The mountains of the Magic Kingdom are some of the most iconic attractions in the world, and during the 1990s plans were developed to bring not just one but two new mountains to Walt Disney World. One of these would have been the villain-themed Bald Mountain, and the other would have been a volcano-themed Fire Mountain.
This attraction, nicknamed Fire Mountain by Disney fans although it is unclear if this would have been the official name, was to be a roller coaster located inside a volcano that was planned for the Magic Kingdom in Walt Disney World.
This attraction was set to be located in Adventureland on an expansion pad between the Monorail and the Pirates of the Caribbean building. This land is still empty to this day.
The ride started development as an original attraction, set to feature a vague adventure theme in a volcano similar in style to what Big Thunder Mountain is to the western, allowing you to fill in the blanks yourself.
Eventually, a film was connected to this project, with it being planned to be based on the then-upcoming Disney film Atlantis.
This version of the plan also was known to feature a unique roller coaster ride system, that would shift between a traditional and an inverted roller coaster in a single ride layout. This is something that has never been built so it is unclear how this would have worked or what the experience would have been like.
The attraction would be canceled due to a combination of factors. First, the film Atlantis underperformed, leading to the cancelation of multiple rides planned to be based on it. Second, following 9/11 Disney would cancel a variety of projects around their parks due to the decrease in tourism, and one of them was this.
Rumors still circulate about the revitalization of this project from time to time, recently often associated with a Moana theme. But it is unclear if these resurgences are anything more than fan speculation. This would have been a project unlike anything else Disney has done, and its cancelation deprived the Magic Kingdom of what could have been a remarkably unique attraction.
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