The new Space Mountain is INCREDIBLE. I liked it more than Expedition Everest. Anyway, you queue around outside for awhile before you meet up with the fastpass lines and head inside. The queue tunnels downward with TV spiels and red-futuristic looking walls (it looks a lot like Mission: Space). Eventually, you get to the loading area, and the queue circles around the top of it before going down to the main level. There is a giant satellite like thing at the top, and a window on the far side that makes it look as if the station is rotating. So, on to the ride. You hop aboard the rockets (kinda cramped, but comfy) and pull up to the weighing/check zone. Once your car is ready, a red light flashes and you begin your adventure. This is where the soundtrack starts. It has an AWESOME futuristic/mysterious tone to it as you turn to your right and go up a small lift hill, surrounded by tall walls with a mixture of mirros and red lights. Once you reach the top, these circles on the wall begin to flash and it sounds like you're being zapped. You then turn 2 rights in a tunnel that is very much like the WDW's tunnel (the one with blue lights). Then you reach the second lift hill. It looks very dark, and then "boom, boom, boom!" The lights turn on and the lift hill appears to rotate and flip. At the top of the lift hill, you can see a small universe/nebula start to disappear the close you get to it. When you reach the top, the music reaches a huge climax and is very dramatic... combined with this, and your "first" look at the very realistic space setting, I got huge chills my first time. You then turn 180 degrees to the left around an asteroid that isn't lit up (lol) and approach your third and final lift. There is a countdown at this point, and just as you reach 1 your rockets begin to pump in the ride soundtrack that is available on the HCOE CDs and you begin a fast and thrilling ride back down. It's incredible! The music is synched so well and it feels incredibly fast and smooth. Eventually, you reach the end of the ride (the re-entry tunnel) which is a dark tunnel filled with multi-colored lights surrounding you that zoom backwards and give you the feeling of slowing down. There's also this high pitched noise as the move faster, which leads to a loud explosion noise which is when you're picture is taken. Due to the flash, you can't really see anything for awhile until you make a turn to the right and end up in the station again. It's such an experience :king:
