverns as you thunder past falling boulders, gushing waterfalls, playful wildlife and abandoned mining settlements. Big Thunder Mountain Railroad is "the wildest ride in the wilderness!"
As you're racing past, try to admire the burnt red and orange natural spires, arches, canyons and gorges. Based on Bryce Canyon in Utah, the scenery captures the thrill, excitement and beauty of the rugged and untamed landscape of the American West.
Folklore tells of mysterious rumblings and strange noises emanating from the depths of the 104-foot-tall Big Thunder Mountain. Strange iridescent stalagmites and stalactites pulse with eerie light deep below ground. Native American tales claim that supernatural forces will unleash the power of thunder upon those who dare to remove gold from the mountain.
Undaunted, the Big Thunder Mountain Mining Company has begun to mine the site. Reports claim that mine trains sometimes mysteriously depart the station without an engineer at the throttle — driven by unseen forces.
The next train is departing now. Dare to test the legend?
The charming miniature town of Big Thunder that you roll past at the end of the attraction might not be an authentic Old West town, but it does predate Big Thunder Mountain Railroad. Originally named Rainbow Ridge, the town is one of several repurposed elements from the Rainbow Caverns Mine Train (later called Mine Train through Nature's Wonderland) that transported Guests around Frontierland from 1956 to 1977.
Ride a runaway mine train through twisting desert canyons, creaking mine shafts and pitch-black bat caverns as you thunder past falling boulders, gushing waterfalls, playful wildlife and abandoned mining settlements. Big Thunder Mountain Railroad is "the wildest ride in the wilderness!"
As you're racing past, try to admire the burnt red and orange natural spires, arches, canyons and gorges. Based on Bryce Canyon in Utah, the scenery captures the thrill, excitement and beauty of the rugged and untamed landscape of the American West.
Folklore tells of mysterious rumblings and strange noises emanating from the depths of the 104-foot-tall Big Thunder Mountain. Strange iridescent stalagmites and stalactites pulse with eerie light deep below ground. Native American tales claim that supernatural forces will unleash the power of thunder upon those who dare to remove gold from the mountain.
Undaunted, the Big Thunder Mountain Mining Company has begun to mine the site. Reports claim that mine trains sometimes mysteriously depart the station without an engineer at the throttle — driven by unseen forces.
The next train is departing now. Dare to test the legend?
The charming miniature town of Big Thunder that you roll past at the end of the attraction might not be an authentic Old West town, but it does predate Big Thunder Mountain Railroad. Originally named Rainbow Ridge, the town is one of several repurposed elements from the Rainbow Caverns Mine Train (later called Mine Train through Nature's Wonderland) that transported Guests around Frontierland from 1956 to 1977.
