Space Mountain, the roller coaster that launched Walt Disney World into a new era, turns 50 years old this month.. The ride, a key part of Magic Kingdom’s first major expansion, opened to the ...

Disney's Space Mountain: A roller coaster of a timeline. Scenes of the scale and colors of the new Tron Lightcycle / Run roller coaster, with Space Mountain at right, during a preview for invited ...

A Disney icon turns 50 years old on Wednesday. Space Mountain debuted at Walt Disney World on Jan. 15, 1975. “Like many great ideas, it came from the imagination of Walt Disney,” Steven ...

ORLANDO, Fla. — Space Mountain, the roller coaster that launched Walt Disney World into a new era, turns 50 years old this ...

Note: This story first published in 2015, for the ride’s 40th anniversary. Compared to today’s mega thrill rides, Walt Disney World’s Space Mountain is a simple spin.

Disney’s Magic Kingdom theme park will celebrate the 50th anniversary of Space Mountain on Wednesday, Jan. 15. Disneyland will celebrate the golden anniversary of its own version of Space ...