Former Ride // updated 2025.03.18
Frontierland · Magic Kingdom · Walt Disney World
Former Ride · the memorial record
Also known as Frontierland Shootin' Gallery, Frontier Shooting Gallery.
This ride is gone, but its history stays documented — the full lifetime log is below.
Former arcade space reopened as McKim's Mile House, a Disney Vacation Club member lounge (Magic Kingdom's first DVC lounge), repurposing the building rather than restoring the attraction.
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Permanently closed after its final day of operation, ending a 52-plus-year run as one of Magic Kingdom's original opening-day attractions; the closure had been announced on June 13, 2024.
Closed temporarily along with all Walt Disney World theme parks during the COVID-19 pandemic; remained shuttered for over a year.
Renamed from Frontierland Shootin' Gallery to Frontierland Shootin' Arcade following a renovation.
Converted the gallery's lead-pellet rifles to infrared light rifles to eliminate the nightly cost of repainting shot-up targets (roughly 2,000 gallons of paint a year).
Opened with Magic Kingdom on the park's first day as the Frontierland Shootin' Gallery, a walk-up shooting gallery themed to an 1850s Boot Hill/Tombstone scene (jail, hotel, bank, assay office, livery stable and a cemetery); games used lead-pellet rifles.
Per the documented record, Frontierland Shootin' Arcade at Magic Kingdom opened on Oct 1, 1971.
The most recent closure/refurbishment documented for Frontierland Shootin' Arcade is dated Jun 23, 2024: Permanently closed after its final day of operation, ending a 52-plus-year run as one of Magic Kingdom's original opening-day attractions; the closure had been announced on June 13, 2024.
The latest documented change (documented Mar 18, 2025): Former arcade space reopened as McKim's Mile House, a Disney Vacation Club member lounge (Magic Kingdom's first DVC lounge), repurposing the building rather than restoring the attraction.
7 documented changes, dating back to 1971 — the fan-kept ride changelog nobody else keeps.
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