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[msRavenswood]

Big Thunder Mountain, a ride loved by so many of us, is scheduled to close for a total of 13 months from November 2015 to December 2016. There are many rumoured elements to be added during this refurbishment, I hope that some of these rumours, if not all of them, will actually come true!

Looks like the park is getting ready for a grand 25th anniversary! 

[twentythingamabobs]

Ooooh MsRavenswood, please let us in on the rumours! That is a loooong time for it to be closed 

[DisneyfanGermany]

i hope that they'll change the technic to, so that the ride is a bit more fluent and calm (if you know what i mean?)
a good example for this is Grizzly Gulch in HKDL

[msRavenswood]

Rumoured updates include:

- The addition of an extra wagon
- Reviewing and changing some key parts of the track
- Restoration of the geysers
- Draining the lake and cleaning the bottom and banks of the Rivers of the Wild West
- Restoration of the Mark Twain
- Repainting the Big Thunder Mountain and bringing it back to its original colour
- New interactive queue
- Single Riders queue (under consideration)
- Mapping effects on the TNT explosion and bat cave
- Making the link between BTM and the Ravenswood family more clear

Sounds pretty exciting, doesn't it?

[DisneyGagaChick]

How fab! 

[norhel]

Sounds interesting.

[aquacat2]

I would be very impressed if we got all of that, I thought the geysers were a lost cause and they were going to do something else. An interactive que line I would love to see in action I know they have them in America and they seem to work well from what I have seen

[DisneyfanGermany]

Yes, sounds awesome!

[DLPWonders (Banned)]

Wouldn't get too excited on these rumours!
Everyone thought we get new trains and music for Space Mountain too, which turned out to be false.
Everyone thought we get lots of new things regarding Phantom Manor too, which turned out to be false.

The rumours that are stated above were rumours from the moment we learned about all these major refurbs for the 25th.
However none of the rumours turned out to be true, and all there was is just "backstage refurb".

[Christiaanrem]

Wouldn't get too excited on these rumours!
Everyone thought we get new trains and music for Space Mountain too, which turned out to be false.

From what i head is that SM is going to close for some months to have the new trains installed and be closed even longer to have the ride changed again.

[DLPWonders (Banned)]

From what i head is that SM is going to close for some months to have the new trains installed and be closed even longer to have the ride changed again.

Again, just rumours.
There will not be any new trains installed.
Nothing will actually change for guests at Space Mountain, just technical stuff.

[harleyrice]

Sounds good! It does get a bit loud at points.

[mickey1980]

They should have build a new e-ticket before starting all these refurbs.. I've got the feeling the main park won't be very attractive to visit before the 25th. Especially when they will start on BTM and PM 

[Discovery_Mountain]

Unfortunately these refreshments don't just happen over night, it takes a lot of work and effort but will hopefully pay off in the end. 

Im looking forward to visiting for the 25th anniversary. The park will hopefully look as good as it did in the first few years and Im hopeing the TWDC will be more closely involved with the upkeep of the park.

The only thing I'm slightly worried about is them getting rid of original IP in favour of putting film tie ins into the rides/areas.

[Esti]

It's just sad to see that they let the park get to the point where half of it needs to be closed for 2 years so it can look as good as the first day. Not better than before, just as good.
I don't think it'll be worth visiting before 2017, either.