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 – 2:15
- Hyperspace Mountain at Hong Kong Disneyland – 2:30
I love Space Mountain at Disney World. My kids do too (even if they don’t find it particularly scary, it doesn’t go upside down, and they don’t want to watch videos of it with the lights on). Their favorite rides at Magic Kingdom are Space, Thunder Mountain, and Splash Mountain (some might be surprised to learn Space Mountain is actually the slowest of the three). Because these are three of their favorites and Space is basically on the opposite side of Magic Kingdom from the other two, we’re frequently plotting how to get to all three (and some other rides we like in-between) in a fixed amount of time.
When you’re doing that planning it’s helpful to know how long the ride takes. That information is above, but in this post we’ll also delve into:
- How long the track is
- Whether the ride time and track are “long” compared to other rides
- How long the wait times are for Space Mountain
- Whether the ride “feels” long or not
- And we’ll share some videos of the ride to give you a sense for yourself of how long the ride feels
Let’s dive in.
In This Article
How Long is the Space Mountain Track (Track Length)?
As with ride times the length of the track for the various versions of Space Mountain are slightly different from park-to-park:
- Space Mountain Magic Kingdom (Disney World) – Alpha – 3,196 ft (974.1 m) Omega – 3,186 ft (971.1 m)
- Space Mountain Disneyland – 3,459 ft (1,054 m)
- Space Mountain Tokyo Disneyland – 3,450 ft (1,051.6 m)
- Star Wars Hyperspace Mountain at Disneyland Park Paris – 3,281 ft (1,000 m)
- Hyperspace Mountain at Hong Kong Disneyland – 3,773 ft (1150 m)
Is Space Mountain a Long Ride (Time)?
How “long” is Space Mountain relative to other rides? Here’s a breakdown of the ride lengths at Disney World to give you a sense of where the ride length stacks up versus other rides (if you’re interested you can see a similar breakdown of where the ride stacks up in terms of minimum heights in our post on Space Mountain height requirements):
- Walt Disney World Railroad: 20 minutes
- Kilimanjaro Safari: 18 minutes 30 seconds
- Star Wars: Rise of the Resistance: 18 minutes
- Muppet Vision 3-D: 17 minutes
- Turtle Talk with Crush: 15 minutes
- Spaceship Earth: 15 minutes
- Voyage of the Little Mermaid: 14 minutes 30 seconds
- Living with the Land: 13 minutes 50 seconds
- Splash Mountain: 11 minutes
- “it’s a small world”: 10 minutes 30 seconds
- Tomorrowland Transit Authority Peoplemover: 10 minutes 4 seconds
- Jungle Cruise: 9 minutes 5 seconds
- It’s Tough to be a Bug: 8 minutes
- Toy Story Mania!: 8 minutes
- Pirates of the Caribbean: 8 minutes 30 seconds
- Gran Fiesta Tour Starring the Three Caballeros: 8 minutes 7 seconds
- Haunted Mansion: 7 minutes 30 seconds
- Under the Sea ~ Journey of the Little Mermaid: 6 minutes 15 seconds
- Avatar Flight of Passage: 5 minutes
- Na’vi River Journey: 5 minutes
- Twilight Zone Tower of Terror: 5 minutes
- Mission: SPACE: 5 minutes 38 seconds
- Frozen Ever After: 5 minutes
- Soarin’: 5 minutes
- Star Tours: 5 minutes
- Mickey and Minnie’s Runaway Railway: 4 minutes 50 seconds
- Tomorrowland Indy Speedway: 4 minutes 45 seconds
- Millenium Falcon: Smuggler’s Run: 4 minutes 30 seconds
- Buzz Lightyear’s Space Ranger Spin: 4 minutes 3 seconds
- Test Track: 4 minutes
- The Seas with Nemo and Friends: 4 minutes
- Kali River Rapids: 3 minutes 30 seconds
- Big Thunder Mountain Railroad: 3 minutes 25 seconds
- Guardians of the Galaxy: Cosmic Rewind: 3 minutes 20 seconds
- Dinosaur: 3 minutes 10 seconds
- Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh: 3 minutes 8 seconds
- Expedition Everest: 2 minutes 51 seconds
- Peter Pan’s Flight: 2 minutes 45 seconds
- Space Mountain: 2 minutes 30 seconds
- Seven Dwarfs Mine Train: 2 minutes 30 seconds
- Prince Charming’s Royal Carrousel: 2 minutes
- Slinky Dog Dash: 2 minutes
- Dumbo the Flying Elephant: 1 minute 30 seconds
- Mad Tea Party: 1 minute 30 seconds
- Magic Carpets of Aladdin: 1 minute 30 seconds
- TriceraTop Spin: 1 minute 30 seconds
- Astro Orbiter: 1 minute 30 seconds
- Alien Swirling Saucers: 1 minute 30 seconds
- Rock ‘N’ Roller Coaster: 1 minute 22 seconds
- Barnstormer: 1 minute 3 seconds
We filtered the list to remove things that are strictly shows or “attractions” more so than rides (may of which obviously tend to be on the longer side) and you can see with what’s left that 38 rides at Disney World are longer in terms of ride duration, and only 11 rides are shorter so it is a relatively short amount of time to stay in your seats. Worth noting, though, is that multiple of the most popular rides in Disney World (based on wait times) are even shorter than Space Mountain (in Rock ‘N’ Roller Coaster, Seven Dwarfs Mine Train, and Slinky Dog Dash) so ride duration doesn’t necessarily correlate to popularity or ride enjoyment.
How Long is the Space Mountain Queue (or Line)?
Space Mountain wait times are typically relatively high (my experience at Disney World is that Space Mountain is one of the longest wait times in the park, often behind Seven Dwarfs Mine Train and sometimes rides like Peter Pan or Jungle Cruise, but frequently longer than all of the other rides).
There are a number of sources to get a sense of how long the lines or wait times will be for Space Mountain:
- Obviously the park app (be it Disney World, Disneyland, etc.) is the most effective way to get a sense of how long the lines and wait times will be for the ride in real time. You can see that relative to other times by filtering for park you’re in, then looking at the list view:
- Touring Plans has the “actual” projected wait times
- Laughing Place has current wait times across the parks (a good way to get a quick snapshot of the relative wait times)
- Thrill Data has a lot of the average wait times based on historical data for the ride at both Disney World and Disneyland
Combining the total ride time and the wait time, you can get a sense of how you need to budget your time to go on Space Mountain as you plot out your day at the parks.
Is Space Mountain a Long Ride (In Terms of Track Length)?
Just like with the time and duration of the line, we can quickly see the relative length of the track compared to other rides to get a quick sense of whether the track length for Space Mountain is “long” (we’ll just focus on comparing the length of roller coasters at Disney World here to get a quick relative snap shot):
- Guardians of the Galaxy: Cosmic Rewind – 5,577.4 ft (1,700.0 m)
- Expedition Everest — Legend of the Forbidden Mountain – 3,884.5 ft (1,184.0 m)
- Rock ‘n’ Roller Coaster Starring Aerosmith – 3,267.7 ft (996.0 m)
- Space Mountain – 3,186 ft (971.09 m)
- Big Thunder Mountain Railroad – 2,671 ft (814.12 m)
- Seven Dwarfs Mine Train – 2,000 ft (609.6 m)
- Slinky Dog Dash – 1357 ft (413.61 m)
- Barnstormer – 679 ft (206.95 m)
Relative to the other coasters it’s right in the middle in terms of track length.
Does Space Mountain “Feel” Long?
This is obviously a subjective question: as someone who has ridden every roller coaster at Disney World several times over the course of several years, I’d say the Space Mountain ride goes by quickly and feels relatively short.
As noted above Rock ‘N’ Roller Coaster is one of the quickest rides and really does feel that way / feels a lot less long than Space Mountain. Perhaps because of the way the queue is set up and the anticipation for “launch” I personally do feel like Space Mountain feels a little longer than rides like Dwarfs Minetrain, Everest, and Slinky Dog Dash despite in a similar range to those rides (and it certainly feels longer than Barnstomer, which is the shortest ride in Disney World and feels like it).
It does feel shorter than rides like Test Track, Guardians, and Thunder Mountain to me.
Obviously some of the non-coaster rides that are roughly double (or more) the ride duration will feel a good bit longer than Space Mountain as well.
See How Long It is For Yourself
A great way to truly get a sense for yourself of how long the ride will feel for you personally is to watch some of the ride videos:
Here are a few different videos of what Space Mountain looks like at Disney World:
Another:
And one more:
And then a couple from Disneyland as well:
And:
Here is a video of Tokyo’s version of Space Mountain:
And last but certainly not least, here is the ride at Disneyland Paris:
Frequently Asked Questions
How long is the Space Mountain ride?
Space Mountain at Disney World is 2:30 (two minutes and thirty seconds) long, and the other versions of Space Mountain are slightly different lengths:
- 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 – 2:15
- Hyperspace Mountain at Hong Kong Disneyland – 2:30
If you’re looking for track length, here is the track length for Space Mountain at each park:
- Space Mountain Magic Kingdom (Disney World) – Alpha – 3,196 ft (974.1 m) Omega – 3,186 ft (971.1 m)
- Space Mountain Disneyland – 3,459 ft (1,054 m)
- Space Mountain Tokyo Disneyland – 3,450 ft (1,051.6 m)
- Star Wars Hyperspace Mountain at Disneyland Park Paris – 3,281 ft (1,000 m)
- Hyperspace Mountain at Hong Kong Disneyland – 3,773 ft (1150 m)
How long is the wait for Space Mountain?
The wait for space mountain varies depending on season, day of the week, etc. but it’s often one of the longest wait times among rides at the parks (but frequently not the longest – 30-45 minutes is fairly standard throughout the day when there’s normal park attendance in Disney World).
How long does Space Mountain usually shut down for?
Attraction closers are 38 minutes on average, typically Space Mountain will be down anywhere from this amount of time to 2 hours. In my experience it’s rare that Space Mountain at Disney World breaks down, but with new or re-vamped rides (like the HyperSpace Mountain versions of the ride at international parks) you typically see more frequent and longer ride closures.
How long will Space Mountain be closed?
Space Mountain Tokyo is planning to re-vamp the ride in 2024 but hasn’t shared specific plans in terms of the time-frame for closure. Plans to close the rides at other parks haven’t been released.
How long has Space Mountain been at Disney World?
Space Mountain at Disney World opened on January 15, 1975.
