The Barnstormer, Steel roller coaster in Magic Kingdom, Walt Disney World Resort, Florida.
The Barnstormer is a junior steel roller coaster in the Storybook Circus section of the Magic Kingdom at Walt Disney World Resort, Florida. Its Vekoma track runs 207 meters (679 ft) with a 9.1-meter (30 ft) chain lift and a top speed of 40.2 km/h (25 mph). The train is a chain of rounded blue cars with orange rims, a propeller grille on the lead car and pale gray-green wing-shaped canopies overhead.
The Barnstormer opened on October 1, 1996, as The Barnstormer at Goofy's Wiseacre Farm in Mickey's Toontown Fair, on the site of Grandma Duck's Petting Farm, whose barn was reused. It closed on February 12, 2011, for the Fantasyland expansion and reopened in early 2012 as The Barnstormer featuring Goofy as the Great Goofini in Storybook Circus, with the crash-out barn removed. The ride's name comes from the aerial stunts of the early 20th century, sometimes destructive, immortalized in 1930s–40s cartoons.
The attraction serves as a first roller coaster experience for young visitors and presents a story about a stunt pilot with a plane crash theme. Guests waiting in line walk through a hangar filled with props and signs that reinforce the flying stunt concept.
Riders must be at least 89 centimeters (35 inches) tall. Two trains run, each seating 16 riders in eight cars with two per row. A chain lift raises the train to 9.1 meters (30 feet) before 207 meters (679 feet) of twists and turns, ending at the brake run.
The original version contained three mechanical chickens that came from the former World of Motion attraction at Epcot. These figures were removed during the 2012 redesign when the theme changed from a farm to a flight school.
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