Originally Posted By wdwron2008 When I first came to Walt Disney World in 1981 I got a chance to try out one of the parks most popular attractions, That attraction is Space Mountain in the Magic Kingdom. Space Mountain is the first Indoor Coaster I have ever rode on and the first Indoor Coaster ever built. Now everytime I go to Disney World i go directly to Tomorrowland to ride Space Mountain. Durring my 2000 and 2004 trip I got to see what the inside of Space mountain looked like with the lights on. I was Amaized at how Disney can put a Coaster inside a Building. Im looking forward to my next Trip to WDW in 2008
Originally Posted By TDLFAN If the rumor is true, Space may be closed for major renoavtions in 2008. Check ahead of time with Disney to know for sure.
Originally Posted By Spirit of 74 ^^It will be. I keep hearing January. It wasn't supposed to go down that soon, but REALLY needs some major work.
Originally Posted By cassiedoodle does anyone know for sure when space will reopen?? i'm taking my boyfriend who's never been to WDW, and i was kind of hoping it would be open in april (which i'm sure it won't by the sounds of it)
Originally Posted By BeautysBeast 2008/2009 - Space Mountain 2.0 - Rumor - (6/28/07) According to Screamscape sources, Disney is looking at shutting down Space Mountain in January 2008 for rehab. While it would be nice to see the ride get rebuilt from scratch into a copy of the Disneyland version, it seems this is not meant to be. Instead they will add loading gates, add some kind of wheelchair loading area with a transfer track and they are likely to replace some track sections though I assume this will mostly be in the load/unload areas to accommodate the new wheelchair loading facility. Nothing more was said about adding any new effects, cars or even a sound system right now.
Originally Posted By gusgoose When I was at MK this past April, Space Mountain was closed for almost the entire day. We finally got on it by sprinting towards the mountain after the fireworks, and even then we got to wait in line for 45 minutes before getting on (only one of the two tracks was operational). And I was disappointed by how bright it was in there. I was also disillusioned earlier in the day, when riding the people mover, we caught a glimpse of Space Mountain being worked on, so we saw the track inside with all the lights on. On one hand, it was kind of cool to "see behind the curtain" so to speak. On the other hand, it ruined the illusion to some extent. The fact that the ride needs a ton of maintenance and isn't nearly as dark as it should be anymore didn't help the illusion either.
Originally Posted By trekkeruss Considering it took two years to rehab DL's mountain, and that it would have likely taken even longer had they not rushed it to have it open for the park's 50th anniversary, I'm betting WDW's will be down the whole of 2008.
