Space Mountain refurb

JEANYLASER · 12-21-2008, 10:19 AM

I love Space Mountain it is my favorite ride!

wdwcmdlguest · 01-04-2009, 03:11 AM

SO UH...Random note!!! I hear space mountain is suppose to go under refirb this year in april.....not a full referb like the one they did to the one in cali but some technical stuff and some structuraly things..

PeoplemoverMatt · 01-04-2009, 03:01 PM

More is becoming known about the exact plans for a refurb for Space Mountain there as time progresses. If current information is true, it could go down as early as February.

wdwcmdlguest · 01-04-2009, 11:11 PM

Well my friends manager said april. He use to work at space

PeoplemoverMatt · 01-05-2009, 05:42 PM

We have a date: April 19, 2009

We have a length of time: 10 months or so

The nature of the refurb is still up in the air. Track work is going to happen, but the exact nature of which is not certain. Will it be replaced? Will it just have a lot of work? Will they add a loop, a launch & a stand-up suspended wooden rapids ride? Stay tuned.

Jphelps · 01-05-2009, 08:24 PM

^ so it's done

HiddenMickey · 01-05-2009, 08:34 PM

Why could they not close it in, say, September and work on it during the slow months and open in time for summer 2010?

While I"m a bit bummed about not having Space open to my first (and only, at least for a while) trip to WDW, but I may risk having my peoplemover down too, which I'm worried about even more. I hope they post specific dates, and soon, that both will be closed for.

wdwcmdlguest · 01-05-2009, 09:29 PM

When they have space closed the people mover status will be up in there air. They will try to keep it open as long as they can but they might have to close it at some point...If they do though, they are going to have to work on the ride itself because they dont have any handicapp accessible ways of getting on the ride. And the only reason they dont have to put one on now is because they are still open.

HiddenMickey · 01-05-2009, 11:31 PM

If they must close the TTA, I just hope they have the dates set in advance and announce it accordingly. To just do it at random would suck for me.

xfkirsten · 01-06-2009, 10:00 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by PeoplemoverMatt

We have a date: April 19, 2008

...2008? Wow, Disney's even developed time travel!

PeoplemoverMatt · 01-06-2009, 03:16 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by xfkirsten

...2008? Wow, Disney's even developed time travel!

I make awesome typos!

HiddenMickey · 01-07-2009, 11:23 PM

Though I really want to see WDW eventually, I'm wondering if I should postpone this trip to another time, even though it will cost me much more later (I'm doing the buy 4 get 3 free deal now). Going on the PM was to be a big highlight.

Tom Morrow · 01-08-2009, 02:20 AM

Walt Disney World's Space Mountain refurbishment begins April 19

Walt Disney World's Space Mountain closing for 'refreshment' on April 19

Orlando Sentinel
Disney said Wednesday it will shut down Space Mountain this spring for what the company described as a months-long "refreshment" of the 34-year-old Magic Kingdom roller coaster. The ride will close April 19, just after the Easter holiday. It is expected to reopen late in the year, Disney spokeswoman Andrea Finger said, though a specific reopening date has not been set.

The construction work will include installing new track inside the enclosed coaster, which carries guests in the dark through a series of sudden drops and sharp turns. The layout of the track will remain the same, however. Other upgrades will include a new enclosure for the ride's queuing area and a new ceiling inside its signature, white dome, Finger said.
by Jason Garcia

complete article

Submitted by Evouile. Edited by Ezra

AraBrokenDreamer · 01-08-2009, 04:20 AM

4/19? Ha! My b-day's 4/8! Maybe I can drag my twin there, she loves SM just the way it is, so I figure she ought to get one last ride b/c she didn't go on it when we were there at Thanksgiving.

"What will you celebrate?" "My birthday and the death of a ride that is such a strain on the neck. Put some headrests on those things!!"

-Ara

ctdsnark · 01-08-2009, 10:42 AM

So,other than replacement of aging track,and perhaps some cosmetic enhancement to its queue area,whatever changes will be minimal?

Good!

Space Mountain doesn't need to be changed;any sort of enhancement involving animatronics or some attempt at a "story" would only hurt a classic ride.

However,one part of Space Mountain that does need attention---in fact,it's needed it for years!---is the exit tunnel.
Ever since RCA's Home Of Future Living moved out of there years ago,they haven't come up with anything near as good!Planet RYCA{or whatever they called it}?A BIG SNOOZE!!!!That "FedEx Of The Future" or whatever the HECK it was supposed to be?!?YAWN!!!!
Come ON,Imagineers---you can do better than THAT!
Why not take a cue from the defunct Horizons and---in keeping with the retro-future theme of current Tomorrowland---create displays of past predictions of "the home of tomorrow".In fact,I'd love to see Horizon's 1930's art-deco apartment brought back,albeit in revised form!

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JEANYLASER RESCUE RANGERS FAN People who found this post helpful: Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Miami, Florida are planning to move to Orlando, Florida Posts: 385 Posts Liked: 11 Liked 1 Time in 1 Post	I love Space Mountain it is my favorite ride! __________________

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wdwcmdlguest People who found this post helpful: Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Florida Posts: 185 Posts Liked: 0 Liked 0 Times in 0 Posts	SO UH...Random note!!! I hear space mountain is suppose to go under refirb this year in april.....not a full referb like the one they did to the one in cali but some technical stuff and some structuraly things.. __________________ "You can design, create, and build the most wonderful place in the world. But it takes people to make the dream a reality"-Walter Elias Disney

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PeoplemoverMatt Realist By Nature People who found this post helpful: Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Valencia, CA Posts: 4,955 Images: 18 Posts Liked: 0 Liked 8 Times in 8 Posts	More is becoming known about the exact plans for a refurb for Space Mountain there as time progresses. If current information is true, it could go down as early as February. __________________ "I don't believe in taking foolish chances, but nothing can be accomplished without taking any chance at all." -- Charles Augustus Lindberg "Our greatest natural resource is the minds of our children." -- Walter Elias Disney "So are we to continue in sin that grace might increase? May it never be! How shall we who died to sin still live in it? Or do you not know that all of us who have been baptized into Christ Jesus have been baptized into His death? Therefore we have been buried with Him...so we too might walk in the newness of life." -- Romans 6:1-4

01-04-2009, 11:11 PM	#34 (permalink)
wdwcmdlguest People who found this post helpful: Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Florida Posts: 185 Posts Liked: 0 Liked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Well my friends manager said april. He use to work at space __________________ "You can design, create, and build the most wonderful place in the world. But it takes people to make the dream a reality"-Walter Elias Disney

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PeoplemoverMatt Realist By Nature People who found this post helpful: Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Valencia, CA Posts: 4,955 Images: 18 Posts Liked: 0 Liked 8 Times in 8 Posts	We have a date: April 19, 2009 We have a length of time: 10 months or so The nature of the refurb is still up in the air. Track work is going to happen, but the exact nature of which is not certain. Will it be replaced? Will it just have a lot of work? Will they add a loop, a launch & a stand-up suspended wooden rapids ride? Stay tuned. __________________ "I don't believe in taking foolish chances, but nothing can be accomplished without taking any chance at all." -- Charles Augustus Lindberg "Our greatest natural resource is the minds of our children." -- Walter Elias Disney "So are we to continue in sin that grace might increase? May it never be! How shall we who died to sin still live in it? Or do you not know that all of us who have been baptized into Christ Jesus have been baptized into His death? Therefore we have been buried with Him...so we too might walk in the newness of life." -- Romans 6:1-4 Last edited by PeoplemoverMatt; 01-06-2009 at 03:10 PM.

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HiddenMickey People who found this post helpful: Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: SF Bay Area Posts: 1,309 Posts Liked: 0 Liked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Why could they not close it in, say, September and work on it during the slow months and open in time for summer 2010? While I"m a bit bummed about not having Space open to my first (and only, at least for a while) trip to WDW, but I may risk having my peoplemover down too, which I'm worried about even more. I hope they post specific dates, and soon, that both will be closed for. __________________ Have a brazzle dazzle day.

01-05-2009, 09:29 PM	#38 (permalink)
wdwcmdlguest People who found this post helpful: Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Florida Posts: 185 Posts Liked: 0 Liked 0 Times in 0 Posts	When they have space closed the people mover status will be up in there air. They will try to keep it open as long as they can but they might have to close it at some point...If they do though, they are going to have to work on the ride itself because they dont have any handicapp accessible ways of getting on the ride. And the only reason they dont have to put one on now is because they are still open. __________________ "You can design, create, and build the most wonderful place in the world. But it takes people to make the dream a reality"-Walter Elias Disney

01-05-2009, 11:31 PM	#39 (permalink)
HiddenMickey People who found this post helpful: Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: SF Bay Area Posts: 1,309 Posts Liked: 0 Liked 0 Times in 0 Posts	If they must close the TTA, I just hope they have the dates set in advance and announce it accordingly. To just do it at random would suck for me. __________________ Have a brazzle dazzle day.

01-07-2009, 11:23 PM	#42 (permalink)
HiddenMickey People who found this post helpful: Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: SF Bay Area Posts: 1,309 Posts Liked: 0 Liked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Though I really want to see WDW eventually, I'm wondering if I should postpone this trip to another time, even though it will cost me much more later (I'm doing the buy 4 get 3 free deal now). Going on the PM was to be a big highlight. __________________ Have a brazzle dazzle day.

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AraBrokenDreamer People who found this post helpful: Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Sanctuary of Dreams Posts: 1,476 Images: 3 Posts Liked: 0 Liked 0 Times in 0 Posts	4/19? Ha! My b-day's 4/8! Maybe I can drag my twin there, she loves SM just the way it is, so I figure she ought to get one last ride b/c she didn't go on it when we were there at Thanksgiving. "What will you celebrate?" "My birthday and the death of a ride that is such a strain on the neck. Put some headrests on those things!!" -Ara __________________ Scripts are the soil of a film. The story is the seed, the actors are the water, and the crew are the sunlight, giving it the chance to bloom into a brilliant flower. "I have no use for people who throw their weight around as celebrities, or for those who fawn over you just because you are famous. " -Walt Disney

01-08-2009, 10:42 AM	#45 (permalink)
ctdsnark People who found this post helpful: Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 92 Posts Liked: 0 Liked 1 Time in 1 Post	So,other than replacement of aging track,and perhaps some cosmetic enhancement to its queue area,whatever changes will be minimal? Good! Space Mountain doesn't need to be changed;any sort of enhancement involving animatronics or some attempt at a "story" would only hurt a classic ride. However,one part of Space Mountain that does need attention---in fact,it's needed it for years!---is the exit tunnel. Ever since RCA's Home Of Future Living moved out of there years ago,they haven't come up with anything near as good!Planet RYCA{or whatever they called it}?A BIG SNOOZE!!!!That "FedEx Of The Future" or whatever the HECK it was supposed to be?!?YAWN!!!! Come ON,Imagineers---you can do better than THAT! Why not take a cue from the defunct Horizons and---in keeping with the retro-future theme of current Tomorrowland---create displays of past predictions of "the home of tomorrow".In fact,I'd love to see Horizon's 1930's art-deco apartment brought back,albeit in revised form!

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