Space Mountain

Disneyland’s Most Famous Coaster Just Got a New Theme and It Will Not Last

Space Mountain has been running at Disneyland since May 27, 1977, and it has been generating devoted fans for every one of the 48 years since. The ride is one of those theme park institutions that should have aged out of relevance decades ago. Given how much the industry has changed around it, it just keeps delivering the specific experience that made it work in the first place. Disneyland knows t

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Disney Removes Buzz Lightyear From Public View After 27 Years

Buzz Lightyear's name has temporarily gone missing from the entrance of his own attraction at Walt Disney World Resort. A New Space Ranger Spin Sign With One Thing Missing Earlier this month, Walt Disney World Resort installed a Space Mountain-style marquee sign in front of Buzz Lightyear's Space Ranger Spin in Tomorrowland at Magic Kingdom Park. The new sign carries the same distinctive white spi

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Backstage Incident on March 10 Sent Eight Disney Cast Members to the Hospital

The full scope of Tuesday's hazmat incident at Disneyland Park is coming into sharper focus, and the number of Disney cast members taken to local hospitals is higher than initially reported. What Unfolded on Tuesday Afternoon In the early afternoon on March 10, Southern California Disney Park guests were evacuated from Space Mountain, Star Tours – The Adventures Continue, and the surrounding areas

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Disneyland Closes Tomorrowland Area After Multiple Cast Members Were Injured

A contractor's building materials sent five Disneyland Resort cast members to the hospital on Tuesday and forced a sudden, widespread shutdown of much of Tomorrowland, including two of its most popular attractions. Evacuations Spread Across Tomorrowland The situation developed quickly on March 10. Guests inside Space Mountain and Star Tours – The Adventures Continue found themselves being evacuate

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6’10” Woman Says Disney Refused To Let Her Ride Space Mountain on Multiple Occasions

A 6'10” Disneyland Resort guest has posted multiple videos claiming cast members repeatedly prevented her from riding Space Mountain despite appearing to fit in accessible ride vehicles. Instagram user Allie (@callmeallie32) shared footage from several attempts to experience the Tomorrowland roller coaster, documenting conversations with Disney cast members and her efforts to fit in differen

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Tokyo Disneyland Just Spent a Record-Breaking Amount of Money on an Attraction

Oriental Land Company recently announced a budget of 70.5 billion yen for the new Space Mountain at Tokyo Disneyland, making it the most expensive attraction ever built by Walt Disney Imagineering. This figure exceeded the initial estimate of 56 billion yen due to inflation in Japan. At current exchange rates, that amounts to about $460 million USD, but the key point is that the spending is happen

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Disney Spending Billions on All-New Space Mountain, Opening 2027

Tokyo Disney Resort is pouring nearly half a billion dollars into completely rebuilding Space Mountain, with the reimagined attraction set to debut in 2027 as part of a massive Tomorrowland transformation. The iconic indoor roller coaster shuttered on July 31, 2024, and demolition began almost immediately. Guests at Tokyo Disneyland watched construction barriers go up around the Tomorrowland landm

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Disney Secretly Lets Guests Enter the Space Mountain Lightning Lane Line for Free

Walt Disney World Resort conducted a secret test on Tuesday, allowing solo riders to bypass the standard queue at Space Mountain by using the Lightning Lane entrance without purchasing Lightning Lane passes. The experiment operated differently from typical single-rider operations, but still offered significantly reduced wait times to guests willing to ride alone. Lightning Lane Access Without Paym

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REPORT: Magic Kingdom Roller Coaster Forever Changed With No Notice to Guests

Walt Disney World Resort guests woke up to an unexpected change this week as one of Magic Kingdom Park’s most iconic attractions quietly began a refurbishment with no prior announcement from Disney. The Space Mountain roller coaster, a landmark in Tomorrowland for nearly fifty years, is now undergoing an exit queue overhaul that has caught guests completely off guard. Overnight Work Begins on Spac

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Disney Is Now Reimagining TWO of Its Space Mountain Roller Coasters

Few Disney Park attractions are as iconic as Space Mountain. Since debuting in the 1970s, the indoor roller coaster has become a staple of futuristic theme park lands around the world. But now, two versions of the beloved ride are undergoing significant changes—one in Paris and one in Tokyo—marking a new era for the legendary attraction. The first Space Mountain opened at Walt Disney World Resort’

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