Walt Disney World
The Magic Kingdom
Lake Buena Vista, Florida
January 25 & 30 2013
Page Twenty-Two






Ok after being moved on the Peoplemover it is time go to to the mountain...Space Mountain!



Welcome Space Travelers to Starport Seven-Five.

Space Mountain was added to The Magic Kingdom in 1975 (thus Starport Seven-Five) and is a roller coaster that simulates a journey through space and beyond!



Hardly any line...check ready to ride!



Space Mountain is actually two separate coasters.  There is Alpha and Omega.  Both of them are near mirror images of the other with one of them just a few feet longer than its counterpart.  So if you really want to up your coaster count if you get both sides (which I finally did this trip) you could count this as two separate coasters.

After getting into your rocket and having the invisible force field generated to keep your oxygen from getting sucked out into the vacuum of space you...



...blast off into the outer reaches of space!

Space Mountain is a must ride at The Magic Kingdom.  Most of it you spend your time in pitch blackness so you can't tell how fast you're going and which direction you're going to take next.  That's the fun.  There are a few great pops of airtime on it and plenty of forces. 

Just a little tip if you've got long arms like mine don't ride with your hands up as on my first ride I got an extra special surprise when I hit a support with my hand.  It did not hurt as we were not going that fast as Space Mountain only goes 27mph but I had my hands down pretty fast after that.



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