Inside Tumbleweed: Big Thunder Mountain Railroad Reopening Preview

Walt Disney Imagineering has shared a first look at the refurbished town of Tumbleweed at Big Thunder Mountain Railroad, revealing refreshed figures, revamped effects, updated paint, and the return of Professor Cumulus Isobar's rainmaker wagon ahead of the May 3 reopening.

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