Big Thunder Mountain Entrance Walls Pulled Back, Revealing New Pavement as Spring Return Nears

Overview

• Reporters observed construction walls receding at the attraction’s entrance, exposing freshly poured walkway pavement and signage prohibiting stroller parking.
• Active crews and lingering scaffolding show that exterior work continues despite visible progress at the entrance.
• The entire steel track has been replaced and newly painted trains have been running test cycles for several months.
• Walt Disney Imagineering’s refresh adds a reimagined Rainbow Caverns opening scene with bats, phosphorescent pools, shimmering formations, new Audio‑Animatronics, and gold props.
• Walt Disney World maintains a spring reopening window with no date confirmed, while nearby construction converts the former Rivers of America area toward Piston Peak.