Will Space Mountain Get Replaced?

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As a cast member at magic kingdom, even though I am a steward, I think it is safe to assume that space mountain is indeed here to stay, even with tron coming, when tron opens, the lines are gonna be crazy, so space mountain can alleviate the frustrations of waiting in line, also, space mountain is still extremely popular at the magic kingdom, I see wait times for it go a little over two hours on some days, and honestly, I am sure that disney knows how much space mountain means to everyone, even though space mountain is not as intense as some other coasters, the ride does still hold up and is still fun. But as you said, since it opened in 1975, it definitely needs a bit of an update, thankfully, disney still does a lot with space mountain such as making the ride completely pitch black for villains after hours and mickeys not so scary halloween party, and also a makeover for very merry christmas party. walt disney world is considered a destination, unlike disneyland resort, and since florida is the third most populous us state and space mountain still has major fans. Honestly, even when tron opens, I can still see lines being long for space mountain, they are 2 different coasters after all.

Replaced? Nah. Refurbished? Yeah. Here’s the thing, SPACE MOUNTAIN is seen as part of the Disney World experience. I can see them doing a full refurb once Tron takes away some if not most of it’s traffic. Also, if you were to retrack it, who would do it? It was built by Arrow who no longer exists, and now vekoma makes almost all of the new Disney coasters. Not to mention Dynamic Attractions stepping in for both big thunder and space mountain in the west coast. Maelstrom, horizons and the great movie ride ride were only really loved by a specific group and were never really seen by outsiders as part of the essential experience.

I would doubt it. Disney would face a lot of backlash from angry fans if they rethemed the original Space Mountain to a currently popular IP. All it needs is a track and special effects refurb similar to what was done to DL's version. That is all.

I could see Disney renovating Space Mountain once the Tron coaster is open.

I could see Disney closing SM for refurbishment a few months after Tron’s opening so it doesn’t affect capacity too much.

If Space Mountain is replaced one day, I think it’ll be more of a “Maelstrom” situation where they add characters to the original ride. I don’t see them getting rid of the entire attraction

Horizons had big problems when it was removed, Maelstrom had very little waits times until its closure was announced, and great movie ride was dated and needed a lot of work so it was more cost efficient to replace with a higher capacity attraction. Space mountain has a crazy high capacity way more than tron, so a retracking and modernizing would make sense from a capacity standpoint.

I would much rather see a revamp like they did to Disneyland's version. World's version is very rough.

It is beloved, popular and a massive structure they’d have to get rid of meaning they’d have to close part of Tomorrowland where their new ride tron is so no I don’t see space mountain going anywhere but a refurbishment is inevitable at some point

Don't mess with classics! You already screwed up too much.

Nah they are not going to get rid of space mountain lol, if anything I heard rumors that they’er going to add updates to the ride, things they weren’t able to add for the 2009 refurbishment, so I wouldn’t worry about space mountain going, if anything they will try to make it better, yeah it’s competition but both very different rides

no way in hell would they ever do it, it is one of the most iconic attractions ever made, and it has lasted this long, i can only see retracking.

Considering how much of an icon Space Mountain is (way more than Horizons and The Great Movie Ride ever were if we're being completely honest with ourselves), the chances of it being replaced are extremely slim to none. If anything at all is gonna happen to Space Mountain in response to Tron, it's way more likely to be a massive refurb on par with what Disneyland's version received from 2003-2005 than anything else.

Disney had to pay to use the IP in the Great Movie Ride - which is one of the reasons Disney chose to replace it. For that reason alone, I don't think it should be included in this conversation. But you could include Disneyland's People Mover, the original Imagination ride, and probably a few others in its place, so your premise is still completely valid. Will they replace Space Mountain? I hope they don't, I'd bet they won't, but only time will tell.

Space mountain being removed would cause problem to tron lines and kill tommorowland

I don’t think that they should get rid of a classic ride

I think if anything TRON will help alleviate a lot of the wait times going into Space Mountain. I’ve seen wait times for space mountain get as high as 330 minutes but on average it’s a 75-90 minute wait. It’s still a very popular ride and I still see it being a very popular ride even when TRON is up and running. The one thing the other attractions you mentioned had in common were that they were only popular amongst die-hard Disney nostalgics and not the public at large.

NO NO DONT DO IT DISNEY MY BRO WILL CRY NO DISNEY NOOOOO

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