Tagged with " Space Mountain"

Our good friend Robert Ashburn of FloridaThrills.net sent us some newsworthy photos from his latest trip to Walt Disney World: Let’s head on over to the Magic Kingdom

WDWNT Reporter Brandon Struve made a quick visit to the Magic Kingdom on Tuesday night and has a number of updates to share with us from around the park: Most of the tarps on the Crystal Palace are down

I have returned from five wonderful days at the Walt Disney World Resort and I have a plethora of newsworthy photos to share with you from my trip: This year’s holiday display at Disney’s Contemporary Resort is themed to “it’s a small world”

Space Mountain has been in a soft-opening phase intermittently throughout the day Saturdatyand WDWNT Reporter Brandon Struve was lucky enough to experience the updated attraction twice during that period. Luckily for us, he has plenty of pictures and video to share with us: We’ll start off with a video of the attraction.

The Disney Parks Blog posted more information on Space Mountain’s on-going refurbishment this morning: We have more details to share about the Space Mountain attraction at Walt Disney World’s Magic Kingdom Park as renovation work wraps up. As you know, the classic Space Mountain experience still exists — it’s just being updated with new technology and 21st century gadgetry. Inside the attraction, there’s new lighting as well as special “darkening” effects. And you’ll see updated color schemes for rocket capsules, line and load areas. Imagineers worked with Walt Disney World Facilities Asset Management for even more enhancements, including new paint, carpet, seat fabric and other décor elements. But what caught my attention during a recent walkthrough were details about track upgrades. It’s the same [...]