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Big Thunder Mountain Railroad

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/* Ride Plot */
==Ride Plot==
The ride begins with guests leaving the loading station. The train immediately enters a a dark tunnel and makes a left hand turn. In the tunnel the sound of bats can be heard. The train makes a right hand turn and then begins to go up the attractions first hill. On the guests right, a series of caverns can be see, before the train makes its way to the top of another hill. After another drop the train turns right and goes up to small hills. At this time it is possible to see another runaway train pass by.
 
===Tumbleweed===
When guests under Tumbleweed they will notice that town has been flooded. On the left hand side of the town guests will see the Dry Good Store, the Gold Dust Saloon and which seems to be having a barbershopparty on the second story. On the right side, a Tumbleweed sign says that they population went from 8015 to 247 to 15 before now reading "dried out". Next to the sign, one of the few remaining residents of Tumbleweed, Cousin Elrod who along floats in his bathtub. Also in Tumbleweed on the riders left hand side is rain man Professor Cumulus Isobar, who's rain making machine seems to have worked a little too well. As the train passes through Tumbleweed riders will notice that the train seems to be sway from side to side. This sensation is created by banking the tracks of the railroad.  ===Dave V Jones Mine and Boneyard===As guests exit Tumbleweed and head towards the boneyard, the train passes through another tunnel called the Dave V Jones Mine. As riders continue on going up another hill and eventually down a 540 degree helix to the left, there is a lot of scenery to see. Audio Anamatronic mules, a billy goat, a road runner and a snake all populate the mountain landscape. Riders then enter another tunnel when suddenly an earthquake hits. As the rock rumble and shake, it seems that they will soon crush and bury the train. The train makes it by just in time. Now in daylight the train drops away to the left, towards the Rivers of America, before making another short turn and entering another shot tunnel. The train then enters the boneyard scene.  In the boneyard scene, guests will pass the bones of a dinosaur in the side of the mountain. As guests continue on the train rolls through geysers which shoot up on either side of them. In recent years however, the geyser effect has not been in use. The trains then hit a final break run and return to the station. ==Fun Facts and Trivia== *The path that guests exit Big Thunder Mountain Railroad is Nugget Way.  * The Proprietor of the Dry Goods Store in Tumbleweed are D. Hydrate and U. Wither.  *In the queue for the attraction guests will see crates from the fictional Lythum & Hyde Explosive Company. *Another crate in the queue comes from the Clarksdale Miners Supply.  *Big Thunder Mountain Railroad takes up approximately 2.5 acres of land. *The track length of the attraction is 2,780 feet.  ==References==http://www.theneverlandfiles.com/tnf/disneyworld/thundermesa.php http://www.wdwmemories.com/disney-world-big-thunder-mountain-railroad.html http://www.neatorama.com/2011/05/20/neatorama-facts-big-thunder-mountain-railroad/ http://www.2719hyperion.com/2007/02/snapshot-lytum-hyde-explosives-company.html http://www.wdwradio.com/2007/09/big-thunder-mountain-railroad/ http://land.allears.net/blogs/jackspence/2009/07/big_thunder_mountain_railroad.html
== Trivia and Fun Facts==