Space Mountain in Inky Blackness

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Space Mountain in Inky Blackness

Post by artbaum » Apr Sun 09, 2006 2:50 am

I remember going on WDW's Space Mountain once when I was little, and it seems to me the ride really took place in the inky blackness of space -- without a bunch of stars projected on the ride like they have nowadays at Disneyland at least.

Does anyone know whether that is/was ever the case, or was I just too scared to notice all the lights around me? :roll:
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Post by ttztotdca50 » Apr Sun 09, 2006 7:28 am

I think Disneyland's Space Mountain got the stars first, then WDW's... or at least, that's what I heard.

Anyone else have info?
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Re: Space Mountain in Inky Blackness

Post by Jwc247 » Apr Mon 10, 2006 1:11 pm

artbaum wrote:I remember going on WDW's Space Mountain once when I was little, and it seems to me the ride really took place in the inky blackness of space -- without a bunch of stars projected on the ride like they have nowadays at Disneyland at least.

Does anyone know whether that is/was ever the case, or was I just too scared to notice all the lights around me? :roll:
No there are lights, its kind of dark, not inky black though!
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Post by swarlock » Apr Thu 13, 2006 1:49 pm

I wouldn't know. I had my eyes closed and almost fell out of the seat as it went down when I visited WDW in 1976.
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Post by MouseMan » Apr Fri 14, 2006 10:25 am

I first rode Space Mountain in 1975 and they had the stars back then.
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