merlinjones
08-26-2002, 02:03 PM
Annual Passholder posted the following conversation about Space Mountain rumors (among many others involving the 50th anniversary change proposals) at alt.disney.disneyland:
http://groups.google.com/groups?dq=&hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&threadm=20020823040742.07623.00002758%40mb-ba.aol.com&prev=/groups%3Fdq%3D%26num%3D25%26hl%3Den%26lr%3D%26ie%3 DUTF-8%26group%3Dalt.disney.disneyland%26start%3D50
excerpt:
>><NothingItself> space mtn is gonna be gutted and the building changed
<NothingItself> that purple/gold rocket seen on property and seen at Cast previews isnt going to be used..
<NothingItself> the new DL space mountain will be the original design.. the John Hench concepts and design and ride and building... and Hench
even at his age is drawing more concept art for more details and the flesh out his original idea more for the present designers/engineers..
<YourGhostHost> great
<YourGhostHost> maybe they could paint Space Mtn. white again too<<
another excerpt:
>><NothingItself> and Vekoma is building the new Space Mtn .. new track, Hench concepts, Starcade and outside Space Mtn used .. space rockets will start outside in a clear tube so you can see sunlight or dark sky and real stars...
<NothingItself> why Vekoma .. my only complaint
<NothingItself> when space goes down in April for 10 weeks ... its actually gonna be down/closed for a year(about) or more. Ride it while you can... it's going to be gone.. and most likely in Spring 2003.<<
Anyone have more information? If this happened, and Hench's original design were followed - - would Tomorrowland then return to its complimentary 1967 design/colors? Would it be possible to retain the original Space Mountain and build the new one next door, in place of Innoventions and Redd Rocket's instead? What do you think of all this?
http://groups.google.com/groups?dq=&hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&threadm=20020823040742.07623.00002758%40mb-ba.aol.com&prev=/groups%3Fdq%3D%26num%3D25%26hl%3Den%26lr%3D%26ie%3 DUTF-8%26group%3Dalt.disney.disneyland%26start%3D50
excerpt:
>><NothingItself> space mtn is gonna be gutted and the building changed
<NothingItself> that purple/gold rocket seen on property and seen at Cast previews isnt going to be used..
<NothingItself> the new DL space mountain will be the original design.. the John Hench concepts and design and ride and building... and Hench
even at his age is drawing more concept art for more details and the flesh out his original idea more for the present designers/engineers..
<YourGhostHost> great
<YourGhostHost> maybe they could paint Space Mtn. white again too<<
another excerpt:
>><NothingItself> and Vekoma is building the new Space Mtn .. new track, Hench concepts, Starcade and outside Space Mtn used .. space rockets will start outside in a clear tube so you can see sunlight or dark sky and real stars...
<NothingItself> why Vekoma .. my only complaint
<NothingItself> when space goes down in April for 10 weeks ... its actually gonna be down/closed for a year(about) or more. Ride it while you can... it's going to be gone.. and most likely in Spring 2003.<<
Anyone have more information? If this happened, and Hench's original design were followed - - would Tomorrowland then return to its complimentary 1967 design/colors? Would it be possible to retain the original Space Mountain and build the new one next door, in place of Innoventions and Redd Rocket's instead? What do you think of all this?