Inspect the sleek rocket that will take you to areas known and unknown in outer space. Be invited to steer a lunar rover to scenic Mercury Peak Intergalactic Park. See who's ready to take a space traveler's order in the city of Constellations at Space Mountain.

Space Mountain is an outer space-themed, indoor roller coaster in Tomorrowland located at Walt Disney World's Magic Kingdom theme park in Bay Lake, Florida, near Orlando.

Space Mountain is a space-themed indoor roller coaster attraction located at five of the six Disneyland-style Disney Parks.Although all five versions of the attraction are different in nature, all have a similar conical exterior façade that is a landmark for the respective park. The original Space Mountain coaster opened in 1975 at Walt Disney World Resort in Florida.

Jan 15, 2025 · Space Mountain debuted at Walt Disney World on Jan. 15, 1975. “Like many great ideas, it came from the imagination of Walt Disney,” Steven Vagnini, content strategy manager for Walt Disney...

Jan 14, 2025 · When Space Mountain opened in Magic Kingdom at Walt Disney World on January 15, 1975, nobody could have imagined the impact this one “mountain” would have on the world. For the first time ever at a Disney park, guests would blast off into space on a coaster-like attraction, dipping and careening past shooting stars.

Jan 13, 2025 · 1971 – Walt Disney World opened with plenty of space (pun intended) for new attraction development, and the dream of Space Mountain, originally called “Space Voyage,” got a second chance. Inspired by the Matterhorn Bobsleds at Disneyland park, the Imagineers at WED Enterprises (now called Walt Disney Imagineering) decided to take things up a notch and designed an indoor, computer ...

Jan 15, 2025 · Five months before they launched into space, the five members of the Apollo-Soyuz Test Project (ASTP) visited Walt Disney World, where they rode the newly debuted Space Mountain. The Feb. 9, 1975...

Jan 18, 2025 · Space Mountain opened in Magic Kingdom at Walt Disney World on Jan. 15, 1975. The ride was the first fully-enclosed, dark roller coaster and the first to be controlled by a computer.

Jan 15, 2025 · Space Mountain celebrates 50 years at Disney World Blasting off from Magic Kingdom Park at Walt Disney World Resort, Space Mountain has delighted guests with a thrilling adventure...

Jan 21, 2025 · The now-iconic Space Mountain attraction opened in Magic Kingdom at the new Walt Disney World Resort in Florida on January 15, 1975. (Notably, 2025 marks the 50th anniversary of the iconic ride.) On May 27, 1977, another Space Mountain ride opened at Disneyland in Anaheim, California. The West Coast version featured a single track and bigger ...