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cheese, it's actually hilarious. The air-conditioned theater is a great place to cool off
and rest your feet.
FRONTIERLAND
THIS “LAND” ADJOINS ADVENTURELAND
as you move clockwise around the Magic
Kingdom. Frontierland's focus is on the Old West, with stockade-type structures and
pioneer trappings.
Big Thunder Mountain Railroad
(FastPass+)
What it is
Tame Western mining-themed roller coaster.
Scope and scale
Headliner.
Fright potential
Visually intimidating from outside, with moderately intense visual ef-
fects.
Bottleneck rating
9.
When to go
Before 10 a.m., in the hour before closing, or use
FastPass+.
Special comments
Must be 40″ tall to ride; children younger than age 7 must
ride with an adult.
Switching-off
option provided.
Authors' rating
Great effects; relat-
ivelytameride;nottobemissed; .
Duration of ride
Almost3½minutes.
Average wait
in line per 100 people ahead of you
2½ minutes; assumes 5 trains operating.
Loading
speed
Moderate-fast.
Zooming on a runaway train around a mountain and through a deserted mining town
is Disney at its best (if only one could concentrate on the scenery). The ride is rough,
and if you don't like roller coasters, this one is going to remind you why. The air-
conditioned queue features first-rate examples of Disney creativity: a realistic mining
town, geysers, swinging possums, petulant buzzards, and the like. Ride after dark if
you can. Regardless of when you ride, seats in the back offer a better experience.
