Overview
- Disney officially announced that Big Thunder Mountain Railroad and Buzz Lightyear’s Space Ranger Spin will return in spring 2026, with exact dates still to come.
- Big Thunder’s yearlong project includes a full track replacement and a new Rainbow Caverns scene featuring phosphorescent pools, iridescent formations, and a foreboding rumble.
- The Frontierland coaster’s narrative refresh further spotlights Barnabas T. Bullion, with Disney describing cave-ins and failing machinery as the mountain “pushes back.”
- Buzz Lightyear’s Space Ranger Spin will relaunch with an all-new Buddy support-bot scene, Star Command–styled vehicles with real-time scoring monitors, and handheld blasters with always-on lasers, color differentiation, lighting, sound, and haptics.
- Targets throughout the Buzz attraction are being upgraded to react and light up when hit, and the reopenings align with a wider 2026 slate that includes Frozen Ever After animatronics in February and a Muppets retheme of Rock ’n’ Roller Coaster in summer.