Comments on: Space Mountain with the lights on http://boingboing.net/2012/05/03/space-mountain-with-the-lights.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Sat, 25 May 2013 16:14:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: OtherMichael http://boingboing.net/2012/05/03/space-mountain-with-the-lights.html#comment-1414208 OtherMichael Fri, 04 May 2012 13:23:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=158247#comment-1414208 Dim the lights a bit, add some smoke and gas jets, and you've got the opening scene of BladeRunner down, in sterilized miniature. Booming Vangelis wouldn't hurt. Dim the lights a bit, add some smoke and gas jets, and you’ve got the opening scene of BladeRunner down, in sterilized miniature. Booming Vangelis wouldn’t hurt.

]]> By: Thorzdad http://boingboing.net/2012/05/03/space-mountain-with-the-lights.html#comment-1414171 Thorzdad Fri, 04 May 2012 11:53:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=158247#comment-1414171 I once visited a friend who was working at WED (aka Imagineering) They had a large, scale-model of Space Mountain in the lobby. All the framing and structure ride in great detail. It was pretty fascinating to see it all at once like that. SM is an impressive bit of packaging, actually. Good ride, too. I once visited a friend who was working at WED (aka Imagineering) They had a large, scale-model of Space Mountain in the lobby. All the framing and structure ride in great detail. It was pretty fascinating to see it all at once like that. SM is an impressive bit of packaging, actually. Good ride, too.

]]> By: Sum One http://boingboing.net/2012/05/03/space-mountain-with-the-lights.html#comment-1414010 Sum One Fri, 04 May 2012 07:02:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=158247#comment-1414010  No, someone did stand up on the Matterhorn and fell out of the car and his skull was crushed, though.  No, someone did stand up on the Matterhorn and fell out of the car and his skull was crushed, though.

]]> By: niktemadur http://boingboing.net/2012/05/03/space-mountain-with-the-lights.html#comment-1413999 niktemadur Fri, 04 May 2012 06:43:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=158247#comment-1413999 As a boy, I loved the People Mover, fascinating as it pops in and out of every building and you get to see what's going on inside.  There's also the moving walkway to ease boarding without stopping the cars.  If that was what the future had in store, then sign me up!  Perversely, the only places today anywhere near this promise, seem to be Shanghai and Las Vegas. Anyway, in a year or two I'll take my kid to Disneyland, he's still a bit young to really appreciate it, but by then a must-ride will be the People Mover, immediately before or after a space burger. As a boy, I loved the People Mover, fascinating as it pops in and out of every building and you get to see what’s going on inside.  There’s also the moving walkway to ease boarding without stopping the cars.  If that was what the future had in store, then sign me up!  Perversely, the only places today anywhere near this promise, seem to be Shanghai and Las Vegas.

Anyway, in a year or two I’ll take my kid to Disneyland, he’s still a bit young to really appreciate it, but by then a must-ride will be the People Mover, immediately before or after a space burger.

]]> By: greggman http://boingboing.net/2012/05/03/space-mountain-with-the-lights.html#comment-1413963 greggman Fri, 04 May 2012 05:56:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=158247#comment-1413963 Disneyland in OC used to have "pass holder night" for people with yearly passes and they would let you ride Space Mountain with the lights on. Like others mentioned above, it is scary with the lights on. For one we can see how high you are. For 2 you can see how close to all the scaffolding you are. It's easy to ride with your hands up with the lights are out but not when they are on Disneyland in OC used to have “pass holder night” for people with yearly passes and they would let you ride Space Mountain with the lights on. Like others mentioned above, it is scary with the lights on. For one we can see how high you are. For 2 you can see how close to all the scaffolding you are. It’s easy to ride with your hands up with the lights are out but not when they are on

]]> By: Tim Quinn http://boingboing.net/2012/05/03/space-mountain-with-the-lights.html#comment-1413861 Tim Quinn Fri, 04 May 2012 03:50:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=158247#comment-1413861 No, it looks like a garage model train guy went to heaven No, it looks like a garage model train guy went to heaven

]]> By: mack http://boingboing.net/2012/05/03/space-mountain-with-the-lights.html#comment-1413676 mack Fri, 04 May 2012 01:05:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=158247#comment-1413676 Looks suspiciously like Aperture Labs ... Looks suspiciously like Aperture Labs …

]]> By: sam1148 http://boingboing.net/2012/05/03/space-mountain-with-the-lights.html#comment-1413548 sam1148 Thu, 03 May 2012 23:27:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=158247#comment-1413548 Space Mt lovers know the best way to ride it is right after the fireworks. It stays open a bit later than some attractions and it's a walk on at that point--even at peak park times like July. My niece and nephew road it about 8 times back to back at that time, it's also a good time to position yourself in Tomorrow land to see Tinker Bell on the zip line that opens the firework show.   Space Mt lovers know the best way to ride it is right after the fireworks. It stays open a bit later than some attractions and it’s a walk on at that point–even at peak park times like July. My niece and nephew road it about 8 times back to back at that time, it’s also a good time to position yourself in Tomorrow land to see Tinker Bell on the zip line that opens the firework show.  

]]> By: figital http://boingboing.net/2012/05/03/space-mountain-with-the-lights.html#comment-1413525 figital Thu, 03 May 2012 23:01:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=158247#comment-1413525 I last rode The Mountain with the lights on circa 1997. Lights OUT it's still a pretty decent ride (with an added retrogeeky sensation these days). Lights ON it's not much better than a pop-up-coaster-in-a-semitruck like you'll find at a local carnival. You do have the additional (and delicious) WTF?! factor from the lights actually being on ... but it's not something you'll want to wait in line an hour for. I last rode The Mountain with the lights on circa 1997.

Lights OUT it’s still a pretty decent ride (with an added retrogeeky sensation these days). Lights ON it’s not much better than a pop-up-coaster-in-a-semitruck like you’ll find at a local carnival. You do have the additional (and delicious) WTF?! factor from the lights actually being on … but it’s not something you’ll want to wait in line an hour for.

]]> By: sam1148 http://boingboing.net/2012/05/03/space-mountain-with-the-lights.html#comment-1413490 sam1148 Thu, 03 May 2012 22:40:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=158247#comment-1413490 To be fair the People Mover isn't a maglev, as it doesn't float on a magnetic field and depends on wheels.  It uses Magnetic Linear Synchronous motors for it's movement, which is a bit of mouthful to say. So it's push and pull on the crest of the magnets in the track, not levitation. /nitpick off. //but then again everyone still calls Haunted Mansion ghosts holograms. To be fair the People Mover isn’t a maglev, as it doesn’t float on a magnetic field and depends on wheels.  It uses Magnetic Linear Synchronous motors for it’s movement, which is a bit of mouthful to say. So it’s push and pull on the crest of the magnets in the track, not levitation.
/nitpick off.
//but then again everyone still calls Haunted Mansion ghosts holograms.

]]> By: Ipo http://boingboing.net/2012/05/03/space-mountain-with-the-lights.html#comment-1413477 Ipo Thu, 03 May 2012 22:28:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=158247#comment-1413477 I rode it in the dark, and all these years I thought everything was painted black.   I rode it in the dark, and all these years I thought everything was painted black.  

]]> By: Jesseham http://boingboing.net/2012/05/03/space-mountain-with-the-lights.html#comment-1413372 Jesseham Thu, 03 May 2012 21:11:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=158247#comment-1413372 That's actually most of my memory of it - little flashes of the structure zipping past, seemingly inches from my head, wondering how my dad was managing. That’s actually most of my memory of it – little flashes of the structure zipping past, seemingly inches from my head, wondering how my dad was managing.

]]> By: rekoil http://boingboing.net/2012/05/03/space-mountain-with-the-lights.html#comment-1413355 rekoil Thu, 03 May 2012 21:01:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=158247#comment-1413355 Oh, and here's a POV of a ride on the coaster itself with the lights on: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rXyTPdOjWlo Oh, and here’s a POV of a ride on the coaster itself with the lights on: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rXyTPdOjWlo

]]> By: rekoil http://boingboing.net/2012/05/03/space-mountain-with-the-lights.html#comment-1413345 rekoil Thu, 03 May 2012 20:54:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=158247#comment-1413345 That's urban legend as far as I can tell. The only deaths on Space Mountain (in either location) have been due to riders with underlying medical conditions. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Incidents_at_Walt_Disney_World_Resort#Magic_Kingdom and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Incidents_at_Disneyland_Resort#Space_Mountain That’s urban legend as far as I can tell. The only deaths on Space Mountain (in either location) have been due to riders with underlying medical conditions. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Incidents_at_Walt_Disney_World_Resort#Magic_Kingdom and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Incidents_at_Disneyland_Resort#Space_Mountain

]]> By: Daniel Cosby http://boingboing.net/2012/05/03/space-mountain-with-the-lights.html#comment-1413326 Daniel Cosby Thu, 03 May 2012 20:41:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=158247#comment-1413326 Looks like the start of Half Life Looks like the start of Half Life

]]> By: StAlfongzo http://boingboing.net/2012/05/03/space-mountain-with-the-lights.html#comment-1413246 StAlfongzo Thu, 03 May 2012 19:36:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=158247#comment-1413246 Last summer my daughter was on the ride when it malfunctioned. They had to stop and ended up having to de-board the ride and had to walk out! I was kinda jealous that she got to see it with the lights on and get to walk out the service exit. Last summer my daughter was on the ride when it malfunctioned. They had to stop and ended up having to de-board the ride and had to walk out! I was kinda jealous that she got to see it with the lights on and get to walk out the service exit.

]]> By: Nicky G http://boingboing.net/2012/05/03/space-mountain-with-the-lights.html#comment-1413245 Nicky G Thu, 03 May 2012 19:35:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=158247#comment-1413245 Is it true that someone once got decapitated by standing up on Space Mountain? Is it true that someone once got decapitated by standing up on Space Mountain?

]]> By: Mecharius http://boingboing.net/2012/05/03/space-mountain-with-the-lights.html#comment-1413240 Mecharius Thu, 03 May 2012 19:31:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=158247#comment-1413240 I once rode Space Mountain with the lights on as part of an educational trip to Disney World. Good god, it was absolutely terrifying. In the dark, one cannot see all the scaffolding that one zooms through. I once rode Space Mountain with the lights on as part of an educational trip to Disney World.

Good god, it was absolutely terrifying. In the dark, one cannot see all the scaffolding that one zooms through.

]]> By: geeklinks http://boingboing.net/2012/05/03/space-mountain-with-the-lights.html#comment-1413204 geeklinks Thu, 03 May 2012 18:54:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=158247#comment-1413204 I am glad that disney have the lights off normally when you ride  Space Mountain.  Because the place look like old dilapidated Industrial warehouse in the ghetto in new york city. I am glad that disney have the lights off normally when you ride  Space Mountain.  Because the place look like old dilapidated Industrial warehouse in the ghetto in new york city.

]]> By: Sagodjur http://boingboing.net/2012/05/03/space-mountain-with-the-lights.html#comment-1413172 Sagodjur Thu, 03 May 2012 18:26:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=158247#comment-1413172 Yeah, I actually experienced this exact scenario a long time ago. It is a cool experience. Even better when you're watching people on the ride stuck in an unmoving roller coaster looking around and waiting to be told what's going on. Yeah, I actually experienced this exact scenario a long time ago. It is a cool experience. Even better when you’re watching people on the ride stuck in an unmoving roller coaster looking around and waiting to be told what’s going on.

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