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98. Big Thunder Mountain History - Part 15 - Tokyo Disneyland's Big Thunder Mountain (Part 1)
Is Tokyo Disneyland's Big Thunder really just a copy of the U.S. Disney parks?On this episode of Distory, we head overseas to the wilds of Westernland in Tokyo Disneyland to attempt to dig up some history of Disney’s third iteration of Big Thunder Mountain. Along the way, we briefly discuss how this park came to be, find some new mining equipment we haven’t seen before (and some we have), get excited about a foos engine and Pelton wheel, and debate way too long about possible tram buckets on blueprints. We hear from Pat Burke about how Big Thunder brought him closer to Michael Jackson, Kirk…
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