Loading ...
Loading ...« Brandon Struve’s 11/12-13/09 Magic Kingdom Update | Home | Matt Paul’s 11/13/09 Very Merry Christmas Party Update (Pictures and Videos) »
Photos and Video of Space Mountain, Back in Action at the Magic Kingdom!!!
November 14, 2009 6:29 pm
Space Mountain has been in a soft-opening phase intermittently throughout the day Saturdatyand WDWNT Reporter Brandon Struve was lucky enough to experience the updated attraction twice during that period. Luckily for us, he has plenty of pictures and video to share with us:
We’ll start off with a video of the attraction.
As previously reported, the exterior is looking fresh with the new green accents
Inside the queue, the old destinations board has been replaced by this sign, bolstering the new Starport storyline
Hard to see here, but the Fastpass queue has remained unchanged
These new constellation boards are on the stand-by side
Note that the queue song called “promising Tomorrows” has remained part of the attraction
Is Disney building a resort in space? 
Another board has Ariel on it
This robot character explains the new queue games guests can play
A look at the long line of asteroid blasting games
Once you complete the game, you will see this instructional message
The lighted buttons will also turn off
The updated loading area
New signs around the control tower, guests can no longer see into the booth
Hard to see here, but there is a projection of a space station similar to the one featured in Horizons on the loading area ceiling
New lights and signage can be found behind the track in the loading area
These “hatches” in the loading area are now purple
More roof projections in the loading area
Hard to see here, but the loading gates in use at the Disneyland attraction have come to Florida
For the most part (leaving out on-ride photo), the on-ride experience is the same, perhaps only darker. The blue light tunnel has a new sound effect and a strange new light effect at the end of it before your rocket makes the turn. We have already documented the addition of the new astronauts on the lift hill. I’m not sure what the overall reaction to this has been, but I’m ecstatic that most of the original 1975 ride experience remains intact.
Some of the luggage at the exit of the attraction has labels for Mesa Verde, a fictional city featured in Horizons at Epcot
A look at the photo preview
Vinylmation is now being sold inside the Tomorrowland Light and Power Co. at the exit
A large plain Vinylmation is also on display inside the store
A retro Space Mountain shirt for sale
The inside of the arcade looks the same for the most part
You can also see your photo at the registers before purchasing
Topics: Photo Reports, The Magic Kingdom |
Thank goodness my Star Corridor and Star Tunnel Music has been left untouched....
The queue looks much brighter. How is it? How are the games, what do you do?
All this changed, yet they couldn't have changed the dated warning video loop?!
I'm still confused, are the new ceilings in the load bays completely covered, or do they still open a little?
Oh, the new sound for the warp tunnel is...odd....and kinda annoying. On the plus side, the effect works much better than it used to with the bent mirror. Is this where the picture is taken? The worm hole effect also seems to be working much better, it actually spins now!
The new exit bay looks great! What music is playing in the exit, it doesn't sound like the epic SM05 remix.
And finally, there is another reference to Horizons...A Robot Butler!
Well, the new Mt. is looking great! My nightmares of what it will look like seem to be untrue. Here's to the Future!
Then the buttons will break.
-There are new queue games, and a new Arrivals and Departures Board that displays when the games are not playing.
-The TTA narration has finally been updated as well. Look forward to hearing audio soon.
-Space Mountain is now running Fastpass
-The wait time was 10 minutes the entire day. I personally rode it 8 times (6 of those times were waiting for Tom's delayed plane to land)