7 cool facts about the Seven Dwarfs Mine Train

The Seven Dwarfs Mine Train in the Fantasyland section of the Magic Kingdom at Disney World is based on the classic film “Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs.”

The attraction was added after the Fantasyland section went through a major expansion from March 2010 through May 2014. As part of the expansion, the original Snow White attraction, Snow White’s Scary Adventures, was permanently closed on May 31, 2012, and replaced with a Disney Princess meet and greet at Princess Fairytale Hall.

Seven Dwarfs Mine Train was built on what was the 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea: Submarine Voyage area. The ride travels both outdoors and through the jewel mine where the Seven Dwarfs work.  The one fun thing about Disney is that when they take down an attraction they take some of the items that were on the former attraction and add them to the new attraction.

Here are seven cool facts about the attraction:

1. The figures of Grumpy, Doc, Bashful, Sleepy and Happy, seen in the cottage near the end of the attraction, originally appeared in Snow White’s Scary Adventure attraction at the Magic Kingdom.

2. The shadows of the Dwarfs marching homeward along the track on the lift inside of the mine were taken from the scene in the original film where the Dwarfs march across a log bridge, singing “home from work we go.”

3. The Dwarfs cottage is a detailed representation of the home from the film.

4. The footprints of forest creatures and the impressions of sticks, stones are embedded in the dirt path that meanders through the Enchanted Forest, leading to the attraction.

5. The two vultures on the jib crane near the mine entrance originally appeared in the Snow White’s Scary Adventure attraction.

6. The mine cars are designed to reflect similar vehicles that appear in the film, handmade of wood by the Dwarfs, shaped with an ax, and used to haul rocks and jewels.

7. Next to Doc’s workstation in the mine, the carved wooden clock is a replica of the one seen in the film with the figures of two miners striking an anvil. As in the film, that motion signals the start of the song, “Heigh-Ho.”