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Big Thunder Mountain’s Opossum Parents Return to Magic Kingdom

Walt Disney Imagineering says the mother and father opossum figures are back at Big Thunder Mountain Railroad, with the rest of the family returning soon.

By CrowdLevels News Desk | Published November 3, 2026 at 9:18 a.m. EST
Opossum figures stand in their tree scene at Big Thunder Mountain Railroad
Image Credit: Walt Disney Imagineering

The mother and father opossum figures have returned to Big Thunder Mountain Railroad at Magic Kingdom, Walt Disney Imagineering said in an official update.

Imagineering also said the rest of the family will return soon. The post did not give a date for that next step.

See the returned opossum figures

An opossum figure rests on a branch beside its covered tree scene
One of the returned opossum figures in the restored tree scene.
Two opossum figures appear in the tree at Big Thunder Mountain Railroad
A closer view of the two figures.
Big Thunder Mountain Railroad tree scene during work on an opossum figure
Imagineers work on one of the figures inside the tree scene.
Walt Disney Imagineers work around the Big Thunder Mountain Railroad opossum tree
Work continues around the opossum tree.

See Walt Disney Imagineering’s post

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