| rdfs:comment | - Space Mountain was a roller coaster attraction located in Tomorrowland at Disneyland at the Disneyland Resort in Anaheim, California. It opened on May 27, 1977, as the second incarnation of the Space Mountain concept, the first version having opened at Walt Disney World's Magic Kingdom in 1975. Unlike the Magic Kingdom version, Disneyland's version only features one track. Since November 16, 2015, the attraction has operated as Hyperspace Mountain, a temporary-but-open-ended seasonal overlay themed to Star Wars, placing riders in a starfighter battle between the New Republic and the Galactic Empire over the planet Jakku, one year after the events of the 1983 film, Return of the Jedi.
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| abstract | - Space Mountain was a roller coaster attraction located in Tomorrowland at Disneyland at the Disneyland Resort in Anaheim, California. It opened on May 27, 1977, as the second incarnation of the Space Mountain concept, the first version having opened at Walt Disney World's Magic Kingdom in 1975. Unlike the Magic Kingdom version, Disneyland's version only features one track. Since November 16, 2015, the attraction has operated as Hyperspace Mountain, a temporary-but-open-ended seasonal overlay themed to Star Wars, placing riders in a starfighter battle between the New Republic and the Galactic Empire over the planet Jakku, one year after the events of the 1983 film, Return of the Jedi. Between; 1998 and 2004, as part of the New Tommorrowland Project, all of Tommorrowland was given a Steam Punk look. This also means that Space Mountain was given a Copper looking paint job too, though the attraction itself remain the same? Many minor additions were made to the ride over the years, including a synchronized soundtrack performed by Dick Dale. On April 10, 2003, Space Mountain was suddenly closed for a long-rumored refurbishment, which included replacing the original track except from the back end of the station to the top of third lift, storage and spur tracks were retained. As evidenced by the weld marks on these two track sections where the original and new tracks were joined together. Updating the effects and sound track. The exterior was also re painted back from Copper to it's original White colour scheme. Space Mountain soft opened on July 1, 2005, and officially reopened two weeks later on July 15, two days before the 50th anniversary of Disneyland.
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