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We were able to ride Space Mountain yesterday (below left), there is now music on 60 speakers throughout the ride – it isn’t an onboard ride track. There are also whooshing sounds that happen as you pass certain areas of the ride. We also noticed a spider web projection on the building, I have not seen this for a number of years – the last time being the Mickey’s Not So Scary Halloween Party from a couple of years back.

This new attraction artwork featuring “Starry O Phonic” sound (below, left) was posted on the Disney Parks Blog and has left many Disney fans speculating if this art will be for sale or displayed in some form.  I personally find the artwork to be the highlight of the new addition.  The ride had stopped temporarily while we were in the queue (below, right) and we took a few photos.  If we’d just been a couple of minutes earlier we’d have been stuck on the ride!

Video #1 – Space Mountain Full Ride-Through with New Audio 8/30/10 – Space Mountain has music, this is the full ride-through with it (but we have a video just of a speaker outside of the ride where it’s more easily heard). The music is not on the vehicles (Our pre-rehab Space Mountain ride-through can be viewed HERE).

Video #2 – Space Mountain – New Audio Loop Direct From Speaker 8/30/10 - Space Mountain now has music (not on the vehicles, but from speakers), we went to a speaker to record a loop of it.

Video #3 – Wedway People Mover (TTA) at Night, with New Space Mountain Ride Music 8/30/10 – The People Mover at night, and during the Space Mountain portion you can hear the new ride music!

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August 31st, 2010 | Tags: Best Friends Pet Care, Kennel Club, Magic Kingdom, Space Mountain, Space Mountain Full Ride-Through with New Audio, Tomorrowland, Walt Disney World, Wedway People Mover | Category: Whats Happening | Comments Off

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We’ve spent a few hours this week at the Magic Kingdom, I stopped by yesterday as well to get some photos. Cinderella Castle (below, left) looked magnificent with the clouds behind it. Casey’s Corner (below, right) is still undergoing exterior work.

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August 6th, 2010 | Tags: Casey's Corner, Cinderella Castle, Dumbo the Flying Elephant, Fantasyland Forest, It's A Small World, Magic Kingdom, Pirates & Pals Fireworks Voyage, The Lunching Pad, Tomorrowland | Category: Whats Happening | Comments Off

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Tomorrowland’s Space Mountain has finally unveiled the end of it’s post-show. It’s really not that different than previously, with monitors showing guests as they pass by. The attraction was not too busy today, with waits between 10 minutes and 30 minutes this afternoon (below, left). The queue was nearly empty on the first ride (below, right).

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January 29th, 2010 | Tags: Ferry boats, Magic Kingdom, Space Mountain, Space Mountain post-show, Tomorrowland, Walt Disney World | Category: Whats Happening | Comments Off

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The walls came down around Space Mountain today, and it is very close to opening! You can see the front of Space Mountain and the arcade (below, left), and the bathrooms in the former Skyway building are open as well (below, right).

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November 10th, 2009 | Tags: astronauts, Magic Kingdom, RCA dog, Skyway, Space Mountain, Space Mountain post-show, Tomorrowland, Walt Disney World | Category: Whats Happening | Comments Off

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We have video that includes the new PeopleMover spiel, courtesy of Mousesteps.com. There are many differences with the new wording, including the removal of “Paging Mr. Morrow“. Also, instead of mentioning “The City of Tomorrow“, the Epcot model is referred to as Progress City (below, left). The PeopleMover does go through Space Mountain, which is now testing (below, right).

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October 5th, 2009 | Tags: Epcot, Peoplemover, Progress City, Skyway, Space Mountain, Tom Morrow, Tomorrowland, Tomorrowland Transit Authority, TTA | Category: Whats Happening | Comments Off

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There is so much going on around Walt Disney World – the first Mickeys Not So Scary Halloween Party is tonight, and I will be sharing photos from it this weekend!  The most interesting part of my day yesterday was seeing the Space Mountain sign and Fast Pass machines stripped, as well as the Tomorrowland Skyway station partly torn down (My vintage footage of the Magic Kingdoms Tomorrowland can be found on my DVD, Tomorrowland Classics).

You can see below that the Space Mountain sign has been stripped of all color (below, left). Construction vehicles are parked in front of the Space Mountain building (below, right).

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September 4th, 2009 | Tags: Mickey's Not So Scary Halloween Party, Skyway, Skyway station, Space Mountain, Tomorrowland, Walt Disney World | Category: Whats Happening | Comments Off