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3548.0 #10 (DL Qual #5)
January 2, 2013 10:03 AM
Good morning! This day in Disney history, Jan 2nd, 1977. In Frontierland, the Mine Train Through Nature's Wonderland attraction closes. As your train traveled through Bear Country, Beaver Valley, the Living Desert & Rainbow Caverns, you saw: Mighty waterfalls cascading off Cascade Peak, Industrious beavers building a dam, Brown bears swimming & resting & even one scratching his back on a tree,
Saguaro cacti that look strangely human, balancing rocks that may just lose their balance as your train car passes by, Devil’s Paint Pots (bubbling pots of mud in all kinds of colors), Old Unfaithful Geyser shooting water high into the desert air &
Colorful, glowing waterfalls inside Rainbow Caverns. Big Thunder Mountain Railroad, replaced the Mine Train in 1979.
Do you remember the Mine Train Through Natures Wonderland? What did you think of it?
I remember it from when I was little. We were very scared of the balancing rocks ;) and loved the train ride! - ShariRenee
1576.2 #51 10:18AM
Thank you again! - ShariRenee 1576.2 #51 10:19AM
Good morning sweetheart! Thanks for sharing! Hope you have a great day! - Duchess_SMK 3548.0 #10 10:22AM
Hi!!! Working but checking in here thanks for the memories!! Have a great day too! - ShariRenee 1576.2 #51 10:25AM
I wish, never been but would love to hear from those that have. I listen to the attraction often on MWRadio! Thanks for these😘 - toph
2406.7 #26 10:21AM
Sadly me either. 😔 Hoping someone has a good story for us. Thanks my dear! Miss you! - Duchess_SMK 3548.0 #10 10:43AM
Kind of ironic that BTMR will be closing this month for refurb. Thanks for sharing this event. - aprilinjune4
394.2 #346 10:26AM
🎶It's like rain on your wedding day…😂😜sorry April that's the first thing that came mind. - Miss-E-Mouse 847.3 #109 10:29AM
I agree it is ironic! Oh how I will miss it! 😢 Lol @. Miss-E-Mouse! Perfect! - Duchess_SMK 3548.0 #10 10:53AM
I wish I could have been around to see some of the original attractions like this one. 😞 - Miss-E-Mouse
847.3 #109 10:30AM
Same here - Pinman 22.8 #4914 10:42AM
Me too! But hey, we get to see all the new ones! 😉 - Duchess_SMK 3548.0 #10 10:54AM
I do remember that ride! I was only 6 then but I do remember! Especially the falling rocks part, that really stands out in my mind. And here I thought that ride was all a figment of my overactive imagination. Thanks for posting! - TamiLovesDisney
126.5 #2673 10:34AM
I bet that WOULD have been scary! Especially for a 6 year old! And oh yes, it was very real! Thank you for sharing with us! - Duchess_SMK 3548.0 #10 11:08AM
I went on that ride many times when I was growing up and loved it so much! I also remember when you could ride the mules around there, but never got to do that. - leopardditz2000
54.0 #3727 10:39AM
I did ride the mules when I was really small. Dusty but fun, my Dad would take me when he was home from Vietnam. - ShariRenee 1576.2 #51 12:56PM
What special memories for you both! Thanks for sharing with us! - Duchess_SMK 3548.0 #10 3:31PM
This is one of the few closed attractions that I do not remember. I'm sure I must have been on it, since I was 10 yrs old by the time it was closed, but I have no recollection of it. Very cool, though. I wish I could remember. Thank you SMK! - MyPark
946.4 #94 10:40AM
I would have been around 8 and this does not bring back any memories. Great post. - RadiatorSprings4Ever 166.9 #2091 10:49AM
Awe! I was expecting a good story from you MyPark! ::sigh:: - Duchess_SMK 3548.0 #10 2:50PM
Here ya go... "Once upon a time . . . in a great castle, a Prince's daughter grew up happy and contented, in spite of a jealous stepmother. She was very pretty, with blue eyes and long black hair. Her skin was delicate and fair, and so she was called Snow White." I know.. For a clown fish, I'm not very funny. - MyPark 946.4 #94 3:09PM
Good morning & Happy New Year Duchess. I so remember this attraction being an old geezer, lol. I have a few old pix and great memories of this and the old Frontierland. Thanks for once taking us back in time. Keep up the great work. - splashphotoCM
881.2 #104 10:42AM
Neat! splash i'd love to see any pics if you'd be so kind to share. - toph 2406.7 #26 10:52AM
The part on BTMR where the train goes up is part of the old attraction. As you went up, on either side you could see stalactites & stalagmites dripping water in the water causing the rainbow effect. - splashphotoCM 881.2 #104 10:54AM
I will look for them toph, may have some old 8mm movies. - splashphotoCM 881.2 #104 10:55AM
that is so cool! thank you kindly! - toph 2406.7 #26 11:28AM
Good afternoon and happy new year to you my friend! You're not an old geezer! Lol I'd love to see these too! Thanks as always for your encouragement! - Duchess_SMK 3548.0 #10 2:52PM
I loved this ride but the balancing rocks scared me when I was little. I remember the glowing water inside the caverns...beautiful. Thanks for the memories. - kskating
378.8 #364 10:48AM
Seems a lot of people were scared by those rocks! Lol I bet that water was magical! Thanks for sharing with us! :) - Duchess_SMK 3548.0 #10 2:54PM
Wow. Another fabulously intriguing piece of Disney history. Keep it coming Duchess, you do a brilliant job!! - RapunzelledColey
14.1 #5936 10:55AM
::blushes:: you just made my day! So happy you enjoy my posts! It all just stuff I read and share but I'm flattered regardless! Thank you so much! - Duchess_SMK 3548.0 #10 2:55PM
This is amazing quality content. I am to young to have experienced this but I love the history behind it and would have loved to have seen it. - PrincessAuroraMomma
394.6 #345 10:59AM
Ha ha! You are awesome! I loved seeing this again so I could show my kids I'm not crazy when I remember things that use to be at the park! ;) miss it, but love its replacement. - piratelife4me
391.7 #351 11:16AM
Thank you! Wish is could have experienced all of the classic Disneyland attractions. - RickChavez
2332.7 #28 11:22AM
I loved this attraction as a kid. I remember the rainbow caverns and the rocks. It was great! - GoofyJoe
1868.3 #41 11:29AM
Ahh memories about this!! Thanks! - Goofy24
125.6 #2688 11:32AM
This is another attraction that was before my time! Interesting info SMK. - LilSterner
2686.2 #20 11:40AM
I wish I had a time machine to go back and enjoy classic DL. - MightyWhitey
648.3 #170 11:42AM
I absolutely adored this ride! There was so much visually to take in. The saguaro cacti fascinated me with their almost human form, to the point that on road trips when we would see them I would strive to see a creature in each one. I miss it, but am glad there are reminders of it as you ride BTMRR. - Gia
794.1 #122 12:41PM
Wish I had been able to experience this one. My parents loved it. Thanks for the fabulous info! - RCmom
2605.3 #22 1:00PM
I just don't remember this. We moved to CA via MI in 1975. I visited CA/Disneyland around 73' or 74' so I must have seen or rode it. - HalfCaff
93.0 #3155 3:02PM
Walt had such a passion for technology but also loved the old west and nature. Alot of his early film and documentary weres based on nature and even had a tv (don't remember the name).Natures wonderland was the western most border in disneylands early year and had the stage coach ride and mule packs as well with the train.Later the short lived holidayland a seperate picnic area would appear near this area.Today there are a few bits of the old track around the thunderanch/frontierland,some of the saloon/city shops and along the river of America as well. - pikarich
677.6 #158 7:05PM
I do remember this. It was a lot of fun! I remember the balancing rocks. I remember all that bubbling stuff. Years later, I could never remember what ride that was in and why I never saw it again. Or if it had even been at Disneyland or was at Knott's! So glad to know now what and where it was! Thank you! Edited after I read the other responses. I remember tht glowin water. Lots of blues, I remember. Also, the track going up, like on a roller coaster almost, with those stalactites and stalagmites as others mentioned. - meridafan
1099.7 #74 7:12PM
Would have been so cool to experience all this! - madsdad
1244.5 #65 7:24PM
I loved this ride too! I especially remember the caverns and the mud pots, all the colors! I like how they gave a nod to this ride in the caverns on BTMR. - adisneyfamily
564.0 #202 7:32PM
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