Space Mountain, the roller coaster that launched Walt Disney World into a ... “I remember that first ride. It was pretty wild. And it was in the dark, so I wasn’t used to that.

"Blast off on a rip-roaring rocket into the furthest reaches of outer space on this roller-coaster ride in the dark," reads the current description of Space Mountain on the Walt Disney World ...

Space Mountain has gone from an idea by Walt Disney for California to ... bars were introduced at the Magic Kingdom coaster. Guests stand in line to ride Space Mountain in 1990.

For starters, there’s the backwards launch, the only such coaster launch in a Disney theme park, perfectly capturing a sense of rewinding back in time to the Big Bang. Using a new ride system ...

Central Florida theme parks reported 14 injuries at their attractions in the final three months of 2024, and the bulk of those incidents were related to roller coasters. The state’s major theme parks ...