Big Thunder Ranch is an attraction at Disneyland. It includes an outdoor petting zoo, a walk-through cabin, and a variety of scenery meant to create the atmosphere of a Western ranch. It is located in Frontierland, close to Big Thunder Mountain Railroad. Inside you can find sheep, goats, cows, and other farm animals. Among these animals are the two turkeys who received presidential pardons in honor of Thanksgiving in 2008. The attraction is hosted by Brawny.
Big Thunder Ranch has an eating area, once called the Big Thunder Barbecue, as well as an outdoor stage that once served as a home for the Hunchback of Notre Dame dinner show. The show ended in the late 1990s, with Big Thunder Barbecue closing soon after. After being used on occasion for special events and seasonal attractions for several years, the dining area reopened in spring 2009 serving an all-you-can-eat barbecue menu.
The log cabin is called "Miss Chris's Cabin" and has two large tables stocked with baskets of crayons and coloring pages.
The entire ranch often hosts holiday-themed shows, including "Woody's Halloween Roundup" during Halloween and "Santa's Reindeer Roundup" at Christmas.
Famous quotes containing the words big and/or thunder:
“A big man has no time really to do anything but just sit and be big.”
—F. Scott Fitzgerald (1896–1940)
“It is the mind that is woven, the mind that was jerked
And tufted in straggling thunder and shattered sun.”
—Wallace Stevens (1879–1955)