The Blonde Diaries

Navigating Disney Rides: Space Mountain

Walt Disney World’s Magic Kingdom has 3 famous “mountain” rides.  I have already posted a video about Big Thunder Mountain Railroad - a fun roller coaster themed around a runaway train in the wild west.  The second mountain I would like to call attention to is Space Mountain.  Space Mountain is another roller coaster ride and is located in Tomorrowland.  The roller coaster is completely inclosed and is completely dark - similar to the Aerosmith Rock ‘n Roller Coaster at Disney’s Hollywood Studios.  I am a fan of Space Mountain.  It is a pretty cheesy/tame roller coaster but I am not a roller coaster buff so it works for me.  The ride isn’t super fast and does not do any special things like flip or roll while you are on it.  The main thing you need to worry about is keeping your hands inside the ride at all times.  This is not a coaster that you can hold your arms up above your head or to your sides as there is track all around you and you really don’t want to lose a limb.  If you have a member of your group afraid of the dark this might not be a good ride to take them on.

I found this video on YouTube to share.  To be totally honest, the quality isn’t the best but this is a hard ride to video tape because it is completely dark.  This video version is of the ride with the lights on.  I thought this would be helpful to demonstrate that there are no loops or barrel rolls in the ride as well as to drill down my point of keeping your hands inside the ride.  If you have someone nervous about riding this ride, this video will help ease their fears.