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Rumor MK Space Mountain REVISED in 2026? (One track? side-by-side seating?)
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ToTBellHop
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It can’t last forever…Found your post... Dated 2001
And the frequency with which they push this off doesn’t suggest they’ll one day spend $400m to build a new one.
Maybe more duct tape can buy them 15 years?
Streetway Again
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Abe Lincoln’s Castle Park of Theseus
eddie104
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You know it costs money to demolish stuff right ??I feel like that's been the plan all along, since they made the decision to plop Tron next to it which I could never figure out. Im sure TDO would love to get rid of the peoplemover at the same time, they want to operate as little as they can and only focus on the big boys where they can make money off LL.
It’s not cheap to get rid of something the size of SM.
doctornick
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Tron and Space Mountain are drastically different rides. The similarities basically begin and end with “roller coasters inside”. I can understand some criticisms of Tron but don’t see why being near Space is remotely one of them
Moth
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Now I'm wondering, what's the most expensive ride at WDW? I heard that Cosmic Rewind was at $500 million, but that wouldn't be apart of a full blown hypothetical land makeover and didn't have as much demolition costs as a full tear down of a giant, specialized building with a rollercoaster would.
Tha Realest
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Imagine if they got rid of something like a river that’s part of an intricate, interconnected water system.
Animaniac93-98
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Galaxy's Edge cost $1 billion, but that was for the whole land with both rides.
$500 million, just for Cosmic Rewind, is the highest budget I've ever seen reported for a singe Disney ride ever.
RSR was over $300 million in 2012, and that was considered a staggering sum at the time.
Streetway Again
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One thing I don’t get about a potential space demo, and maybe even all of Tomorrowland, as mentioned in the tracker, is what would happen to buzz. I can see maybe space, but as I mentioned, peoplemover worries.
Tbis also would be an exorbitantly expensive process that would take out an entire are of the park for YEARS, and a bunch of rides. Maybe that’s what ROA replacement is for, but I still think, while possible, this is a crazy development.
Nothing really seems out of the possibility though to me.
Tbis also would be an exorbitantly expensive process that would take out an entire are of the park for YEARS, and a bunch of rides. Maybe that’s what ROA replacement is for, but I still think, while possible, this is a crazy development.
Nothing really seems out of the possibility though to me.
The fire effects don't seem to be working when I ride it.
lazyboy97o
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Space Mountain isn’t really all that specialized. Despite its unique form it has a rather simple design. Its also more of a shell with the main structure providing a big open space.
eddie104
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Well we know Disney is in spending mode now so their willing to splurge on this project to get rid of underutilized space.
Space Mountain is definitely a popular attraction that doesn’t make any sense to demo especially with TDO sudden desire to build lots of coasters to compete with Uni.
ToTBellHop
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I would prefer this money be used on a new Stitch attraction in that space. I just saw the new movie and really liked it. Theater was packed. He’s a very popular character who pushes merch like nobody else. It’s criminal that he doesn’t have an attraction in Tomorrowland.
flynnibus
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This is a weird one so bear with me. A hypothetical scenario regarding the usage of the Stitch IP in Space Mountain should the coaster be revised or removed.
Do you think the fandom would embrace the removal of "Space Mountain" if it's replacement were a trifecta of new attractions themed to Stitch? Specifically, for this hypothetical discussion, a similar coaster, an arcade and an interactive M&G all housed under the iconic Space Mountain structure. Would nostalgia prevent acceptance of such an idea? Would this hypothetical replace and new net gains make the very idea more tolerable?
Do you think the fandom would embrace the removal of "Space Mountain" if it's replacement were a trifecta of new attractions themed to Stitch? Specifically, for this hypothetical discussion, a similar coaster, an arcade and an interactive M&G all housed under the iconic Space Mountain structure. Would nostalgia prevent acceptance of such an idea? Would this hypothetical replace and new net gains make the very idea more tolerable?
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Moth
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Due to "rule of funny", this is the funniest option possible, and as such, as someone without much attachment to Space Mountain, and likes to see funny stuff, I would be fine with this. But I am biased for Stitch....
Agent H
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Honestly I have mixed feelings about this. On one hand I love stitch and think this would be super fun. On the other hand space mountain is THE Tomorrowland ride and part of me thinks that it should forever remain an ip free anchor of the land.
Animaniac93-98
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Hyperspace Mountain set a precedent of IP overlays for the ride, and incorporating Stitch into the Disneyland version was a real idea 20 years ago.
I don't support it, but it sounds like the kind of thing Disney would do now.
HMF
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Doesn't change the fact that when he did have an attraction in Tomorrowland, The attraction itself was criminal.
dennis-in-ct
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I did not realize there were fire effects.