Space Mountain vs Splash Mountain

[George Lucas on a Bench]

From what I remember, it’s almost impossible not to get drenched on the Disneyland Splash. I sat at the back, and I was more soaked than I’d ever been coming off the Florida one.

If there is a lot of weight in the front of the log, you're screwed

 

[PiratesMansion]

Have you been on WDW's Space?

I have. Oddly that one has never given me issues (I was talking about WDW's Splash in the previous post).

But for whatever reason (body shape? long legs? height? all of the above?) I have a harder time with Splash, particularly the latter two built. Thankfully I discovered that if I'm sitting by myself the Florida version is fine. But Tokyo has, more recently, switched to tiny-looking individual lapbars that I imagine will be difficult to fit in comfortably at my size. It was already uncomfortable 10 years ago when I was smaller and Tokyo's boats had the WDW configuration when I was sharing with someone else; I can't imagine what the new configuration will be like, but I'm sure for me it won't be an improvement.

 

[CaptinEO]

Disneyland - Splash Mountain
Disney World - Space Mountain

Disney World's Space Mountain track and design is much more varied and fun than Anaheim's which is "drop while turning left for 2 minutes".

 

[PiratesMansion]

Disneyland - Splash Mountain
Disney World - Space Mountain

Disney World's Space Mountain track and design is much more varied and fun than Anaheim's which is "drop while turning left for 2 minutes".

Hot take: Florida's Space Mountain might be genuinely underrated and receives a hugely disproportionate amount of hate.

Quite a lot of which either boils down to a) it's not Disneyland's and so therefore it is automatically wrong/bad, b) unlike a lot of the other coasters Disney has built, this feels like an actual roller coaster and I don't like that, or c) all of the above.

I still like Disneyland's better, but it's not like Florida's is junk.

 

[George Lucas on a Bench]

The Florida one has a better waiting line with weird space windows that look like the ending of Star Trek II and a more thrilling ride, frankly. It just seems rather rundown these days.

 

[91JLovesDisney]

Hot take: Florida's Space Mountain might be genuinely underrated and receives a hugely disproportionate amount of hate.

Agreed. It's frustrating. It's really not that bad of a ride!

 

[Jones14]

Agreed. It's frustrating. It's really not that bad of a ride!

If it were better maintained it would be the best one of them all, sans the original version of Paris’. As it is, it’s still a very fun ride, owed mostly to a much better track layout(s) than Disneyland’s.

 

[mickEblu]

Disneyland - Splash Mountain
Disney World - Space Mountain

Disney World's Space Mountain track and design is much more varied and fun than Anaheim's which is "drop while turning left for 2 minutes".

I have a strong feeling I’d agree with this

 

[Brer Oswald]

Agreed. It's frustrating. It's really not that bad of a ride!

I think Florida has the better mountain range (in terms of the mountains that have variants in both resorts). Disneyland has better everything else

 

[mickEblu]

I think Florida has the better mountain range (in terms of the mountains that have variants in both resorts). Disneyland has better everything else

Wow even when they re missing one?

 

[PiratesMansion]

Wow even when they re missing one?

You *could* put Everest in the Matterhorn slot.

I don't know that I necessarily would, but it's certainly been done before, even by Disney themselves.

 

[Brer Oswald]

Wow even when they re missing one?

(in terms of the mountains that have variants in both resorts)

 

[mickEblu]

(in terms of the mountains that have variants in both resorts)

I may have purposely ignored this part

 

[mickEblu]

You *could* put Everest in the Matterhorn slot.

I don't know that I necessarily would, but it's certainly been done before, even by Disney themselves.

Right, I thought he said MK, not Florida. It’s kind of impressive that DL has 4 mountains in one park.

 

[Brer Oswald]

Right, I thought he said MK, not Florida. It’s kind of impressive that DL has 4 mountains in one park.

I said Florida, but I meant MK. I don’t count Everest as a part of the mountain range.

 

[91JLovesDisney]

Right, I thought he said MK, not Florida. It’s kind of impressive that DL has 4 mountains in one park.

Well I think Big Top Circus counts, so... so does WDW

 

[mickEblu]

I said Florida, but I meant MK. I don’t count Everest as a part of the mountain range.

Makes sense as “range” implies they are in close proximity.

 

[ParkPeeker]

I don't like getting wet/soaked, last time I decided to ride splash, it was when the sun was already setting/already set, so it took longer for me to dry up . If it weren't for that I would've probably chosen splash, but no, even just thinking of being wet after splash gives me shiverss. Space for me

 

[D.Silentu]

This is actually why I prefer to ride Jurassic Park at USH. It doesn’t leave you soaked and they have different water levels and only use the highest amount for extremely hot days.

Got completely drenched in that new aquarium scene that's basically the first thing you encounter on the new version

Now with Jurassic World the final drop is still not that bad, and the old gags are still avoidable, but that aquarium. They literally just turn a water cannon onto the boat, shamu style. It's practically unavoidable. I've tried from multiple seats

The best luck I've had regarding the new aquarium effect is sitting in the third row, or further back. I've always appreciated that the part that will truly drench you is the water cannons on the drop. As it's clearly visible whether they have been turned on from the front of the ride, you can see what you're getting yourself into. On the other hand, Splash Mountain really is a roll of the dice concerning how wet you will get.

 

[Stevek]

Love them both, space gets the win.