News Space Mountain exit being worked on

[JenniferS]

Underrated line.

I thought it was passively aggressively hilarious too. He could almost be an honorary Canadian.

 

[WondersOfLife]

I enjoy this ramp. It's nice.

 

[DisneyCane]

Because this one has show?

A slow walk lets you see the post show just fine. A slow paced walk makes it like an omnimover. No reason to view the SM post show slower than HM. I'm not looking for people to speed walk, just slowly step.

 

[lazyboy97o]

Are they even allowed to replace it fully? Would a full replacement nullify the ADA exemption?

Depending on the circumstances, exemptions are allowed even after renovations. An accessible ramp at 1:12 would require far more space that would likely make compliance deemed to be unreasonably burdensome.

 

[gustaftp]

I always get tempted to start talking loudly saying "it's called a moving WALKWAY, not a conveyor belt." You are supposed to walk and the purpose of it is to allow you to walk faster without doing more than normal walking.

I don't know why people want to just stand on them. At the airport or wherever, most of the time I stay off the moving walkway because it is so insanely frustrating to have to stand there while it crawls along. A normal paced walk will get you to the end faster than standing on it.

Unfortunately, space mountain has no option to bypass and walk on a regular walkway.

My home airport has "lanes" on the moving walkways, one for standing and one for walking.

When you are really tired after a flight it is nice to just stand on the moving walkway in the walk lane. I do admittedly sometimes walk slowly on the moving walkway at Space Mountain because I enjoy looking at the show scenes.

 

[marni1971]

No reason to view the SM post show slower than HM..

Obviously there is.

So long as it’s done single file.

 

[WDWTrojan]

I saw this a few weeks ago and saw some workers hanging around it, and for some strange reason, I thought that it might of been a walkway to the tron coaster site. But then I actually saw them working on it.

The asphalt hadn’t been poured between the track yet.
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This pathway was formerly the cast member entrance/exit from the attraction. It was in no state for guests to traverse and likely required replacing to allow day guests to utilize it.

 

[rnese]

I "Moon Walk" up the ramp. Why? Because YOU don't!

 

[Captain Barbossa]

This pathway was formerly the cast member entrance/exit from the attraction. It was in no state for guests to traverse and likely required replacing to allow day guests to utilize it.

There are two pathways. The one on the right, which is grey, is a pathway that’s been there for years. It’s used by CMs who work in Space Mountain. The one on the left, which is reddish brown, is a temporary exit for SM while the main one is having work done. The rails that you see are the mainline for the WDWRR. This area is known as Tomorrowland Crossing.

 

[ppete1975]

They cant remove it, its one of the 105 attractions at Magic kingdom, along with the purple wall and the photo opps. Unless they are replacing it with the much anticipated BLUE wall!!! Leave it to Disney to always replace attractions with better ones

 

[WondersOfLife]

This ramp wasn't an issue with anyone and nobody complained about it until this thread popped up.


...I'm just going to leave that there.

 

[flynnibus]

I must say... the temporary ramp they built on the outside is pretty dang involved. This doesn't look like something intended for just a week or two... integrated lighting, lots of wood work, metal structure. I was pretty shocked by how built out it really was for something to just bypass construction.

 

[marni1971]

I must say... the temporary ramp they built on the outside is pretty dang involved. This doesn't look like something intended for just a week or two... integrated lighting, lots of wood work, metal structure. I was pretty shocked by how built out it really was for something to just bypass construction.

Given the area was never designed for public access or ADA compliance it has to be up to code.

Where there’s blame there’s a claim.

 

[flynnibus]

Given the area was never designed for public access or ADA compliance it has to be up to code.

Where there’s blame there’s a claim.

Yeah, my point was about longevity tho. I mean, if it were just for a short period of time... I'd imagine they'd close the ride before going to this extent of effort. But if you need it for a longer duration... it makes more sense to invest so the ride can stay open.

This doesn't seem to be some 'week of work' thing...

 

[marni1971]

Yeah, my point was about longevity tho. I mean, if it were just for a short period of time... I'd imagine they'd close the ride before going to this extent of effort. But if you need it for a longer duration... it makes more sense to invest so the ride can stay open.

This doesn't seem to be some 'week of work' thing...

Gotcha. It does seem to be long. There again so is the speed ramp if that’s having a full replacement.

 

[gmajew]

Gotcha. It does seem to be long. There again so is the speed ramp if that’s having a full replacement.

When we walked the ramp last week I said the same things... Could not believe how much that cost for a temp ramp. But it makes sense if they are really redoing the exit of space which it needs as it is outdated and boring.... Hopefully we get a plus and then hopefully we get a better stand by line as it is horrible!

 

[Biff215]

When we walked the ramp last week I said the same things... Could not believe how much that cost for a temp ramp. But it makes sense if they are really redoing the exit of space which it needs as it is outdated and boring.... Hopefully we get a plus and then hopefully we get a better stand by line as it is horrible!

You can still see the postshow scenes from the PM so the work appears limited to the speed ramp at this point at least. They wouldn’t really need to bypass the speed ramp to change the postshow anyway.

 

[Corgi]

The drywall blocking the old exits.

 

[yensidtlaw1969]

Two totally different situations. Everest would need to be practically scrapped and rebuilt from scratch to fix the Yeti. It would be closed for years and effectively be rebuilding the ENTIRE roller coaster. With Space Mountain, I don't know what they would do. I just think it'll have a lengthy refurbishment when Tron opens.

People do realize that Disney has designed rides before Everest, right? You don't design anything, ANYTHING, that moves like the Yeti without the ability to remove it when it breaks. Things that move, like Animatronics, don't last as long as things that don't, like walls. They know that and planned accordingly.

The easiest way to discredit this myth is to look at pictures from the construction of Everest - they didn't build the mountain around the animatronic, which means it had to come in after the mountain was built. Which means it had to be taken inside. Which means it can be taken back outside.

And according to people with more knowledge than I, it already has at least once.

 

[scottriehm]

Does anyone have a timetable for when this will be done? I'm just curious.