Seven Dwarfs Mine Train

Seven Dwarfs Mine Train

The largest drop and bridge of the Seven Dwarfs Mine Train ride in the Fantasyland section of the Magic Kingdom at Walt Disney World in Bay Lake, Florida
Magic Kingdom
Park section Fantasyland
Coordinates 28°25′14″N 81°34′48″W / 28.42056°N 81.58000°W / 28.42056; -81.58000
Status Operating
Soft opening date May 21, 2014
Opening date May 28, 2014[1]
Replaced 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea: Submarine Voyage (1971–94)
Pooh's Playful Spot (2005–10)
Website Official website
FastPass+ available
Seven Dwarfs Mine Train at Magic Kingdom at RCDB
Pictures of Seven Dwarfs Mine Train at Magic Kingdom at RCDB
Shanghai Disneyland Park
Name 七个小矮人矿山车
Park section Fantasyland
Status Operating
Opening date June 16, 2016[2][3]
Website Official website
FastPass available
Single rider line available
七个小矮人矿山车 at Shanghai Disneyland Park at RCDB
Pictures of 七个小矮人矿山车 at Shanghai Disneyland Park at RCDB
General statistics
Type Steel
Manufacturer Vekoma
Designer Walt Disney Imagineering
Lift/launch system Two chain lift hills
Length 2,000 ft (610 m)
Speed 34 mph (55 km/h)
Inversions 0
Duration 2:50
Height restriction 38 in (97 cm)
Trains 5[4] trains with 5 cars. Riders are arranged 2 across in 2 rows for a total of 20 riders per train.
Theme Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs

Seven Dwarfs Mine Train is a steel roller coaster located at Magic Kingdom and Shanghai Disneyland Park. Manufactured by Vekoma, the roller coaster is situated in the Fantasyland sections of both parks.[5] The Magic Kingdom version opened to the public on May 28, 2014, as part of a major park expansion called New Fantasyland,[6] while the Shanghai version opened on June 16, 2016.[2][3] The ride is themed to the Walt Disney's 1937 film Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, the first traditional-animated feature film.

History

The Fantasyland section of the Magic Kingdom underwent a large expansion and renovation from March 2010[7] through May 2014.[8][9] As part of the expansion, the Magic Kingdom's original Snow White attraction, Snow White's Scary Adventures, was permanently closed on May 31, 2012 and replaced with Princess Fairytale Hall, a new Disney Princess meet and greet.[9] A new area themed to Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, featuring Snow White's cottage and the new the Seven Dwarfs Mine Train roller coaster, was dedicated on May 2, 2014 and officially opened on May 28, 2014.[1][10][10] The ride soft-opened in the Magic Kingdom on May 21, 2014,[11] fully opening a week later on May 28, 2014.

On June 16, 2016, Shanghai Disneyland Park opened, with the Seven Dwarfs Mine Train among the attractions.[2][3]

Description

Queue

The queue hosts a few interactive activities. One is a gem-sorting game where you match up three jewels of different shape but the same color. There is also a spot with barrels full of gems that you spin to create reflective animations of the Seven Dwarfs on the ceiling. If all of the dwarfs are present on the ceiling, an animation of Snow White appears in the middle of the Dwarfs' animations. Finally there are the "musical spigots," a gem washing station with wooden taps carved to woodland animals. There are 12 spigots each representing a note on the chromatic scale.[12]

Attraction

A prototype car for the Seven Dwarfs Mine Train on display at the D23 Expo in 2011

The ride travels both indoors and outdoors, similar to Frontierland's major attractions, Big Thunder Mountain Railroad and Splash Mountain. Unlike roller coasters such as California Screamin' and Rock 'n' Roller Coaster Starring Aerosmith, this attraction is designed to appeal to a family-oriented crowd with enchanting scenery and cartoonish architecture; it retains details from the original 1937 film.[13] The attraction features a new ride system of a "tilting vehicle." This new technology simulates the swaying and tipping one would expect to experience in a mine cart.[8][14]

Songs from the film, such as Heigh-Ho, are featured in the attraction.[15] Most of the Audio-Animatronics, including the Dwarf figures of Doc, Happy, Sleepy, Grumpy, and Bashful performing their Yodel Song in the final scene are recycled from the demolished Snow White's Scary Adventures attraction. Additionally, the vulture figures from the previous attraction ride are perched on a mining structure early in the ride. Many of the figures within the cave are new designs from the animation team, with the most important and recognizable contribution being Doc's high range of motion, two degree-of-freedom wrist.[15][16]

The ride features two on-ride cameras that provide videos and pictures for guests to buy through Disney's Photopass, which it began doing on September 18, 2014.[17] It is one of only two Walt Disney World attraction to provide videos for guests, the other being The Twilight Zone Tower of Terror.[18][19] Unlike the rest of the rides at Walt Disney World with on-ride cameras (with the exception of Frozen Ever After), there are no monitors after the ride to view the pictures and there is no store to buy the pictures in.

Incidents

On November 1, 2014, falling embers from Wishes fireworks show landed on the fake grass exterior of the ride, causing a fire near the bridge that the coaster travels on just before entering the mine. This caused the ride and the area around it to be evacuated.[20] The fire was first reported around 10:20 p.m. Reedy Creek Fire Department responded and extinguished the fire within minutes, according to eyewitnesses. By 11 p.m., multiple eyewitnesses said the fire was out. There were no injuries reported. The area around it reopened later that night and the ride reopened at 12:30 a.m. that same night.[21][22]

References

  1. 1 2 Smith, Thomas (May 2, 2014). "Seven Dwarfs Mine Train Opens May 28 at Walt Disney World Resort". Disney Parks Blog. The Walt Disney Company. Retrieved May 2, 2014.
  2. 1 2 3 Smith, Thomas (January 12, 2016). "Opening Date Set for Shanghai Disney Resort, Disney’s Newest World-Class Destination". DisneyParks Blog. Retrieved January 12, 2016.
  3. 1 2 3 Smith, Thomas. "Shanghai Disneyland Themed Lands to Include New Attractions, Live Shows". disneyparksblog.com. Disney Parks. Retrieved September 17, 2015.
  4. ↑ "Review: Seven Dwarfs Mine Train mixes Disney charm, technology, thrills". Tampa Bay Times.
  5. ↑ "Seven Dwarfs Mine Train".
  6. ↑ Marden, Duane. "Seven Dwarfs Mine Train  (Magic Kingdom)". Roller Coaster DataBase. Retrieved April 2, 2011.
  7. ↑ "Fantasyland Expansion Begins with Groundbreaking at Magic Kingdom Park". Disney Parks Blog. Disneyparks.disney.go.com. March 3, 2010. Retrieved June 2, 2014.
  8. 1 2 Smith, Thomas (January 18, 2011). "Update on New Fantasyland at Magic Kingdom Park". Retrieved January 20, 2011.
  9. 1 2 "Disney World’s Fantasyland expansion". WOFL FOX 35. January 18, 2011. Retrieved January 18, 2011.
  10. 1 2 Fickley-Baker, Jennifer. "All in the Details: Imagineers Create The Dwarfs Cottage at Seven Dwarfs Mine Train". Disney Parks Blog. The Walt Disney Company. Retrieved March 19, 2014.
  11. ↑ "Orlando Theme Park News | Daily News and Photo-updates Covering Central Florida's Attractions: Seven Dwarfs Mine Train Soft-Opening TODAY (May 21)". Orlandoparksnews.com. May 21, 2014. Retrieved June 2, 2014.
  12. ↑ Mauney, Matt (April 22, 2014). "Disney reveals interactive game inside new Mine Train attraction". Orlando Sentinel. Retrieved November 2, 2014.
  13. ↑ Jim Hill (May 27, 2014). "Seven Dwarfs Mine Train Literally Puts a New Face on the Disney Theme Park Experience". The Huffington Post. Retrieved September 12, 2014.
  14. ↑ "Seven Dwarfs Mine Train ready to roll 2014". Park World Magazine: 7. October 2013.
  15. 1 2 "Seven Dwarfs Mine Train comes to life as final piece of New Fantasyland at Magic Kingdom – Complete ride-through video". Orlando Attractions Magazine. Dream Together Media, LLC. Retrieved May 1, 2014.
  16. ↑ Fickley-Baker, Jennifer. "All in the Details: The Changing Terrain of Seven Dwarfs Mine Train at Magic Kingdom Park". Disney Parks Blog. Disney.
  17. ↑ Glassburn, Kelly. "Photos, Videos Capture Your Seven Dwarfs Mine Train Ride at Walt Disney World Resort". disneyparks.disney.go.com. Disney Parks. Retrieved February 7, 2015.
  18. ↑ Glassburn, Kelly. "MyMagic+: Video Captures Your Twilight Zone Tower of Terror Drop at Walt Disney World Resort". disneyparks.disney.go.com. Disney Parks. Retrieved February 7, 2015.
  19. ↑ Wallace, Sandi. "Disney PhotoPass Service Simplifies Access to Walt Disney World Photos, Videos". disneyparks.com. Disney Parks. Retrieved November 2, 2014.
  20. ↑ "There was a small fire tonight at Seven Dwarfs Mine Train...". twitter.com. @attractions (Attractions Magazine). Retrieved November 2, 2014.
  21. ↑ "Seven Dwarfs Mine Train catches fire at Walt Disney World, no injuries reported". WGHP FOX 8. November 1, 2014. Retrieved November 2, 2014.
  22. ↑ Harris, David (November 1, 2014). "Fire at Seven Dwarfs train at Disney, officials say". Orlando Sentinel. Retrieved November 2, 2014.

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