ok, im a disney fan and an AP holder at all the parks as i spend much time in both SoCal and Orlando. anyway i grew up on the WDW space mountain and after the recent update to DL's space mountain i started thinking. As a child we always had AP's to WDW and went all the time. My father was a SM affficanado and would ride it multiple times every visit.
My mother on the other hand was scared to death of the ride. She had ridden right after it opened and had a bad seatbelt and was restained by other passengers in the car... She recalled to me that at opening it had an inital drop that was very far and very steep and resembled the statue out in front of the ride.
Unfortunately i have not been able to find any info on this track layout.. as i am very interested in how the changes were made. Did this exist or was it an illusion in my mothers head. the only reference i found was in a george mcginnis article where he referenced that the track was redesigned several times after opening due to guests complaining about the negative g's (which would make sense with the drop) but that is only a passing reference.
Help?
My mother on the other hand was scared to death of the ride. She had ridden right after it opened and had a bad seatbelt and was restained by other passengers in the car... She recalled to me that at opening it had an inital drop that was very far and very steep and resembled the statue out in front of the ride.
Unfortunately i have not been able to find any info on this track layout.. as i am very interested in how the changes were made. Did this exist or was it an illusion in my mothers head. the only reference i found was in a george mcginnis article where he referenced that the track was redesigned several times after opening due to guests complaining about the negative g's (which would make sense with the drop) but that is only a passing reference.
Help?
