Roller Coasters at Disneyland Park (Anaheim) - Big Thunder Mountain Railroad, Space Mountain, Matterhorn Bobsleds, Gadget's Go Coaster (Paperback)

Chapters: Big Thunder Mountain Railroad, Space Mountain, Matterhorn Bobsleds, Gadget's Go Coaster. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 37. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Big Thunder Mountain Railroad (or for short Big Thunder Mountain) is a relatively mild indoor/outdoor mine train roller coaster located in Frontierland at several Magic Kingdom-style Disney theme parks worldwide. The ride exists at Disneyland Park (Anaheim) and the Magic Kingdom at Walt Disney World as Big Thunder Mountain Railroad, and at Tokyo Disneyland and Disneyland Park (Paris) as Big Thunder Mountain. Big Thunder Mountain Railroad is also the name of the fictional rail line the roller coaster depicts. Although the details of the backstory vary from park to park, all follow the same general story arcs. Some time in the late 1800s, gold was discovered on Big Thunder Mountain in the American southwest. Overnight, the small mining town of Rainbow Ridge (at Disneyland), Tumbleweed (at the Magic Kingdom), or Thunder Mesa (at Disneyland Paris) became a thriving mining town. Mining was prosperous, and an extensive line of mine trains was set up to transport the ore. Unknown to the settlers, the Mountain was a sacred spot to local Native Americans and was cursed. Before long, the settlers' desecration of the mountain caused a great tragedy, which, depending on the park, is usually depicted to be an earthquake (Disneyland Paris, Disneyland) or a flash flood (Magic Kingdom), which befell the mines and town, and the town was abandoned. Some time later, the locomotives were found to be racing around the mountain on their own, without engineers or a crew. The Big Thunder Mountain Railroad was founded in the old mining camp to allow tourists to take rides on the possessed trains. Inspired by real-life Bryce Canyon, the Hoo...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=1313394