Some of the basic framework of the conical Space Mountain building remains, with a few strips of white on the front and back. But the actual coaster and several structural beams are gone.

When the ride opened on Jan. 15, 1975, an Apollo moonwalker was its first passenger, NASA's insignia was on display and Space Mountain was dedicated to opening the new frontier. "We astronauts are ...

This new Legoland galaxy coaster is going to be housed within a 44-foot-tall, 32,000-square-foot building. In comparison, the ...

Construction of the 300-foot building that houses the Space Mountain ride at Magic Kingdom began in 1973. (Orlando Sentinel file) Space Mountain’s roots are in the 1960s. Walt Disney wanted to ...

The out-of-this-world ride at the "Most Magical Place on Earth" just turned 50, and my family got a front row seat to the ...

Instead of building another Space Mountain, Vagnini said, “The Imagineers kept going back to this idea of Shanghai being such a forward-looking city, one that is constantly evolving, and so the ...

Walt Disney wanted to build Space Mountain at Disneyland a decade before the indoor roller coaster forever altered the skyline of the Magic Kingdom a few years after the debut of the Florida theme ...

Initially opening on January 15, 1975, Space Mountain, an indoor steel rollercoaster themed to space travel, has been a staple of Tomorrowland, the area of the Magic Kingdom park where the ride ...

Today is a special day to celebrate and contemplate this wave, as Space Mountain is celebrating a major milestone. Amid that, though, I must politely reiterate a bone I have to pick with this ...

Missing from this collection is Toyko Disneyland’s Space Mountain, which currently doesn’t exist. The Japanese park is currently in the middle of building an entirely new version of the ride ...

Last month Walt Disney World celebrated the original Space Mountain‘s 50th anniversary. That’s a whole lot of years and a whole lot of people flying through the dark. But in five decades its ...