Seven Dwarfs Mine Train facts for kids
Quick facts for kids Seven Dwarfs Mine Train |
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The largest drop and bridge of the Seven Dwarfs Mine Train at Magic Kingdom.
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| Magic Kingdom | |
| Park section | Fantasyland |
| Coordinates | 28°25′14″N 81°34′48″W / 28.42056°N 81.58000°W |
| Status | open |
| Soft opening date | May 21, 2014 |
| Opening date | May 28, 2014 |
| Replaced | 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea: Submarine Voyage (1971–94) Pooh's Playful Spot (2005–10) Ariel's Grotto (1996-2004) |
 FastPass+ available |
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| at at RCDB | |
| Shanghai Disneyland Park | |
| Name | Seven Dwarfs Mine Train 七个小矮人矿山车 |
| Park section | Fantasyland |
| Coordinates | 31°08′51″N 121°39′20″E / 31.147459°N 121.655519°E |
| Status | Operating |
| Soft operation date | May 7, 2016 |
| Opening date | June 16, 2016 |
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| Type | Steel |
| Manufacturer | Vekoma |
| Designer | Walt Disney Imagineering |
| Model | Custom |
| Track layout | MK700 "J" |
| Lift/launch system | Two chain lift hills |
| Drop | 39 ft (12 m) |
| 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 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 |
 Must transfer from wheelchair |
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The Seven Dwarfs Mine Train is an exciting steel roller coaster ride. You can find it at two Disney parks: Magic Kingdom in Florida and Shanghai Disneyland Park in China. This fun ride was built by a company called Vekoma.
The roller coaster is located in the Fantasyland area of both parks. The Magic Kingdom version first opened on May 28, 2014. This was part of a big new area called New Fantasyland. The Shanghai version opened a bit later, on June 16, 2016. The ride is based on Walt Disney's classic 1937 movie, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. This was the very first full-length animated movie ever made!
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History of the Mine Train
The Fantasyland area at Magic Kingdom got a huge makeover between 2010 and 2014. As part of this big change, an older Snow White ride, Snow White's Scary Adventures, closed on May 31, 2012. In its place, a new meeting spot for Disney Princesses was built.
A brand new area, all about Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, was created. It included Snow White's cozy cottage and the new Seven Dwarfs Mine Train roller coaster. This new area officially opened on May 28, 2014. Before that, the ride had a "soft opening" on May 21, 2014, letting some guests try it out early. The Mine Train replaced two older attractions: 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea: Submarine Voyage (which ran from 1971 to 1994) and Pooh's Playful Spot (from 2005 to 2010).
What to Expect on the Ride
Let's explore what makes the Seven Dwarfs Mine Train so special!
Waiting in Line (The Queue)
Even before you get on the ride, the waiting line has fun things to do! There used to be a game where you sorted colorful gems. Now, there are cool, shiny gems that are part of the scenery. You can also spin barrels filled with gems. When you spin them, they create sparkling pictures of the Seven Dwarfs on the ceiling above you. If you get all the dwarfs to appear, an animation of Snow White might even pop up in the middle!
Finally, there's a "musical spigots" area. This is a gem washing station with wooden taps shaped like woodland animals. There are 12 spigots, and each one plays a different musical note when you turn it on.
The Ride Experience
The Seven Dwarfs Mine Train takes you both indoors and outdoors, just like other popular rides such as Big Thunder Mountain Railroad. This ride is designed for families, with charming scenes and cartoon-like buildings. It has many small details that come straight from the original 1937 Snow White film.
A cool thing about this ride is its special "tilting vehicle" system. This new technology makes your mine cart sway and tip, just like a real mine cart would!
Songs from the movie, like Heigh-Ho, play during the ride. Many of the moving figures, called Audio-Animatronics, are from the old Snow White's Scary Adventures ride. This includes the Dwarf figures of Doc, Happy, Sleepy, Grumpy, and Bashful, who are seen singing their Yodel Song in the final scene. You might also spot vulture figures from the old ride perched on a mining structure early on.
The ride has two on-ride cameras that take videos and pictures of you. You can buy these through Disney's PhotoPass. This ride is one of only two at Walt Disney World that gives you videos, the other being The Twilight Zone Tower of Terror. If you wear a MagicBand linked to your My Disney Experience account, your ride photos and videos are automatically added to your account.
The ride paths are the same in both Florida and Shanghai. However, there are a few differences. In Shanghai, all the songs are in Mandarin instead of English. Also, in the Shanghai version, Snow White does not dance in the house with the dwarfs at the end of the ride.
