SPACE MOUNTAIN- I assure you, we are SOFT re-OPEN!!!

[EPCOT Explorer]

Sooooooooooo.....Matt.... Horizons reff? What was it?:wave:

 

[ChrisFL]

exactly and how the dramatic music seems to get louder when you go up the last lift hill.

Here's a sample:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vyGIoBqC8Zc

from about 2:32 to 2:35...it doesn't look like much here, but in person it's really cool. This is "ghost galaxy" but that portion is the same

 

[WDW Vacationer]

Sooooooooooo.....Matt.... Horizons reff? What was it?:wave:

Anxiously waiting for that!!

 

[Mr.EPCOT]

Control tower. Someone asked if the windows are blacked out, yes, they are.

 

[EPCOT Explorer]

Control tower. Someone asked if the windows are blacked out, yes, they are.

Preeeeeeeety. Love the blue.

 

[HMF]

Any surprises or does Disneyland's still make ours look like a joke?

 

[xtimMOOthyx]

BAM!

Can I get this on a shirt, please?

Thanks.

 

[Mr.EPCOT]

Okay, just to elaborate on the revised queue arrangement as I observed it, each side continues past the former merge point. Stand-by, still on the left, goes almost all the way to the back wall, where you can choose to go left for the Alpha side, right for the Omega side, or take the chicken exit and deal with the crushing shame. FastPass continues just past the control tower, and just immediately turns right into the load area, making Omega the only choice for FastPass users.

 

[HMF]

I cant believe they had 7 months to put reflectors inside of a new black tube and instead of getting this

we have this embarrisment instead!

siiiigggghhhh

As I have been saying for a while. This refurb was nothing to get excited over. It's budget was cut immensely and nothing has changed other than a new paint job color scheme'some minor pre and post show enhancements and thats it. Disneyland will outshine WDW in every way until TDO decides to get its act together.

 

[TURKEY]

For those that have actually been on the ride, what differences are there in the actual ride itself?

Most everything seems to be pre/post show.

 

[Mr.EPCOT]

An image of a rotating space station above the queue/load area...

 

[ChrisFL]

Okay, just to elaborate on the revised queue arrangement as I observed it, each side continues past the former merge point. Stand-by, still on the left, goes almost all the way to the back wall, where you can choose to go left for the Alpha side, right for the Omega side, or take the chicken exit and deal with the crushing shame. FastPass continues just past the control tower, and just immediately turns right into the load area, making Omega the only choice for FastPass users.

Ah, so my theory was basically correct....hehehehehehe :drevil:

 

[the-reason14]

Exactly.


I see lots of changes to the queue/preshow and postshow, but not much for the ride itself.

Yay for video games.


So far, some say the ride is a bit smoother, others don't. It's darker (a plus), and the astronauts were refurbed. Anything else with the actual ride itself?

Well from the jump they said they weren't doing any changes to the ride. Other than changing some track so what else did you expect?

Looks good to me, can't wait to see it up close.

 

[Studios Fan]

Thanks for all of the updates Mr. Epcot.

 

[jt04]

An image of a rotating space station above the queue/load area...

So is that a physical element or a projection?

 

[Mr.EPCOT]

Load area...

 

[HMF]

I think some of you need to take a deep breath, maybe step away from the computer and realize some people are going to dislike the refurb and some are going to love it. personal opinion :shrug: no need to get so worked up over it.

If you have not ridden DL's Space Mountain I highly recommend they do. My entire family was blown away by it. In fact we purchased a souvenir photo to commemorate it in a special Disneyland 50th frame. If any of you get the chance to go to Disneyland I strongly recommend it.

 

[disney4life2008]

I will reserve judgment until next week.

 

[jt04]

Load area...

Cool!

 

[Exprcoofto]

I will reserve judgment until next week.

Same here. I really can't wait to compare and contrast DL's and WDW's. (I liked both originally, so I'm just wondering how the refurb will affect my opinion)