Posts Tagged ‘Space Mountain’

Space Mountain music: Hear all about it from an Imagineer

Disney World visitors this week are among the first to hear something new: Space Mountain set to music. An uptempo, futuristic soundtrack has been added to the Magic Kingdom roller coaster. I talked with Alex Wright, a show designer with Walt Disney Imagineering, about the change, which is an extension...

September 1st, 2010 | Behind the scenes, Dewayne Bevil, Featured, Imagineering, News, Things to do | Read More

Bring the thrill home: new Space Mountain, Dumbo ride toys

It’s Memorial Day, and I can’t believe it, but I’m actually thinking about Christmas for a minute. Disney Parks just revealed two new K’NEX toys based on the iconic Space Mountain and Dumbo The Flying Elephant rides. And I know without a doubt that my son would consider both to...

May 31st, 2010 | A Mom and The Mouse, Featured, Kristin Ford | Read More

My daughter decided she was go for launch on Space Mountain

My daughter recently decided to ride Space Mountain for the first time. (Kristin Ford/Orlando Sentinel) My five-and-a-half-year-old daredevil of a daughter recently rode Space Mountain for the first time. She is in the 95th percentile for her height, so she stands well past the required 44 inches, and...

April 2nd, 2010 | A Mom and The Mouse, Featured, Kristin Ford | Read More

Revamped Space Mountain doesn’t live up to hype

OK, I waited through all the holiday hoopla so I wouldn’t sound like the Grinch. And I even went back and rode the “improved” Space Mountain again — just to be sure I was giving it a fair shake. And, well, I don’t get it. I know people who are rapturous about it: They...

January 26th, 2010 | Featured, Matt Palm, Things to do | Read More

Official Space Mountain re-launch will be a quiet one

It appears the official re-launch of Space Mountain is going to be a quiet one. Disney says it doesn’t plan to hold any grand reopening ceremony for the popular indoor coaster, which officially reopens Sunday after a seven-month-long rehab project. (It’s in the midst of a soft opening right...

November 17th, 2009 | Featured, Jason Garcia, News | Read More

What’s new inside Magic Kingdom’s revamped Space Mountain

Gone from the Space Mountain rocket ships are the glow-in-the-dark strips. The newly refurbished ride has a darker feel than before. (Photo by Joe Burbank, Orlando Sentinel)Space Mountain has taken a dark turn. With a pinch of bright green. The Magic Kingdom roller coaster, closed for improvements since...

November 16th, 2009 | Dewayne Bevil, Featured, Things to do | Read More

Space Mountain rehab illustrates differing approaches of Disney World, Disneyland

After a seven-month makeover, Walt Disney World is about to formally reopen Space Mountain, its iconic indoor roller coaster. Crews have installed video games in the waiting area of the 34-year-old Magic Kingdom attraction, recalibrated its tracks to make the ride smoother and quieter, and darkened...

November 16th, 2009 | Featured, Jason Garcia, News | Read More

Magic Kingdom: More revamped Space Mountain details

The Space Mountain signage is now green, a change from orange. (Photo from Walt Disney Co.) More details are emerging about the revamped Space Mountain at Magic Kingdom park. The coaster, remarkably the oldest one operating in Florida, has been closed since spring, and Disney World says it will be open...

November 13th, 2009 | Dewayne Bevil, News | Read More

Magic Kingdom: First look at Space Mountain’s new queue features

Disney World's Space Mountain opened in 1975. It's Florida's oldest operating roller coaster.The Disney Parks blog has posted interior shots and a few details of the refurbed Space Mountain at Magic Kingdom. The short version: game play in queue to enhance storyline. Folks will deflect asteroids....

November 10th, 2009 | Dewayne Bevil, News | Read More

Magic Kingdom: Pictures from a Sunday stroll

Poinsettias are front and center at Magic Kingdom entrance. Sunday we walked through Magic Kingdom park, admiring the first round of holiday decorations, but we also got an eyefull of (still-closed) Space Mountain, Princess Tiana in action, perhaps a pinch of tomorrow’s Fantasyland and a couple...

November 9th, 2009 | Dewayne Bevil, Pictures | Read More