ABC Adapting Disney Theme-Park Ride for "Big Thunder Mountain" Pilot
 

I know my DS,9 will be watching if the pilot pans out...

http://www.chicagotribune.com/entert...,4793126.story

The Apple Dumpling Gang comes to mind :confused3 it should be interesting.

There is a back story to BTMRR and a song written about it.

Sounds interesting... I'm willing to watch the pilot

A song?? What is the name of this song?

It's called "Legend of Thunder Mountain". It's about 10 minutes long, and it tells the story of the Mountain and the town of Tumbleweed. It's a ridiculously complicated and weird backstory, but awesome to listen to. I have it on my iPod.

There's also a shorter version "The Ballad of Thunder Mountain" that was recorded in the 1990s, but it's only about 3 min. long and misses a lot of the story.

I found these lyrics online to the second shorter version:

http://disney.wikia.com/wiki/The_Bal...under_Mountain

I always thought he Haunted Mansion would be a better tv show than Movie. You could an Alfred Hitchcock type, standalone episodes focusing on the back stories of the happy haunts.