Just about everything, save Space Mountain, Must Go! We’re talking 1965 levels of Flat Earth here. The Peoplemover tracks are planned to be completely demolished, crushing the hopes of us who did hold on to a tiny scrap of the above emotion that one of Disney’s greatest attractions would return: it ate crowds, gave a long, entertaining and satisfying look at Tomorrowland and environs, was a great place to rest those Disney feet and, most of all, was an attraction where people of all abilities and ages could have fun together.
I can’t talk about the VAST changes going into Space Mountain yet, but when I can, you’ll be the first to know. I DO know that it’s going to be the number two coaster in Tomorrowland, behind the TRON coaster that’s headed our way.
But the placement of this coaster is unusual in that instead of perching on the outside edge of the land – and the park – they’re taking a page from the park down the street. Knott’s Berry Farm’s Silver Bullet Coaster (great coaster, one of my favorites. Worth the trip alone.) and putting one of TRON’S showiest loops on the hub side of Tomorrowland, drawing people in toward wherever that cool-looking thing above pedestrians’ heads starts.