Rumor MK Space Mountain REVISED in 2026? (One track? side-by-side seating?)

[dmc493]

Does current SM have amazing capacity compared to other SMs or other Disney coasters? Hypothetically I'd assume it's double others with a double track. I'd assume that's not something you want to get rid of

 

[Disone]

Mystic turned out to be a fraud.

I lost track of this. (Pun intended )

What happened to him. He came in out of the blue and seemingly had some inside information for a while and then now he's disappeared.

What was the fraud?

 

[UNCgolf]

I lost track of this. (Pun intended )

What happened to him. He came in out of the blue and seemingly had some inside information for a while and then now he's disappeared.

What was the fraud?

He spent several hours throwing out a bunch of truly insane rumors and then deleted everything. I don't remember what they were now, but think totally unbelievable stuff like Disney is going to tear down the whole structure of Spaceship Earth and replace it with a roller coaster.

The only explanations that made sense to me were that he was having some kind of mental health crisis (the way some of the posts were written felt that way) or he'd leaked one piece of true information he wasn't supposed to and then made up a bunch of crazy stuff to try to deflect from it.

 

[JackCH]

He spent several hours throwing out a bunch of truly insane rumors and then deleted everything. I don't remember what they were now, but think totally unbelievable stuff like Disney is going to tear down Spaceship Earth and replace it with a roller coaster.

The only explanations that made sense to me were that he was having some kind of mental health crisis (the way some of the posts were written felt that way) or he'd leaked one piece of true information he wasn't supposed to and then made up a bunch of crazy stuff to try to deflect from it.

Was the Space Mountain rumor pre or post "breakdown"? Not that it is very reliable either way, but still.

 

[aladdin2007]

I don't see why it wouldn't. It's a popular attraction and one of the most iconic on property.

while I agree, that means nothing to them anymore and is exactly why they would change it, lets hope not.

 

[TheCoasterNerd]

@ToTBellHop

 

[Prince-1]

Mystic turned out to be a fraud.

Like many of the so called “insiders” who has graced us on this website.

 

[Moth]

while I agree, that means nothing to them anymore and is exactly why they would change it, lets hope not.

Fair point.... Ugh, I can't imagine a Tomorrowland without it.

I know others exist without it but still.


Anyways yeah, I think the timeline could possibly be a bit later (unless they want a reopened SM to open the same time Cars and Villains do as they take the rest of Tomorrowland offline?), but I feel it's a mix of "it's about that time to redo it" and "Tomorrowland is likely next on the redo plate for MK".

I feel we're gonna see a solid direction for TL depending how Elio and TRON: Ares do.

 

[FigmentFan82]

It would still be reduced due to odd numbered groups.

And what about when the only run 1 track? A new single track with double seating would be just fine for capacity

 

[Pi on my Cake]

And what about when the only run 1 track? A new single track with double seating would be just fine for capacity

I'd also assume that more traditional coaster cars are probably faster to load/unload which could help too. Space is easily the ride that takes me the longest to get in and out of at wdw thanks to my long legs.

In general the accessibility of the current coaster cars probably isn't great by modern standards and that right there could be a big point in favor of a redo instead of just a refurb

 

[Brer Oswald]

Ugh. Another classic ruined.

 

[FigmentFan82]

Ugh. Another classic ruined.

Nothing but speculation at this point. It's been greatly assumed that some refurb is needed at some point fairly soon. You have no clue what the end result will be. So this comment is completely and utterly pointless.

 

[trainplane3]

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Why would they have to remove the roof? They did a complete rebuild of DLs SM years ago without that.

 

[Jrb1979]

Ugh. Another classic ruined.

I agree. At this point it feels like those in charge don't care and from the responses of some of the younger fans they don't either.

 

[ᗩLᘿᑕ ֊ᗩζᗩᗰ]

The talk of "one track" really only makes sense to me if financially they were able to utilize an off the shelf-model. I don't see a point otherwise. The goal I would assume would be to deliver the cheapest, biggest bang for their buck. Single track with new cars or retracked original with new cars. :shrugs:

 

[Jrb1979]

The talk of "one track" really only makes sense to me if financially they were able to utilize an off the shelf-model. I don't see a point otherwise.

Something like that for space mountain would be awesome.

 

[Brer Oswald]

Nothing but speculation at this point. It's been greatly assumed that some refurb is needed at some point fairly soon. You have no clue what the end result will be. So this comment is completely and utterly pointless.

> The loss of the iconic two tracks system
> The loss of the original facade
> The loss of the iconic Star Tunnel and retro optimistic future theme

 

[PizzaPlanet]

Space mountain will receive a new track eventually. Do not expect it in 2026. There are other priorities then.

Spaceship Earth…

 

[JackCH]

> The loss of the iconic two tracks system
> The loss of the original facade
> The loss of the iconic Star Tunnel and retro optimistic future theme

The "iconic" two tracks system is meh. I think we use the word iconic too liberally nowadays.

The other two are not part of the rumor at the moment. And even if they did, I don't see how you could form the opinion of something being "ruined" without having even the slightest idea what the replacement would be.

 

[peter11435]

Spaceship Earth…

Not exactly