The Space Mountain Story Theory

Hall who comes to this happy place welcome now I hope you guys are ready to blast off because we are hitting the ground running with another Disney Theory today and it just so happens to take place in a land that I'm not sure you guys were expecting well I mean you can probably guess by the title of this video but it's in Tomorrowland it it's Space Mountain I mean come on you guys knew that already it's Space Mountain now I'm sure when we all get on Space Mountain our first thought is wow this is gonna be a really fun roller coaster in the dark and the fact that it has totally awesome music playing in the background doesn't hurt either on the other hand your first thought is probably not wow I wonder what this space station is doing here in Tomorrowland or what the purpose of this space station or Space Mountain looking building is but everybody guess what I have fantastic news that's exactly what we're going to be talking about today the hidden story behind Space Mountain now at first glance the story might be pretty self-explanatory we're all astronauts and we're going out on our mission into space and we're gonna go ride our rocket around the cosmos but there's a little bit more to the story than just that that's because today I'm not only just including the Disneyland Space Mountain but also the Disney World Space Mountain Space Mountain mission too in Paris and also Space Mountain ghost galaxies these versions of the attractions are what I call the Space Mountain cannon I however will not be including hyperspace mounted or rockin Space Mountain in the cannon this is because hyperspace mountain takes place in the Star Wars universe instead of that Disney parks ride universe and Rock and Space Mountain is just kind of a music overlay now that we've gotten that out of the way let's talk story now to understand the Space Mountain timeline and how each attraction fits together and what time they take place we need to talk about the buildings themselves each physical building of Space Mountain you know the big white pointy building you see at the very end of the pathway when you're walking down Tomorrowland those are Space Station's more specifically though the one at Disneyland is called Space Station 77 and the one at Walt Disney World is called starport 75 now yes I know that these are just clever references to the opening year of these attractions but on the story side of everything it kind of makes sense that these are their designations now I believe it's time for us to designate the difference between a space station and a star point when it comes to star port 75 just replace the word star with err and you've got a pretty good idea of what a star port is basically it's where space tourists come and they get their rockets and they blast off into space just for fun you know it's a star port where a bunch of different people possibly even aliens intermingle and get on their respective transportation rockets even the sign that you guys see here is phrased more like an advertisement and less like a mission statement welcome space travelers to star port 75 your gateway to the galaxies this would also explain why in the queue of Space Mountain they're a little different minigames for people to play while they wait in line and there are also little holographic projections of children flying around and around in a rocket it's because we're all tourists waiting in line for our turn to get on our rocket ship and travel across the galaxy now that we've talked about Walt Disney World's version of Space Mountain let's shift our focus for a little bit over to Disneyland version of Space Mountain as we discussed before instead of being called starport 7/5 it's called space station 77 this is again a nod to the year the ride opened at Disneyland now I would assume a space station and a star port would have two very different jobs in this galactic world we're talking about where as a star port is open to the public and allows them to travel at their leisure across the galaxy a Space Station is probably more privately owned perhaps by a private company or maybe even by a giant space government or Federation now I'm not quite sure how this ties into the story but notice there are four separate Space Mountain buildings on the outside and one Space Mountain building on the inside of these four others this makes for a total of five different Space Mountain like buildings that make up Space Station 77 now can you guess how many different space mountains exist all over the globe in different Disney parks yeah you guessed right it's five different space mountains it's all making sense now now this photo could be showing the five different space mountains linked together to show some sort of super station or all of the stations could be linked together right now in this photo but Space Station 77 is just one of the smaller buildings one of the four on the outside which is what I think is happening now is all this talk about space mountains and space ports and space stations and star stations and space ports making it really really confused I don't let's take a break from the actual physical structures and how they fit into the storyline and let's talk about the storyline when you're actually in and riding the attraction for a second now most of these story details are from Jim Hill Mediacom I will link it in the description below but he had access to a disneyland rarities CD where different more hard-to-find audio clips from Disney lands history were stored on this CD was a Space Mountain preview clip from 1976 the clip said and I quote you and your fellow astronauts board rocket cars on a space station launching platform orbiting high above the earth as your journey begins you'll race through a vast man-made solar field energizing your rocket car for its dazzling plunge into super space hold on tight you're on your way as you blast off into the void of the universe sweeping around the giant glowing geodesic laser satellite you become engulfed in a spectacular spiral nebula with flashing comets and a whirling galaxy this is super space penetration skipping ahead a few lines it says ascending the launch portal amazed at the starry vista of the cosmos overhead blasting off on a breathtaking super fast race through outer space your body is actually experiencing the force of Gesu mning down the reentry portal feeling the blast of hot air and rocked by a sonic boom yes you will experience what is truly the ultimate thrill ride attraction so climb aboard fasten your seat belt and prepare to blast off when Space Mountain opens in June 1977 in Tomorrowland so everybody there you have it that is our basic mission outlined for the Disneyland version of Space Mountain the Space Station Space Station 77 more specifically is orbiting high above the earth in this little description different scenes in the attraction are explained away as your journey begins you'll race through a vast man-made solar field energizing your rocket car for its dazzling plunge into outer space this scene is represented by the blue what I like to call Stargate scene where you're going down the hallway and it's kind of energizing the star car for your journey oh pardon me rocket car it's called a rocket man that's what is after the blue hallway steam you enter the first lift Hill this is what the audio refers to as super space penetration you sweep around the giant glowing geodesic laser satellite and become engulfed in a spectacular spiral nebula with flashing comets and a whirling galaxy it's very descriptive Disney good job so now we've just about covered it and Walt Disney World Space Mountain your space tourists blasting out to enjoy your vacation in the cosmos whereas Disneyland Space Mountain you're more of a space explorer blasting off to see the universe which can kind of explain the tonal differences between the two parts I mean in Disneyland you're a little bit more militaristic more futuristic looking Q heck you've even got a ship in the main loading bay whereas in Walt Disney World's the QS a little bit more sleek and a little bit more family-friendly Tron esque if you will because it's aimed at the tourists so now we have officially covered both star port 7/5 and Space Station 77 but you're probably asking yourself what about 76 did they just skip to the number 76 altogether my friends allow me to introduce you to Space Mountain mission 2 at Disneyland Paris now of course Space Mountain mission 2 looks a little bit different than its other two counterparts in the United States but that doesn't mean that it doesn't take place within the same universe Space Mountain mission 2 is a bit different from the other two space mountains because instead of exploring the galaxy we explore the very edges of the universe which would probably be the best way to explain the different look of this Space Mountain show building it's got to be bigger because you're gonna launch someone to the edge of the universe and sieve just across the galaxy it would also explain why you go a lot faster and around some loop-de-loops than that version of Space Mountain it's say a little bit more of an intense journey than just hopping across the Milky Way and that my friends is why Space Mountain mission 2 is called Space Mountain mission to the Space Mountain in Disneyland Paris is our long fabled Space Station 76 but why do I say Space Station and not star port well I mean come on you're not gonna send tourists on a journey to the edge of the universe that's lots of liability instead it's going to be a privately owned company or the government sending specially trained astronauts into space that's my theory anyway but no I'm not stopping there I'm gonna take it even a step further and talk about the most recent development in the Space Mountain storyline ghost galaxy now for the Halloween times they changed Space Mountain to be super spooky and to fit in with the spirit of the season the projections on the outside of the Space Mountain show building show that something inside is going very very wrong the Space Mountain building itself crumbles and rebuilds itself something on the inside tries to claw its way out and a sonar detects multiple pings of something on the inside of the building when you as the space traveler enter the building you notice that something is indeed wrong the building is dimly lit and there is something going on on one of the planets the monitor at the front of the loading bay that usually shows footage of space travel now shows footage of a single planet in space being covered by a toxic green storm before it cuts out and the signal is lost when you embark on your mission which I would assume is to figure out what's going on on that planet and what that storm is everything goes wrong your car is being chased by a giant ghost galaxy or a ghost shaped nebula now I know it's easy to write this off as a ghost because it's called ghost galaxy and it looks pretty spooky so you know must be a ghost but that is where you're wrong now while ghosts do exist in the Disney park attraction universe I don't think that this is a ghost now what else could this be if it's not a ghost simple it's an alien some previously unknown species of alien is colonizing that planet we see at the very beginning hence the green storm and that alien that attacks us during the mission is just one of them fortunately we do escape the ghost alien nebula looking thing and make it safely back to the space station and well that's about it I think we're all caught up on the story of Space Mountain now please keep in mind that this is all hypothetical and it's just me trying to make sense of the different space mountain attractions and how they tie into the overall story of Tomorrowland in the wider array of Disney theme parks so what do you guys think of this theory do you think there's anything I should have added anything that I left out or missed make sure to let me know down in the comments below I'll take a look at them and see if I could improve this video in the future maybe make another once we have more story details so in chronological order the story of Space Mountain we have Space Mountain Walt New World Space Mountain mission to Space Mountain at Disneyland and lastly Space Mountain ghost galaxy so just remember even if there's not a story being told to you right up in your face you're at a Disney park so odds are there is a story somewhere all you have to do is look for it and also pull up on that lap bar for me please make sure it's secure [Music] hello everybody and thank you all so much for watching this theory video this time on Space Mountain I hope you all enjoyed it it took me a little bit of researching but I really had a great time making this we really needed another theory and I think Space Mountain was the perfect attraction to craft a theory around just a reminder for those of you who may be 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Channel: Offhand Disney

Views: 270,603

Keywords: Space, Mountain, Story, Theory, Disneyland, Walt, Disney, World, Paris, Mission, Two, Tokyo, Hong, Kong, Florida, California, Star, Port, Station, Ghost, Galaxy, Timeline, Storyline, Canon, Tomorrowland, Steampunk, Lift, Hill, Secret, Hidden, Easter, Egg, History, Secrets, Details

Id: GuNyHAsvzBI

Length: 12min 27sec (747 seconds)

Published: Thu Apr 12 2018