Space Mountain Refurb

Jacca5660 · Post by **Jacca5660** » Nov Thu 12, 2009 7:15 pm

I was shooting for Aliens!

Future Guy · Post by **Future Guy** » Nov Fri 13, 2009 12:40 pm

The astronauts are back. Click here for a pic

boilerbabe · Post by **boilerbabe** » Nov Fri 13, 2009 12:48 pm

Awesome!!!

mindflipper · Post by **mindflipper** » Nov Fri 13, 2009 1:03 pm

Jacca5660 wrote: I was shooting for Aliens!

Hey, Jacca5660, why do you want to go running around and shooting aliens? What have they ever done to you?

MadEye · Post by **MadEye** » Nov Fri 13, 2009 4:13 pm

Space Mountain has been soft-reopen for 15 minutes now... from the report I've read, the queue music is the same!!!!

PirateFan31 · Post by **PirateFan31** » Nov Fri 13, 2009 4:19 pm

But what of the TTA?! WHAT OF THE TTA?

MadEye · Post by **MadEye** » Nov Fri 13, 2009 4:37 pm

PirateFan31 wrote:But what of the TTA?! WHAT OF THE TTA?

TTA has been open for over a month now...

Captain Schnemo · Post by **Captain Schnemo** » Nov Fri 13, 2009 7:24 pm

I don't hate the spiel for the new TTA, but it sure is a wasted opportunity. All that spare time could be used to talk about all sorts of interesting things, but given the current state of Tomorrowland, maybe the less said the better.

The voice sucks, though. As someone else in this thread mentioned, it sounds like the attractions channel in the Disney hotels, which is kind of like nails on a chalkboard for me. The old Jack Wagner spiels managed to be friendly without getting in your face about it.

I liked the matter-of-fact female voice during the "pardon our dust" part. That sounds more like what you'd hear on a mass transportation system. If you had to listen to that chipper guy every day on the way to work, you'd start smashing in the heads of your fellow commuters.

It looks like Space Mountain is moving away from kitschy space wackiness, which would certainly be improvement. I don't like my attractions to mock themselves. Post-post-post-modern irony is not welcome in Disney, as far as I'm concerned.

Interested to see what they did to the actual ride. As much leg-breaking fun as the Cyclone at Coney Island is, there's something to be said for a nice smooth coaster.

Metalfan · Post by **Metalfan** » Nov Fri 13, 2009 7:27 pm

Seems like the new TTA spiel has more dead air than the previous. I don't hate it but I prefer the new one.

As for space mountain, I'm heading over to MK tomorrow and can't wait to see it.

Captain Schnemo · Post by **Captain Schnemo** » Nov Fri 13, 2009 7:39 pm

Also I suppose I'm glad the robopalms survived. I was never a fan of the bastardization of Tomorrowland's theme and purpose, but those trees were pretty cool.

Stupid attractions notwithstanding, all that fake rock leaves them in a reasonable place to redesign the land into an architectural style Horizons was hinting at, where there is an acknowledgment that nature still exists, and future tech is integrated into it, as opposed to the cold glass and steel present in a lot of futuristic depictions.

I think the original Future World made a decent attempt at melding the two, with all the waterways and gardens.

Still, though. Collapsible robopalms are cool.

MW1218 · Post by **MW1218** » Nov Fri 13, 2009 11:59 pm

PirateFan31 wrote:But what of the TTA?! WHAT OF THE TTA?

i meant the music when you go through SM on the TTA

http://www.attractionsmagazine.com/blog ... deo-games/

Everything's fine, what were you all worried about.

Soarin08 · Post by **Soarin08** » Nov Sat 14, 2009 1:47 am

So what of Space?? TELL ME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I am dying to know!!

Is it open??????

kcarts · Post by **kcarts** » Nov Sat 14, 2009 6:03 am

I liked the matter-of-fact female voice during the "pardon our dust" part. That sounds more like what you'd hear on a mass transportation system. If you had to listen to that chipper guy every day on the way to work, you'd start smashing in the heads of your fellow commuters.

Not sure about you, but I don't go to WDW to recreate my commute to work. I go to get away. I don't want to hear a voice that reminds me of the guy who tells me I'm at Downtown Crossing.

That said, I liked the previous spiel. It was more like you were touring a community than just a land in Disney World.

MadEye · Post by **MadEye** » Nov Sat 14, 2009 8:00 am

MW1218 wrote:i meant the music when you go through SM on the TTA

Nothing yet as Space Mountain is not "officially" open yet. At this point, like the new TTA spiel after its reopening has shown us, anything can happen.

packwingfn · Post by **packwingfn** » Nov Sun 15, 2009 9:58 am

Please tell me the queue audio is still the same...Star Tunnel and the opening when you first walk in.

I saw some of the new pictures, it looks pretty good