^ Yes but I'm considering it an original because WDW's was basically Matterhorn in Outer Space.
MousePlanet puts it pretty well in this quote...
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Originally Posted by MousePlanet
Since Anaheim only had room for a 200-foot-wide building, there wasn?t room for two tracks, and Bill conceived of the idea to mimic space flight via speed, long stretches of straightaway, and turns that were sometimes tight but always smoothly banked.
This concept evolved into a standard of sorts for the Disney type of thrill ride: some sensation of speed, though never overdone and envelope- pushing, accompanied by smooth turns that thrill without causing real fear. The same designer laid out the track dynamics of all variations of Big Thunder Mountain Railroad, and his principles can be seen at that ride, too. The legacy of the "Disney type thrill" can be found in most projects until the mid-1990s, in fact, and is most clearly seen in the simulator rides at the various theme parks.
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Yeah, go SM '77...
-- Peoplemover "WDW's Space Mountain really is Matterhorn through the stars, if you've ridden it yourself, you know this to be true" Matt