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Ride details

Big Thunder Mountain

Vekoma-mijntreinachtbaan die onder de rivier door naar het eiland van Thunder Mesa schiet.

Big Thunder Mountain is de mijntreinicoon van Disneyland Paris. De trein duikt vanuit Frontierland onder de Rivers of the Far West door, rijdt over het eiland en keert via tunnels terug naar het station. De baan combineert familievriendelijke snelheid met lange bochten, tunnels en rotswerk, waardoor hij groter en avontuurlijker voelt dan de meeste klassieke mine trains.

Normal 50 min
Average 50 min
Highest measurement 140 min Measured at 25-06 21:13
Type Ride
Category Roller coaster
Photos
RCDB

Coaster profile

View on RCDB

Classification

RCDB #956
RCDB status Operating since April 12, 1992
Classification Roller Coaster
Track type Steel
Design Mine Train
Scale Family
Layout Mine train coaster
Station Dual Station
Categories Roller Coaster, Steel, Sit Down, Family
Opened April 12, 1992
Lift count 4 Chain Lift Hills
Helix 540°

Tracks

Length 3,953.4 ft (1,205.0 m)
Height 72.2 ft (22.0 m)
Drop 39.4 ft (12.0 m)
Speed 40.4 mph (65.0 km/h)
Inversions 0
Ride duration 3:56

Trains

Arrangement 5 treinen met 5 wagens per trein; rijders zitten 2 naast elkaar in 3 rijen per wagen voor 30 rijders per trein.
Trains 5
Cars per train 5
Rows per car 3
Riders per row 2
Riders per train 30
Capacity per hour 2,424

Elements

Status history

  • SBNO from January 6, 2025 through June 20, 2025
  • Operated from December 17, 2016 through January 5, 2025
  • SBNO from November 2, 2015 through December 16, 2016
  • Operated from April 12, 1992 through February 10, 2015

Location

Frontierland bij Disneyland Paris, op het eiland in de Rivers of the Far West.

Notes

RCDB 956 geeft 1205 m baanlengte, 22 m hoogte, 12 m drop, 65 km/u, 0 inversies, 3:56 ritduur en 2424 rijders per uur. De Parijse versie valt op door de eilandligging en tunnels onder de rivier.

Theming

Vervloekte mijn van Thunder Mesa met rotspartijen, tunnels, onderwaterpassages en westernverhaal.

Data

Wait statistics

Based on available measurements and historical wait-time data.

Now Closed
Normal 50 min
Average 50 min
Highest measurement 140 min Measured at 25-06 21:13
Measurements 4271
Outage measurements 815
Avg. outage duration 53 min
Often busy 12:00 60 min average
Often quiet 22:00 29 min average
Reliability High 4723 measurements, 14 hour blocks
Distribution

Boxplots

Spread of wait times, outage duration, and the number of outages per day based on available historical data.

Wait times

4271 measurements

0 min 40 min 80 min 120 min 160 min
Min
0 min
Q1
40 min
Median
50 min
Q3
60 min
Max
140 min

Typical wait time: around 50 min.

It usually falls between 40 min and 60 min.

See more than 60 min? It is probably busier than usual — consider a quieter moment.

Less than 40 min? You are in luck: that does not happen often.

Outage duration

90 outages

0 min 30 min 60 min 90 min 120 min
Min
3 min
Q1
5 min
Median
6 min
Q3
57 min
Max
114 min

Outages usually last about 6 min.

Some are over quickly (sometimes within 5 min), others take longer (up to 57 min). That varies per outage.

Already longer than 57 min? The attraction may stay closed a while longer.

Outages per day

27 days

0 2 4 6 8
Min
1
Q1
2
Median
4
Q3
4
Max
8

On days with outages, we see an average of 4 per day.

That usually falls between 2 and 4.

On quiet days it was 1, on busy days up to 8.

Historical

Wait-time build-up

Today compared with historical wait times by hour.

Today Expected Historical
Horizontal axis hours, vertical axis queue minutes. 0 min 15 min 30 min 45 min 60 min 09:00 11:00 13:00 15:00 17:00 19:00 21:00 22:00