Space Mountain Refurb

MadEye · Post by **MadEye** » May Fri 01, 2009 6:59 am

DisBeamer wrote:I heard - though I don't remember where so I can't link a source at the moment - that a new audio track for it was being recorded. Which I suppose makes sense since there are new attractions to mention and such. The old one still has hunks out of it where they pulled out the FedEx blurb and the Timekeeper blurb.

Not to mention they still call the building with SGE in it "The Interplanetary Convention Center" which is what it was called when Alien Encounter was still around. It should be called "Galactic Federation Prisoner Teleportation Center" although I don't mind it not being changed since I liked Alien Encounter A LOT more than SGE!!

Soarin08 · Post by **Soarin08** » Aug Sun 16, 2009 11:22 pm

TTA should be back up on the 24th. I wonder how they're working that with SM still under the knife. Will the TTA be deferred elsewhere and not go through SM, I wonder? Either that or the refurb is all walled off.

boilerbabe · Post by **boilerbabe** » Aug Mon 17, 2009 10:04 am

This is just my guess, I would think that SM is walled off. I cetainly hope TTA will still wind through SM! That's one of my favorite parts of the ride. I was in total withdrawel in May, I really missed TTA and SM. I find TTA so relaxing!!! It makes me feel like I've taken a step back in Disney time.

MadEye · Post by **MadEye** » Aug Mon 17, 2009 10:57 am

TTAs reopening has been pushed back to September 1t. And yes, the TTA will still go through Space.

Soarin08 · Post by **Soarin08** » Aug Mon 17, 2009 4:39 pm

Ahhhh, so it got changed again. Not that I'm at WDW, but still... bummer! I'll just be glad when the whole refurb is through.

missynole · Post by **missynole** » Aug Tue 18, 2009 6:45 am

I'm excited about the new Space Mountain- I hope they do just as good a job on this as they did with Haunted Mansion. With new leadership in the Imagineering department it has to be good!

MadEye · Post by **MadEye** » Aug Tue 18, 2009 6:53 am

missynole wrote:I'm excited about the new Space Mountain- I hope they do just as good a job on this as they did with Haunted Mansion. With new leadership in the Imagineering department it has to be good!

Don't expect anything like what they did for Haunted Mansion. That would be placing your expectations for a mediocre rehab very high. I believe the queue and exit queue are getting the brunt of the rehab.

sherabby · Post by **sherabby** » Aug Tue 18, 2009 7:28 am

Really bummed about the push back date of TTA. We were hoping to ride it the last week of August. I guess we will have to wait until next year.

disneyinfopage · Post by **disneyinfopage** » Aug Tue 18, 2009 8:28 am

sherabby wrote:Really bummed about the push back date of TTA. We were hoping to ride it the last week of August. I guess we will have to wait until next year.

Us, too; we're leaving for The World on Saturday and were "ok" with having to miss out on TTA for a day or two. But now, missing out on it completely is really upsetting...

It was always a nice way to cool off during a hot August afternoon.

Oh well; there's always next year!

Judy

boilerbabe · Post by **boilerbabe** » Aug Tue 18, 2009 10:12 am

I wasn't expecting anything specacular with HM and I was pleasantly surprised, so I'm hoping for the same with SM, have no expectations. I hope they don't ruin the queue areas, I know they were dated, but I loved them. Does anyone know if they are changing the rockets from single seaters to two seaters?!

MadEye · Post by **MadEye** » Aug Tue 18, 2009 10:56 am

boilerbabe wrote:Does anyone know if they are changing the rockets from single seaters to two seaters?!

If they do, I will be pleasantly surprised!!!

Post by **Len90** » Aug Tue 18, 2009 7:21 pm

boilerbabe wrote:This is just my guess, I would think that SM is walled off. I cetainly hope TTA will still wind through SM! That's one of my favorite parts of the ride. I was in total withdrawel in May, I really missed TTA and SM. I find TTA so relaxing!!! It makes me feel like I've taken a step back in Disney time.

I felt the same way. It was really saddening to see all the TTA cars sitting outside stopped. I noticed most of them were on the overpass above the Tomorrowland Speedway. It makes me wonder if there was a lot of work being done inside Space Mountain at that time since I always thought the vehicles were stored in that building.
I really missed the TTA when we were there. Although it is something that we only do once a trip, it really feels like a big part of the MK. We always would go on it to work out where we were in time to see Mickey making his way down Main Street during the 9PM Spectromagic parade.

Soarin08 · Post by **Soarin08** » Aug Tue 18, 2009 8:53 pm

MadEye wrote:
missynole wrote:I'm excited about the new Space Mountain- I hope they do just as good a job on this as they did with Haunted Mansion. With new leadership in the Imagineering department it has to be good!
Don't expect anything like what they did for Haunted Mansion. That would be placing your expectations for a mediocre rehab very high. I believe the queue and exit queue are getting the brunt of the rehab.

Seems like you're right. My hope is that the queue gets a much-needed single rider line. That would help immensely!

agingerbugg · Post by **agingerbugg** » Aug Wed 19, 2009 8:14 am

Oh single rider would be great. I usually go with people who won't ride SM and this would help out immensely, now they won't have to wait an hour and a half for me to ride...

usetonamick · Post by **usetonamick** » Aug Wed 19, 2009 10:39 am

How are we going to get hold of any new audio from the refurb?