source: screamscape
I had been hearing a few rumors about Disneyland considering the addition of a “Ghost Galaxy” make-over for Space Mountain this fall, but I wasn’t quite sure how solid a rumor this was at the time. After all the last time Disneyland tried to special version of Space Mountain (Rockit Mountain) it failed to become the new hit attraction that theyhad hoped it would be. So what is Ghost Galaxy you ask? Ghost Galaxy came about as a “haunted” version of Space Mountain created for Hong Kong Disneyland that premiered in the fall of 2007 when the park launched a major Halloween special event. The “haunted” version there featured a brand new soundtrack, many new projection effects and was said to be even darker inside than normal. (There are a few videos on YouTube showing it, but they are so dark you can’t see a thing!)
Brining the quiet rumors into the spotlight this week was a new post over at MiceAge who reports that Disneyland execs have signed on the dotted line to bring this exciting makover to Disneyland for the fall season, apparently opening on September 25th following a two week closure to install it. I’m not sure if they will keep the Ghost Galaxy name or use another rumored name, Nightmare Nebula. but it should be very cool to see just the same.
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