Space Mountain
— — the dark you ride into and come out laughing.
Not only on a wall.
“The white cone at the back of Tomorrowland, ribbed like a folded paper lantern, lit blue at the base after sundown. Inside, the coaster runs in the dark, with stars and projected meteor streaks for company. The Anaheim version opened on 27 May 1977, the second Space Mountain in the parks and the one a generation of California kids count as their first real coaster. The line moves slowly; the queue lights pulse; the bass of the on-board score carries out onto the esplanade between trains. from the studio
Space Mountain, on ceramic.
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Space Mountain is the enclosed steel roller coaster at the back of Tomorrowland in Disneyland Park, Anaheim. The Disneyland version opened on 27 May 1977, designed by WED Enterprises (now Walt Disney Imagineering) and built by Arrow Development, four years after the original Space Mountain at the Magic Kingdom in Florida. The white-ribbed cone stands roughly 36 metres (118 feet) tall. The track inside runs about 945 metres, reaches a top speed near 56 km/h, and was the first major attraction added to Disneyland after Walt Disney's death in 1966.
The ride has been re-scored more than re-engineered. Dick Dale's surf-rock overlay turned it into Rockin' Space Mountain in 2007, then the seasonal Ghost Galaxy overlay began running every autumn from 2009 through Halloween. A Star Wars version, Hyperspace Mountain, debuted in November 2015 and now alternates with the standard ride. The cone closed for the longest stretch of its history during the 2020 park shutdown and reopened in spring 2021. The original 1977 RCA soundtrack still surfaces occasionally on commemorative anniversary runs.
Disneyland is open daily, with hours that shift seasonally; entry requires a date-specific ticket and reservation. Space Mountain is in Tomorrowland, a short walk from the central hub. The minimum height is 40 inches (102 cm). Riders with neck, back, or heart conditions are advised to skip it. The queue uses the Disneyland app's Lightning Lane and standby system. The cone is one of the few Disneyland attractions visible from outside the park, lit blue along Harbor Boulevard after sundown.