Space Mountain Conception

Conceptional Renderings

Launched by a Cannon

This and the following three picture were show e.g. on the place mats advertising Space Mountain and the Space Festival at McDonald's.

contributed by Nicolas

The Ride

The rocket train within a shower of meteorites.

contributed by Nicolas

In the Electro de Velocitor

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Discoveryland Design

Picture contributed by Nicolas

Discovery Mountain in the Euro Disney Wall Map

This early sketch can be seen on the large Euro Disney/Disneyland Paris wall map which is still available. Look at the planned and never realised bridge between SM and Videopolis!

Discoveryland Design

This early Discoveryland design already shows Space Mountain as a central part of Discoveryland. Parts of this rendering could be seen in several books around 1991.

Picture contributed by Nicolas

Concept

Notice the bridge construction on the very left!

Conceptual art shown in many brochures

This concept image was done by Tim Delaney.

Reported by David G. Ravenswood, 15 Mar 1999

Technical Drawings

Rendering by Tim Delaney

Scanned from "Walt Disney Imagineering, A Behind the Dreams Look at Making the Magic Real"

A sketch of the trains

Scanned from "Walt Disney Imagineering, A Behind the Dreams Look at Making the Magic Real"

Scale models

Very early model

Detailed model of Space Mountain

Scanned from "Walt Disney Imagineering, A Behind the Dreams Look at Making the Magic Real"

Interior of Space Mountain

model (close-up)

Scanned from "Walt Disney Imagineering, A Behind the Dreams Look at Making the Magic Real" by David G. Ravenswood

Video captures from the documentary "Shoot for the Moon"

All video captures made by Alan Taff

The imagineers playing with a model of Space Mountain. (In the second picture it's Doug Hartwell, who knows my pages and has signed my guestbook!)

... testing the course with a miniature camera

Computer Simulation

3D Realtime View

Simulation of the ride based on a 3D model

Modified Flight Simulator

"With this modified flight simulator (in the background) it's possible to simulate the whole ride experience before the first piece of steel is welded, make changes until the creatives are convinced that this is the experience we want to convey the guests."

Bran Ferren, Executive Vice President, Creative Technology