The Land of Disrepair Revisited

Disney has announced that Big Thunder Mountain Railroad will go down for refurbishment and repair in January. The scheduled maintenance and repair will reportedly replace one of the lifts and fix special effects within the ride. One can only hope this means the mine cave-in sequence will finally get the attention it deserves.

Fire at Astro Orbiter in Tomorrrowland at the Magic Kingdom

Here's the firetruck leaving Tomorrowland at 10:22 this ... on Twitpic

Yikes, I guess the rain wasn't enough.

Fire on the Astro Orbiter, caused an evacuation of Tomorrowland at 9:30 AM Sunday, October 9th. The Reedy Creek Fire Department responded to put out the flames and then the surrounding rides were reopened.