Photos: Magic Kingdom Construction — All Outdoor Track Removed on Big Thunder Mountain

The wildest ride in the wilderness is set to return with "new magic" next year.

For the rest of 2025, Big Thunder Mountain will be closed for an extended refurbishment that has already seen major work happening on the attraction.

What’s Happening:

  • Beginning on January 6th, 2025, Big Thunder Mountain Railroad at Magic Kingdom began a major refurbishment that has already seen large-scale work happening on the attraction.
  • Almost immediately after the attraction’s closure, track on the popular roller coaster was removed and now large chunks of the attraction are left with covers and cones where track once stood.

  • With a large crane on site, all of the outdoor track sections of the ride are now removed with scaffolding placed around main areas of the ride’s layout.

  • At the station and queue area, major work has not yet commenced, but orange cones can be seen just under the attraction’s marquee.

  • As of now, specifics surrounding the refurbishment have not been shared, but Disney has promised “new magic” will be added to the wildest ride in the wilderness. Big Thunder Mountain is set to reopen sometime in 2026.
  • At this time, it is unknown if the track pieces are being refurbished or completely replaced. It’ll be a long year waiting to get back on the Magic Kingdom mountain, but we can’t wait to see what Imagineering has in store for the attraction.

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Maxon Faber
Based in Los Angeles, California, Maxon is roller coaster and musical theatre nerd. His favorite dinosaur is the parasaurolophus, specifically the one in Jurassic World: The Ride.