Closing Date Set For Magic Kingdom's Frontierland Shootin' Arcade

Jun 13, 2024 in "Frontierland Shootin' Arcade"

Frontierland Shootin' Arcade overview 2024
Posted: Thursday June 13, 2024 3:22pm ET by WDWMAGIC Staff

The Frontierland Shootin' Arcade at Walt Disney World's Magic Kingdom will permanently close at the end of June 23, 2024 to make way for a new Disney Vacation Club Member Lounge.

Disney announced in early January that construction on a brand-new Disney Vacation Club Member Lounge in an unspecified location will begin in 2024 at Walt Disney World. Disney said the new lounge "will be a great place for members to relax and recharge during their day of fun!"

The Frontierland Shootin' Arcade is a classic attraction located in Frontierland at Magic Kingdom in Walt Disney World. Opened in 1971, this interactive experience allows guests to test their marksmanship skills in a Wild West-themed setting. The arcade features over 90 targets, each triggering different animated effects when hit. Using replica rifles, guests aim at targets such as bottles, tombstones, and animals in a detailed Old West scene. The attraction operated on a pay-per-play basis, but is now free.

The Frontierland Shootin' Arcade was previously expected to close in 2021 when its operating hours were dropped from the calendar and a switch of the arcade into a free play mode. That turned out to be a false alarm, and the arcade continued to operate as normal.

In addition to the new DVC lounge, a number of changes are in store for Frontierland, including the new Country Bears Musical Jamboree opening this summer, and a likely retheme of Pecos Bill Tall Tale Inn and Cafe into a Princess and the Frog tie-in with the nearby Tiana's Bayou Adventure. 

Disney recently said in a post on its official blog, "Hold your horses, we're not done yet. We have a lot of growth and investment planned for our theme parks in the coming years and look forward to sharing more announcements about Frontierland … so y'all come back now, ya hear?"

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    donaldtoo1 day ago

    Sirwalterraleigh1 day ago

    That was the point of the whole program. And it did work. But the math continues to move away from that. Guess who made that call?

    MisterPenguin1 day ago

    Well, usually no one gives away stuff for free. So, there is an initial and continuing cost. *IF* you go to WDW yearly, and *IF* you stay at a deluxe resort every time, then Disney's "timeshare" is cheaper than doing that. But it does commit you to going, or to try to sell off your points if you don't. And you might tire of a yearly WDW trip, or your financial status changes that you can't afford the yearly fee. It's Disney's way of committing you to go every year. If plopping down tens of thousands of dollars a year for entertainment makes one blink... it's not for you.

    JoeCamel1 day ago

    This being critter country maybe it was a boar that runs them out

    Sirwalterraleigh1 day ago

    It was the best one ever…until the late 2000s…you do the math on what happened 🤓

    donaldtoo1 day ago

    Did P. T. Barnum invent the timeshare…?! 🤔

    solidyne1 day ago

    It's tough to bear that weight on one's shoulders. Probably easier to bore a tunnel from Country...

    Sirwalterraleigh1 day ago

    It looks painfully dull If someone stays all day for a bubble machine and a usb port…they have completely missed the point of their payments for their timeshare and the tickets (which you get zero break on)… It’s vanity…a dvc trademark

    MisterPenguin1 day ago

    Piggy back or on a stretcher?

    JoeCamel2 days ago

    They bore you out of there

    Sirwalterraleigh2 days ago

    We were there about 30 minutes after close last Saturday…and one of the managers happened to be there and let us take a peek for a second Honestly…it’s as boring as you can get. Like the look of a sizzler with almost no details inside Considering they finally got new seating in the Epcot one…this looks rather useless

    Sirwalterraleigh2 days ago

    …took 30 or so years though

    Fox&Hound2 days ago

    Sorry if this had already been answered but how does this space work? Are you given a set amount of time before you leave or can you stay all day? If the latter, how do they move people through????

    peter114352 days ago

    Exactly. They learned from those flaws and didn’t repeat them. They even fixed that flaw at CBR eventually.

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