Space Mountain Question

[lunchbox1175]

Did the cars on Space use to be glow in the dark? I swear I remember being able to see the cars go around when you are on the Peoplemover when I was a kid, or am I just imagining that?

 

[G8rchamps]

Yep _ I remember that too, you also used to be able to see them from the queue before the closed the ceiling.

 

[Chef Mickey]

Yes, I can confirm you could. It was cool waiting in line, but I like the darker setting now.

Who remembers Mario Lopez on the TVs in line?

 

[Hakunamatata]

I think they used black light which made it look like the cars were illuminated.

 

[Chef Mickey]

I think they used black light which made it look like the cars were illuminated.

I think it was more like glow in the dark panels or stickers stuck to the sides similar to the glow in the dark stars you could stick up on your ceiling as a kid.

 

[belledream]

Yup I remember this. Going over the loading dock was one of the coolest things!

 

[tritonpwrd]

Yes, it was a strip from front to back on the sides of the cars that glowed in the dark.

 

[Maelstrom Troll]

I liked this effect too. I wish it would make a comeback!

 

[Bairstow]

Did the cars on Space use to be glow in the dark? I swear I remember being able to see the cars go around when you are on the Peoplemover when I was a kid, or am I just imagining that?

They totally did, but that effect was removed in 2009.

Yes, I can confirm you could. It was cool waiting in line, but I like the darker setting now.

Who remembers Mario Lopez on the TVs in line?

SMTV!
I really miss it. The ride is lessened by its removal.

I think they used black light which made it look like the cars were illuminated.

I think it was more like glow in the dark panels or stickers stuck to the sides similar to the glow in the dark stars you could stick up on your ceiling as a kid.

You're both right.
The cars had a phosphorescent decal down their sides, but it only glowed because it was "charged" by blacklights near the load/unload stations.

 

[lunchbox1175]

Ok, now that we have determined I am not crazy, then why did they change it, it couldn't possibly be cost related, and it added to the attraction!

 

[Hakunamatata]

Ok, now that we have determined I am not crazy, then why did they change it, it couldn't possibly be cost related, and it added to the attraction!

Possibly because black light shows other things that either Disney or guests didn't want revealed.

 

[Bairstow]

Ok, now that we have determined I am not crazy, then why did they change it, it couldn't possibly be cost related, and it added to the attraction!

It wasn't cost related.
The decal removal was done at the same time as the construction to add a ceiling to the load station. Their intent was to fully block off all light from the ride area and thereby improve the feeling of being in outer space. The general consensus is that while well-intended, the changes did not significantly improve the ride or queue.

 

[Brickcity Pauly]

I enjoy the post 2009 changes.

 

[Tim Lohr]

They have some Epcot music in the queue now which is nice

 

[tinkerblonde11]

I remember thinking the glow in the dark effect was amazing, from TTA they looked like shooting stars. I was totally afraid of the ride then, but still loved to watch the cars go.

 

[Cmdr_Crimson]

They have some Epcot music in the queue now which is nice

I doubt the music has changed at all....

 

[Tim Lohr]

I doubt the music has changed at all....

A about 20 seconds in, as they walk through the queue, isn't that music from one of the Epcot loops

 

[Cmdr_Crimson]

A about 20 seconds in, as they walk through the queue, isn't that music from one of the Epcot loops

No..The Song is Called Promising Tomorrow the Theme for Space Mountain.

 

[Tim Lohr]

No..The Song is Called Promising Tomorrow the Theme for Space Mountain.

Ok this is the music I remember from SM, I don't know if has a name but after standing in line hearing over and over, my brother and I used to call it "Space Madness"

 

[Cmdr_Crimson]

Ok this is the music I remember from SM, I don't know if has a name but after standing in line hearing over and over, my brother and I used to call it "Space Madness"

It's Just simply known as the 3rd Tunnel Music..If you think about as you go deeper and deeper "Space" Sounds seem to become less and less broke down..That's howI think the way the music is layed out of Promising Tomorrow as it plays when you first Enter-->Star Tunnel-->Third Tunnel-->Deepness of Space