Category: Rides

First off let’s get you the tl;dr answer: no, to most riders Space Mountain is not scary, but it could be scary or too much to handle for younger kids and riders who don’t like twists, turns, drops, and rides in the dark. Personally I don’t think the ride is scary at all, but because… Read More

Space Mountain in Disney World has a drop of 26 feet. The drop height is different for the ride from park-to-park: Space Mountain Magic Kingdom (Disney World) – 26 ft (7.9 m) Space Mountain Disneyland – 76 ft (23 m) Space Mountain Tokyo Disneyland – 17 ft (5.2 m) Star Wars Hyperspace Mountain at Disneyland… Read More

I’ll be honest: I don’t love ride videos. I’m pretty comfortable with any kind of ride speed, twists and turns so I’m not really that worried before riding any new attraction. Plus, personally I feel like watching a video of a ride can kind of spoil it (especially if there are some cool unexpected twists… Read More

Here are the Space Mountain seats at Disney World: And at Disneyland: Space Mountain Seats & Train at Disney World A few key facts about the seats at Space Mountain Disney World: The seating layout on Space Mountain in Disney World is two cars for each “train” with each car having 3 seats (so six… Read More

First off, if you came to this post you probably want to see some videos of the Space Mountain ride with the lights on, so we’ll get right to it. Space Mountain Lights On Videos At Disney World This is a great POV video of Space Mountain Disney World with the lights on: This is… Read More

Space Mountain at Disney World is 2:30 (two minutes and thirty seconds) long, and the other versions of Space Mountain all last slightly different amounts of time: Space Mountain Magic Kingdom (Disney World) – 2:30 Space Mountain Disneyland – 3:00 Space Mountain Tokyo Disneyland – 2:45 Star Wars Hyperspace Mountain at Disneyland Park Paris –… Read More

The Disney World version of Space Mountain has a height requirement of 44 inches (or 112 cm) miles per hour, but each version of Space Mountain has a different height requirement: Space Mountain Disney World – 3’6″, or 44 inches (or 112 cm) Space Mountain Disneyland – 3’4″, or 40 in (102 cm) Star Wars… Read More

The Space Mountain ride at Magic Kingdom Disney World does not go upside down, and neither does the ride at Disneyland, Tokyo Disneyland, or Disneyland Hong Kong (Hyperspace Mountain). BUT there is a version of Space Mountain that does go upside down! Star Wars Hyperspace Mountain in Disneyland Paris does go upside down. As a… Read More

The Disney World version of Space Mountain goes 28 miles per hour, but each version of Space Mountain has a different speed: Space Mountain Disney World – 28 miles per hour Space Mountain Disneyland – 35 miles per hour Star Wars Hyperspace Mountain Disneyland Park Paris – 44 miles per hour Space Mountain Tokyo Disneyland… Read More