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Big Thunder Mountain Railroad Reopens at Magic Kingdom at 1:00 p.m. EDT

Big Thunder Mountain Railroad was operating with a 45-minute wait at 1:00 p.m. EDT after a morning outage that began around 9:05 a.m. EDT.

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Big Thunder Mountain Railroad was operating with a 45-minute wait at Magic Kingdom at Thursday, Aug. 20, after a morning outage that began around 9:05 a.m. EDT.

The Frontierland coaster spent the morning unavailable after going down shortly after the park opened.

The Frontierland coaster returned early in the afternoon

Big Thunder Mountain Railroad went down shortly after Magic Kingdom's 9 a.m. posted opening. By 1:00 p.m. EDT, it was operating again with a 45-minute wait.

Magic Kingdom's posted hours run from 9 a.m. to 11 p.m. EDT on Aug. 20.

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