DLRP Magic! – Space Mountain: Mission 2 (Disneyland Park)

22nd February 2005 Teaser Trailer At The Biggest Shows! Anyone visiting the resort soon has now got an extra reason to visit the two smash hit shows of the parks – the Space Mountain: Mission 2 trailer is playing before both The Legend Of The Lion King and Moteurs… Action! Stunt Show Spectacular! So, if you want to hear the trailer on Videopolis’ roaring speakers or see all the action on Moteurs’ huge video screen, now is your chance!

21st February 2005 Mission 2 In Benelux Bambi DVD! Disney fans in the Benelux area of Europe were today treated to the delights of the new Bambi Special Edition DVD, aswell as an extra special surprise inside – some of the first advertising for Space Mountain: Mission 2 outside of the resort! This comes in the form of a 4-sided insert, which features information on the revamped attraction aswell as Disneyland Resort Paris itself and a special competition to enter via www.mission2.nl (which, at the present time, hasn’t opened yet). Thanks to PhotosMagiques for the news and images:


15th February 2005 Blast Off 3 Days Early! Earlier this week rumours started to emerge that Disneyland Resort Paris could move the official opening of Space Mountain: Mission 2 to an earlier date to avoid the attention of the press being overrun by the wedding of Prince Charles and Camilla Parker-Bowles which is due to take place on April 8th 2005. This news has now been official confirmed and a new official opening date of 6th April 2005 has been announced by the replacement of the “9” by a “6” on the teaser posters which have now appeared along the construction walls of the attraction. It is likely hoped that this new date will allow for more attention on the relaunch of the attraction, and this also shows that the attraction probably isn’t going to be in a rush to get finished if they afford to open it three whole days early. Unfortunately for Disneyland Resort Paris though, this important date change means they now need to change the dates on every element of the huge publicity campaign that has already begun throughout the resort. Since the difference is only three days though, it’s quite likely that to make the change easier to handle some advertisements will be left as they are, and the “official” opening date as advertised outside the parks may stay as 9/04/2004, with the attraction still actually opening on 6/04/2005 to create a good pre-opening buzz and ensure more of the media’s attention.
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15th February 2005 High-Quality Official Concept Art Released! The concept art we saw a few weeks ago is now available in a higher quality version, taken direct from the art itself and not from photos of the display at the Cast Member’s New Attractions preview exhibition. This new concept art presents a different version of the attraction’s logo, where the name “Space Mountain: Supernova!” is used instead of “Mission 2”. It remains to be seen whether “Mission 2” will stay the attraction’s name long after the opening, but for now this new concept art provides a better look at the new effects and an exciting glimpse at exactly what they meant by a “Victorian space station”! Click here to see the concept art in full.

30th January 2005 Space Mountain: Mission 2 Concept Art Revealed! This is the moment we’ve all been waiting for – our first glimpse at the concept art for Space Mountain: Mission 2! Luckily, thanks to “berty05” that moment is right now, and the concept art reveals lots of nice surprises. We get to the see the awesome Supernova effect that appears to almost fill one quarter of the side of the mountain, aswell as the incredible “chasing the comet” sequence and more star fields and effects along the way. Another nice surprise is that the logo already released for Space Mountain: Mission 2 (such as the one above) appears to only be for the attraction’s marketing campaign and publicity. The concept art features a new design of the logo which sticks very closely to the original “De La Terre � La Lune” design. This logo is used on each concept art aswell as the new entrance sign, which incorporates several aspects of the old design aswell as making the text brighter and more exciting. Click here to see the concept art.

22nd January 2005 Exterior Work Has Begun on Space Mountain: Mission 2! As soon as the last flight to the moon had landed safely back on Earth, the team responsible for the change from “De La Terre � La Lune” to “Mission 2” got to work straight away. The ropes of the outside queuing lines were gone by 8pm and as the hours progressed more and more work began to get this mammoth task finished by April. Thanks to J�o�el we can now see the extent of the work, with the entrance sign and various other items already removed and large construction fences closing off the entire site.

21st January 2005 Repainted Train For Mission 2 Revealed This incredible image taken by “YAM12R” has been doing the rounds on the internet a lot in the last few hours, and with good reason! It is the first image of a newly repainted Space Mountain: Mission 2 train, which features a new silver and blue colour scheme with gold and bronze detailing in certain areas. This new colour will help to freshen up the trains (which were unable to be replaced due to their complexity) aswell as infact moving closer to the original Jules Verne story, since in Verne’s novel the projectile fired at the moon was a large silver bullet-shaped capsule.

16th January 2005 Au Revoir “De La Terre � La Lune”! This is it! If you wanted to visit the moon again… you’re too late! Today is the last day of missions to the moon and so we bid the original storyline to our beloved attraction “farewell!”. For all the excitement, fear, and sense of discovery you’ve provided us with we wish for ten times more in Mission 2! And now – to the edge of the universe, and beyond! After all, “What one can conceive, one can achieve”.

15h January 2005 “Last Chance” Event Brings First Mission 2 Publicity The “Last Chance” event for Space Mountain: De La Terre � La Lune took place today, and although the event was commemorating the end of almost 10 years of journeys from the earth to the moon, the resort used this chance to preview some very nice banners which will be used in the parks to advertise Space Mountain: Mission 2. You can see images of these top-quality banners on the first of the new Mission Briefing: Publicity pages.

14th January 2005 Disneyland Resort Paris Announces “The Secrets Of Mission 2” Today, Disneyland Resort Paris sent out a press release which confirms many of the details of Space Mountain: Mission 2, whilst also providing us with some very exciting new information! Here’s a summary: The Rocket Trains � The rocket trains WILL launch from the base of the cannon! This increases the length of the launch by 40% and creates an initial acceleration of 14m/s. � A brand new sound system will be fitted into all trains. It will use the newer technology of Rock N Rollercoaster and means there will now be five speakers in each section of each carriage – two at head level, two at waist level and one down by your feet. The Music � New speakers inside the attraction itself will provide extra sounds for the various effects which you’ll encounter. � The new Space Mountain: Mission 2 ride score is being written by Michael Giacchino. This up-and-coming composer has past works such as Pixar’s The Incredibles and high-quality TV show Alias, aswell as numerous well-known and atmospheric video games. Queue Line � The “Star Way” WILL be enclosed, with the walls featuring photographs of the many phenomena present in the universe such as quasars, nov�, comets… to help prepare Exploranauts for their mission! Visual Effects � Once inside the attraction, plunged in a cosmic universe, the passengers will be confronted by a series of cosmic phenomena which will cause changes of direction and disorientation of the rocket train. Passengers brave enough will meet a spectacular supernova – a cataclysmic explosion of a massive star which can sometimes shine more brightly than a whole galaxy made up of billion stars – and cross a kind of luminous “vortex” on return to Earth. � Whereas Space Mountain: De La Terre � La Lune was largely in the dark, Space Mountain: Mission 2’s effects will be much more visible and present throughout the ride. Among the effects to be added are projections of star fields which will give visitors the immediate impression of being in space, new comet projections and meteors, the explosion of a supernova and many more new lighting effects to support the ride’s story..

10th January 2005 Rumours Soar As Last Day Of “De La Terre � La Lune” Nears Here’s a little rumour-roundup for you, as we enter the final week of missions to the moon and look ahead to the future and even further into the universe… � New rumours are suggesting that the rocket trains will not be replaced and will simply be repainted silver. It is also likely that the sound system of the trains will also be upgraded since when it was created Flash cards and the related hardware were still in their infancy. � Those rumours of the rocket trains being launch from the base of the cannon are becoming ever more certain. � A short summary of the new effects and their sequence has also surfaced. It seems we’ll first fly through some orange meteors before heading through a remote galaxy and have a comet chase the rocket! Next the supernova will explode right in front of us (where the Moon currently is) and then we’ll glide back down to Earth through a spiral galaxy… And finally… � The “Star Way” is looking ever more likely to be completely enclosed so that the view into the mountain is lost. It is likely that in its place we’ll have some kind of exhibition-style corridor with images of space related objects.

9th January 2005 The Moon Shines Brighter Than Ever Before! It has been confirmed by a number of fans that the projection effect of the Moon has been altered already. Now, instead of the moon being projected onto the domed ceiling of Space Mountain itself, the Moon is being projected onto a new screen incorporated into the wall/ceiling. This new screen has brought an amazing amount of life back into the moon in it’s final days inside the attraction, as with the new screen it can now be seen razor sharp as you climb the lift hill in this section of the ride. It is likely that the screen was put in place now as a small hint to what we can expect with Mission 2 in terms of the projection quality, but whatever the reason it truly is fantastic to see the Moon shining so brightly in its final few days.

19th December 2004 AttrACTION Reloaded! At the EuroDisney SCA shareholder’s General Assembly on Friday a video preview of Space Mountain Mission 2 was shown for the very first time! The preview is entirely computer generated and begins by flying through vast canyons on a planet similar to Mars, interspersed with short clips focusing in on the cannon. The text throughout the first section reads: “Once in a generation … An adventure calls … And for those who answer … This world will never be enough”. Next we are shot through the Columbiad cannon itself (on the side of a REAL (albeit CGI) mountain, no less!) and taken through a quick preview of the ride itself. We fly past asteroids and a meteor before meeting the incredible SuperNova which explodes before our eyes, bringing the Space Mountain Mission 2 logo with it, which flies past us. The final scenes show us the “AttrACTION reloaded” slogan and date “04.2005”, along with a cool Disneyland Resort Paris logo and finally the website address. We won’t post the link to download the video here to preserve copyrights and incase the file goes offline, but surf to any good forum and you’ll find it right away!

29th November 2004 Guiding the way for the next mission… A new lighting effect has just been installed on top of Space Mountain. Now, a strong yellow light shines up into the sky under the “launch track” which juts out of the top of the roof. The light must be guiding the way for the Exploranauts as they wind down the rockets they send out on their original mission and get ready to plan to course for Mission 2!

15th November 2004 More Mission 2 Secrets Revealed! Thanks to a new writer on JimHillMedia.com, there’s a few more “facts” now available for Space Mountain: Mission 2. The article mentions that not only will the Star Way be enclosed and have factual boards on the walls related to the stars and space, but there will be a replica Space Station in the station! But not just any space station – a Victorian space station! The article also goes through the different sections which might be present in the ride such as “Chasing the Comet”, “The gauntlet” and more. Read the full article here.

9th November 2004 Base Colour Chosen Thanks once again to Joel’s Photo Hunt, the latest news from Mission 2 is here! The new base colours for the Space Mountain show-building were chosen this week, and they are only very slightly different to their predecessor. See the photos for more. Thanks to J�o�el for the news and photos.

23rd October 2004 Patchwork Pick n Mix Joel’s latest Photo Hunt report brings us lots of images of the colours currently being tested for the concrete lower section of the Space Mountain show-building. The colours range from grey to lilac, from sand to brown and present a very large choice for an important part of the building. Your wouldn’t believe it, but from this large selection of colours they have to choose just one to paint the base with and there’s only very very minor differences between some! The exact colour to be used should be chosen soon, and we see the full results not long after. Thanks to J�o�el for the news and photos.

18th October 2004 Even more new paint… Current rumours are suggesting that a new phase of exterior refurbishment will begin soon on the rocks which surround the Space Mountain show-building. These jut up out of ground at various points to help the huge structure fit into the surrounding area better and are currently a grey colour. When repainted, they will most likely be the same shade of grey or one of three shades of brown. Thanks to Steven from DLP Reisgids for the news.

14th October 2004 A Supernova of Graphics! A huge amount of new Space Mountain: Mission 2 information and graphics were released today on the Disneyland Resort Paris travel agent’s website Extraordinet. These include different logo versions, graphics and icons, backgrounds and creative text (which can be found in the Press Releases section. It looks like the lid is finally starting to be lifted on the mysteries of Mission 2!

10th October 2004 Second Mission 2 Logo Revealed Another new logo has been released today, and it appears to be a slightly different variation on the logo revealed a couple of days ago. This logo also features a large planet at the top (Earth?), aswell as showing the logo almost like a compass. Behind the logo text you can see an exploding supernova, which seems to confirm the supernova story element of the ride.

8th October 2004 Space Mountain: Mission 2 Logo Revealed! Finally! The Space Mountain: Mission 2 logo is here! It’s out with the old Jules Verne style and in with a visually pleasing far more modern effort which is sure to go down a treat in marketing the ride. It’s also interesting to see that the ride is being named “Mission 2” and not “Mission II” as was originally thought.


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